What Boston neighborhoods see the highest share of luxury home sales? The 02116 ZIP code, which includes the Back Bay and Bay Village neighborhoods, was the top luxury housing market in Boston in the second quarter, with 77 sales

Recovery continues as foreclosure levels dropped yet again in August. National foreclosure inventory fell 25.2 percent year-over-year and completed foreclosures dropped 20.1 percent, according to a new report from CoreLogic. The latest decline in foreclosures is only the latest step

The Urban Land Institute released its 2016 Emerging Trends in Real Estate report and survey recently – the 36th edition of the institute’s trends and forecast report – providing analysis of the nation’s top real estate markets, and subsequently

Chicago holds a majority of zombie foreclosures, vacant homes Despite a 43 percent national drop of “zombie” foreclosures, they still remain a problem in several parts of the country, according to a RealtyTrac study, including Massachusetts who saw an increase. The study,

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

Sales continued their strong march forward in August, as CoreLogic reported both year-over-year and month-to-month increases. While the extent of home price gains varied often and sometimes greatly from metro to metro in August, the national direction has remained

Boston has one of the nation’s hottest housing markets, but what neighborhoods are seeing the most activity? According to the latest research from GBAR, it takes of average of 44 days to sell a home in the city of

Massachusetts Best Overall Thanks to Top School System Ranking, High Salaries Massachusetts was ranked as the best state for teachers in a WalletHub study. The study looked at subjects such as the job opportunity for teachers in U.S. states, along

CoreLogic released June cash sales data this week, which showed that cash continues to trickle out of the market. Nationally, cash sales made up 31.3 percent of total home sales in June, down from 33.9 percent the same time

Where in the city of Boston are incomes the highest? Back Bay is Boston’s most affluent neighborhood, according to a Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) study of U.S. Census Bureau data. With a per capita income of $88,419.77 and a per

Did the latest Case-Shiller present more of the same for housing? Home prices in the Boston area were up 1.1 percent from June to July and 4.3 percent from July 2014, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Index from Standard & Poor’s. The

Boston ranked as the ninth best city for Millennial workers, according to PayScale, a data-driven benefits and compensation firm. Boston had a median millennial salary of $56,300. The study, which analyzed data from 650,000 surveys filled out over two

Building on a strong July, home sales in the Greater Boston housing market showed considerable activity in August, with the month’s 1,720 single-family sales representing a 13.5 percent increase from a year ago. Pending sales, according to further research

Massachusetts ranked No. 6 on the list of America’s richest states. Financial news and opinion platform 24/7 Wall St. identified the richest and poorest states with the highest and lowest median household income, using the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2014 American

Using Redfin’s home sales data from August 2015, Boston.com discovered that dozens of neighborhoods saw mediocre sale-to-list ratios over 100 percent. In other words, the average home seller in those areas received more than their initial asking price. By

Since last year, more than one million homes have found their way out of negative equity, a report from CoreLogic revealed. Since the second quarter of 2014, when 5.4 million homes, or 10.9 percent of all residential mortgages, were underwater, strong