One Massachusetts community has been named the friendliest small town in the U.S.

The city of Boston continues to move ahead on its commitment to increase housing options across the city.

If you have a would-be seller close to getting ready to put their home on the market, now’s the time to prepare. 

Coworking Cafe ranked the country’s top smart cities for 2025 by analyzing more than 370 cities across 13 metrics.

It also made the list of top 25 U.S. suburbs Americans are planning to move to in 2025.

A new report recommending ways to address the Massachusetts housing crisis includes the possibility of eliminating single-family zoning across the state. 

The projects are located in Roxbury, Fenway, Dorchester and East Boston.

In Boston, home prices rose 6.35% year over year and 0.42% month over month in December. Beantown’s annual increase was the third highest in the U.S. after New York and Chicago.

The Boston Planning & Development Agency has approved a Liberty Square project that will convert the office building into residences.

The Healey-Driscoll Administration has announced a $158 million investment in low-income housing tax credits and subsidies for more than a dozen affordable housing projects across Massachusetts.

January’s median single-family home price reached a new all-time high for the month, according to the Warren Group’s January market report.

Boston has been named one of the top state capitals to live in, according to WalletHub’s 2025’s Best State Capitals to Live In report.

The Massachusetts housing market had a strong start to the new year as closed sales in the Bay State rose year over year for the fourth consecutive month.

Under his proposal, mayoral hopeful Josh Kraft wants to streamline the process for building homes.

Exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge after city councilors passed an ordinance that eliminates single-family zoning throughout the city.   

Greater Boston has 1,167 office-to-apartment conversions on tap for 2025, No. 19 among U.S. metro areas.