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Boston-Cambridge-Quincy Home to Nation’s Highest-Earning Real Estate Professionals

Ever wonder which places offer the most potential earnings for real estate professionals? Well, if you’re living and working in Boston, it’s not a bad time to be in the real estate business. Analysts at HomeInsurance.com investigated which places

CoreLogic Finds Massachusetts Home Prices Best National Average

Latest CoreLogic report shows prices falling moving into 2015. However, experts say we’re still poised for a strong year. National home prices climbed yet another rung on the industry ladder in November, according to CoreLogic’s latest home price report.

Special Report: Rental Housing in Boston Continues Strong Growth

Though Boston’s for-sale market is showing signs of a seasonal slowdown, its rental market continues to charge ahead. The rental market in the Boston area continued its ascent in 2014’s fourth quarter, completing one of the strongest rental years in recent memory,

Latest Case-Shiller Reports Balanced Home Prices in the City on a Hill

S&P’s newest Case-Shiller report revels a slow climb towards balance and a strong end to 2014. It was another month of balance for Massachusetts’ capital, according to the newest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Boston home

Just How Much is Our Housing Market Worth?

We all know that our housing market has quite a bit of value behind it, but what’s the big number that it all adds up to? We’ll cut straight to the big number – $600 billion. That’s the cumulative

Special Report: Negative Equity in Boston is Nearly Nonexistent

Negative equity is not only down in Boston, but almost entirely absent in the area’s housing market. Last week, we reported a much-needed dosage of good news – that after peaking a few years back, negative equity in Boston has fallen

The Top 5 Stories of 2014

Of the many story that we published on our website this year, what ones generated the most interest from our readers? Click through to find

JR Associates names Nicole Riel as Assistant Vice President/Luxury Property Specialist

JR Associates announces the appointment of Nicole Riel as assistant vice president and luxury property specialist. Nicole joined the JR Associates team in November of 2014 and will cover all of Massachusetts, with particular focus on the Boston market.

Negative Equity in Boston Plummets by 56.6%

The negative equity situation in Boston has improved markedly, according to new research by Zillow. Here is some encouraging news for you to end the week with – here in the Boston area, the share of mortgage properties in negative equity

How Would the 2024 Olympic Games Impact Boston Real Estate? 4 Considerations

The Olympics are known for many things, but how do they impact the host cities real estate markets? In case you somehow missed the fliers, Boston is vying to hose the 2024 Summer Olympics. A couple weeks back, Boston

Boston’s Top 3 Up-and-Coming Neighborhoods

No city can escape the “sketchy,” “shady” and “questionable” areas that develop within city limits and affect the value of real estate in local markets. Fortunately, cities are able to restore these areas like Boston has in recent years, investment

Boston Rated No. 1 ‘Market to Watch’ in 2015

Real estate in Boston has been on solid ground in 2014, but new projections suggest the best is yet to come. Real estate in Boston is on firm footing. Home sales, especially in the condo markets, are strong. All-cash

Mortgages in Boston Much More Affordable That Rents in 2014

Everyone knows that mortgages and rents have ran in opposing directions, but the numbers are still jaw-dropping. For some time, we’ve been hearing two independent narratives in housing: one, that mortgage rates and payments were at an all-time low;

Middlesex/Suffolk Counties Less Affordable Than Historic Averages

Yet another round of analysis suggests that housing affordability continues to fall by the wayside in the Boston area. As if we didn’t already have enough indicators on the housing affordability crisis here in Boston, here comes perhaps the most

Cash Sales in Massachusetts Remain Below National Average

New cash sales report says more of the same – we’re staying consistent. In September, cash sales increased slightly despite the autumnal slump, but remain at relatively low levels, according to a new report from CoreLogic. In recent months,

The 5 Most Valuable Remodeling Projects in Boston

Of the many remodeling projects available to homeowners, which ones add the most value to homes in the Boston area? One of the undeniable perks of homeownership is the opportunity to renovate your living space, to remodel and craft a

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