On the heels of a recent $450 million investment, Compass acquired Boston-based Bushari Real Estate on Jan. 18 in an effort to expand its reach in the city. Bushari, known for its innovation with digital marketing, is a natural

Amazon announced on Thursday that it has narrowed its list potential sites for its second headquarters to 20 cities, and Boston is on the list. The company received proposals from 238 locations that were hoping to woo the ecommerce

Largely thanks to technology employers like Wayfair, athenahealth and TripAdvisors, Boston recently ranked No. 2 on a list of cities for STEM professionals, or those who work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers. The city came in second

Buyers and sellers statewide found themselves in a prime market at the end of 2017, with increased pending sales, median prices and confidence, according to the Massachusetts Association of Realtors. “It seems the concept of an ‘off-season’ is going to be

A New York developer recently filed plans with the Boston Planning & Development Agency that would top the Dock Square Garage with 195 apartments or condos, The Boston Globe reported. In the plans, Fortis Property Group says it will

Ripe with historical significance, Boston was placed at No. 8 on OnlineDegrees.com’s list of best big cities for new grads. In a profile of 59 U.S. metropolitan areas with a population greater than 750,000, Boston stands out in terms of affordability, employment

A new report from WalletHub finds that Massachusetts is the best state in the United States to raise a family. The state in which a family lives often is just as important as the city, village or township, because

Now that we’ve thrown away the 2017 calendars and ripped open the 2018 versions, cities around North America are even more anxiously awaiting word from Amazon on where its new second headquarters will be. The e-commerce giant has said

While the number of renters now outpaces homeowners — with about one-third of the country’s population living in rentals — 2017 saw the first year of a slight decline in renting households since 2004, according to a recent report from

The number of housing permits issued by the city of Boston last year spiked to levels not seen since the 1990s, largely a result of a push from Mayor Martin J. Walsh to increase building in the city to

Our annual Who’s Who is among the most hotly anticipated publications in Boston real estate, and we were happy to profile some of the area’s top professionals. Here are the profiles that attracted the most attention from our readers

Through the end of November, there have been 55,968 home sales in Massachusetts, increasing 0.4 percent from the same time last year and marking an all-time high, according to a new report from The Warren Group. Meanwhile, the median

Boston’s popularity with millennials apparently is waning, as an analysis from Time magazine says the city is now “peak millennial” as the generation begins to age and seek out larger homes with more inside and outside space. The city’s

More than 21,000 readers voted in Curbed Boston’s annual real estate awards, and the building of the year is Boston East, which got 45 percent of the vote. The 200-unit apartment building in East Boston is expected to wrap

On top of playing your favorite music and giving you weather reports, Amazon’s Alexa is adding a new skill to her vast voice-activated repertoire — helping users buy and sell homes. Agent Neo, a new real estate app on

Despite saying it offers a chance for residents and visitors to connect with the city’s waterfront, Seaport completely ignores Boston’s black population, The Boston Globe revealed in a new report on race in the city. Seaport, which sprawls on