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62% of Americans Have Almost No Savings

Yet another study finds that a majority of Americans are on financially insecure footing Sixty-two percent of Americans have inadequate savings. That alarming statistic was the main finding of a Google Consumer Survey that GoBankingRates, a national website that

Average Rent in Boston Approaches $2,000 Tipping Point

The rental market in Boston has been red-hot for some time now, and it is approaching a milestone The average rent in Boston’s housing market is nearly $2,000, and the area’s rental growth remains strong. Those were the main findings in the latest

Boston New Construction Posting Triple Digit Gains in 2015

Residential construction spending in the Boston area was up 117.7 percent year-over-year in July, and so far in 2015 is 42 percent ahead of where it was last year. Those stats came courtesy of the latest Dodge Data & Analytics report, a monthly

Why Boston Renters are Not Buying Homes

Rising rents, new research shows, are not an incentive to buy a house Renters in the Boston metro area are spending substantially more money on their monthly rent than is historically the case. That was the finding of a new

Boston New Construction Up Double Digits in 2015

Building in the Bay City Making Significant Progress Residential construction spending in the Boston area was up 76 percent year-over-year in June, and so far in 2015 is 30 percent ahead of where it was last year. Those encouraging stats came courtesy of the

Boston Posts Largest Foreclosure Increase in Nation

Boston’s foreclosure market has grown considerably in last year, according to RealtyTrac In the first half of 2015, foreclosure activity in the Boston metropolitan area jumped 29 percent from the same time period last year, according to RealtyTrac’s Mid-Year 2015 U.S. Foreclosure

Foreign Homebuyers Discouraged by Strong Dollar

Throughout the first four months of 2015, home sales in the U.S. were the best they’ve been in eight years. Helped by a one-half percentage drop in fixed mortgage rates, home sales from January to April this year surpassed

Global Economic Turmoil Halts U.S. Mortgage Rate Increases

U.S. mortgage rates were increasing at steady clip in 2015 until global economic events intervened The economic turmoil in Greece and China could possibly benefit U.S. homebuyers. That cause and effect was the chief finding in Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage

Boston Residential Construction Strong in 2015

2015 shaping up to be good year for new construction in Boston Residential construction spending in the Boston area was down 1 percent year-over-year in May, but so far in 2015 is 23 percent ahead of where it was last year. Those were the two

Boston Rents Stay Strong in Second Quarter

How has Boston’s rental market developed in 2015’s second quarter? New data from Reis provides some perspective. Boston’s rental market has been one of the hottest in the nation, and new numbers from Reis on the second show show that trend

Distressed Sales Defy National Trend, Rise in Massachusetts

Over the last year, distressed home sales have become far less prominent in Massachusetts’ housing market Distressed sales throughout Massachusetts comprised 13.1 percent of all home sales in May, an increase from the 12.2 percent market share of a year ago, according to RealtyTrac’s

Negative Equity Still a Problem in Boston

Progress has been made on negative equity front, but troubling trends persist In the Boston housing market, 8.5 percent of mortgage holders remain underwater, and a majority will not reach positive equity for some time. That was the sobering finding of latest

Why so Few Renters are Buying Homes

Many wonder why renters are not buying homes at a higher rate, but when one analyzes the numbers, it makes perfect sense. First, there was the notable study from John Burns Real Estate Consulting, which found that only 14.7 percent

Multifamily Dominates New Construction in Boston

In the last 10 years, the market share for multifamily construction has grown by an extraordinary amount In April, the most recent month for which we have data, multifamily construction soared 35.5 percent across the country from March. That was

Is Boston’s Luxury Housing Market Falling Behind?

Could Boston’s strong luxury housing market be slowing down? Sales prices for Boston’s luxury housing market slipped behind the general marketplace this year, according to a new Redfin analysis of the nation’s luxury markets. Redfin’s study analyzed the top 5 percent of

Boston New Construction Up 35% in 2015

This year proving to be especially positive for Boston new construction Residential construction spending in the Boston area totaled $237 million in April, a whopping 42 percent decline from the $409 million of April 2014, according to the latest report from Dodge Data

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