Some Massachusetts legislators are calling for Seaport Square, which will fill the final 12.5 acres of the Seaport District, to have a Boston Public Library branch. The development is already stacked, with 3.2 million square feet of residential space;

Despite the increased effort in Boston not only to build more housing units in general, but affordable ones to boot, the suburbs aren’t demonstrating equal commitment, according to the Boston Foundation’s Greater Housing Report Card, which highlights the city’s

The Massachusetts housing market showed no signs of slowdown in October despite the nearing holidays and typical seasonal slowdown. While the small inventory of homes is pushing prices upward, the number of closed single-family home sales increased 5.9 percent

Just months after median U.S. home values reached their highest point in history, home values have continued to rise. Zillow recently released its October 2017 Market Housing report showing that the median U.S. home value stands at $203,400, a $12,500,

For years, Allston-Brighton has been the hip epicenter of college life in Boston, with proximity to Boston College, Boston University and a new Harvard University campus that’s set to open in 2020. The neighborhoods have every marking of a

A recent study of housing affordability in North America put Boston in the top 10 most expensive cities. The city came in No. 7 in the analysis from Point 2 Homes, which measured cities’ median multiple — the median

  As millennials get older, they’re trading in their train passes for minivans as they head for the suburbs, this according to National Real Estate Investor’s survey of suburban areas with the best potential for millennial population growth. Thanks

The top four biggest sales in the Boston area were actually in Boston proper, which, according to the Boston Globe, is a rarity itself. What’s more, three of the four were in the same building: The Lucas, which is

Compass, a real estate technology startup, announced that it has raised $100 million during the Series E investment round, which it will use to expand to every major city within the United States. The company is now valued at $108

The real estate market in Boston this year has been fruitful, and 2018 will be even better, according to a recent report from PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Urban Land Institute. Boston ranks No. 10 in this year’s Emerging Trends in

Compared to last year, home prices in Boston rose 7 percent in September 2017, while prices only increased 0.3 percent between August and September, despite home prices becoming overvalued in many cities nationwide. According to CoreLogic’s US Home Price

Boston ranked at No. 6 among the most sustainable cities in North America, according to Arcadis’ recently-released Sustainable Cities Mobility Index. To measure the sustainability of 100 cities across the world, the SCMI looks at three factors in each

With more homebuyers competing for a limited supply of homes, sellers are upping their prices to match the high demand, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices for August 2017. The National Home Price Index reported a gain of

Like 237 other cities around the continent, Boston officially threw its hat into the ring this week to woo Amazon for the company’s second headquarters. A real estate expert recently told Bloomberg that the city’s chances are “pretty good”

Fewer homes are being built in the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MSA, but nonresidential buildings are seeing a surge in spending this year, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. Nonresidential construction starts soared in September, rising from $416.8 million last year to

The summer buying season may be over, but homes around the state are a hot commodity. The low number of homes that actually are for sale are selling for higher prices and stay on the market for a shorter