Only one housing market has seen greater new construction growth in 2015 than Boston Boston has 2015’s No. 2 new construction marketplace, according to new research from Trulia. Trulia’s analysis, which compared permit activity in the nation’s metro areas to their

National cash sales continued their descent in May, a new report released today from CoreLogic showed. For 29 months, all-cash buyers have been leaving the market, as marked by continual year-over-year decreases in market share. In May, cash sales

Yesterday, CoreLogic released its June 2015 National Foreclosure Report, and the big reveal was foreclosures are still dropping – so not much of a surprise. For another month, national foreclosures fell, with inventory dropping 28.9 percent year-over-year from a

In some Boston neighborhoods, nearly half of all students are grade-school age Where in the city of Boston are grade school- and high school-age children most common? It’s a question that many Boston homebuyers has undoubtedly faced, and to

CoreLogic’s May distressed sales report shows lowest levels since 2007 CoreLogic recently released a new report detailing the state of the distressed sales market in the U.S. for May, and for another month, both real-estate owned (REO) and short

Velkor Realty Trust has proposed a 44-unit residential complex on Bennington St. in East Boston’s Orient Heights neighborhood; the complex will span 49,000 square feet. The project’s architect is Clinton Design Architects of Holliston, and Brian J. Hosker is listed

Last week, Edens LLC filed a project notification form with the Boston Redevelopment Authority that outlines its plan for a new 10-acre development in Dorchester. Adjacent to Edens’ existing South Bay Center, the new project will feature 113,000 square

Boston currently has the most construction activity it has had since the housing boom, with some 70 developments under construction throughout the city. According to Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) director Brian Golden, the Bay City has 14 million square feet

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

Tishman Speyer announced details on a nine-story, 100-unit luxury condo building planned for development on Pier 4 in South Boston, along with a 13-story office building and a one acre park. The condo would be curved to provide maximum

The Hechinger Report recently released the data for the graduation rates for nearly every school district in the U.S. The data, which draws from the 2013 graduating class, broke down the numbers past the typical statewide average. We took

Greater Boston is the most highly educated area in the United States Three of the 10 most educated places in America are located in Greater Boston, according to a new analysis by NerdWallet. The study, which analyzed U.S. Census Bureau data

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

Low mortgage costs and high equity contributed to a healthy housing market in Boston Boston has the healthiest housing market in the nation, according to a new WalletHub study. The study, which compared the 25 largest metropolitan areas in the

After a few months of negative sales activity, homes sales in Boston positive in June, albeit with caveats Home sales in the Boston area rose 8.7 percent year-over-year in June, reversing a few months of sales declines, according to the

Home prices were positive for the Boston housing market in May’s Case-Shiller Home prices in the Boston housing market rose 1.5 percent from April to May, and 2.2 percent from May 2014, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices