A “plugin house” has been sitting outside Boston City Hall to show residents the future of affordable housing. Now, the city is asking residents how it would feel about allowing such miniature homes to be erected in existing backyards.

Boston earned a spot on the list of the top 10 most bikeable cities in the U.S., according to Bike Score rankings by Redfin. A bike score is a tool used by Redfin company Walk Score that rates locations

Boston’s lack of affordable housing is legion, and now city officials are dreaming up novel ways to handle the problem. The city’s Housing Innovation Lab has proposed a series of ideas for building more affordable housing, and some of

While the Boston housing market might be trending in the more expensive direction, there’s still deals to be found. NeighborhoodX, a neighborhood data company, looked at the listing price for Boston homes to determine the range of prices in

Today’s graduates are more likely to be living with their parents than graduates from the previous decade. According to Zillow’s analysis of 2016 Census data, 28 percent of recent graduates live with their parents — up from 19 percent

Boston’s most prized (and most pricey) neighborhoods have reached a new benchmark in unaffordability, as some houses in three neighborhoods now go for $3,000 per square foot. The high-end of the market in Seaport, Fenway, Back Bay and Beacon

Low interest rates on home loans, low housing inventory and high buyer demand have made it a seller’s market in Boston. The hot real estate market is transforming Boston and its suburbs as buyers seek accessibility, robust transportation, vibrant

Boston has been named one of the best cities to be a real estate agent, according to a new report from WalletHub. The city ranked 15th best place for real estate professionals. Wallethub, the finance-focused website, looked at 179

Though it hasn’t announced plans for its planned second headquarters and the 50,000 people it will employ, Amazon has announced an expansion of its Boston office. The e-commerce goliath announced on Tuesday that it would move into a 430,000

Residents of modest means increasingly can’t afford to live in major urban centers, and the result is taking a toll on our highways and commutes. As more people seek cheaper housing away from inner cities, the number of “super

  Trulia has crunched the numbers to determine the best neighborhoods for living well by ranking “universally loved” features like quiet streets, parks and proximity to schools and healthcare. Now, the online real estate giant had determined how much a homebuyer

Bidding wars are an emerging trend in today’s market, and Boston happens to be one of these fierce battlegrounds. According to realtor.com, more U.S. cities are engulfed in these bidding wars as the market swells and a new generation

The greater Boston area saw a drop in sales and a rise in price for both single-family homes and condo sales in March, according to the latest report from the Greater Boston Association of Realtors (GBAR). Sales of single-family

The 1,795 square-foot townhouse at 3 Rollins Place in Beacon Hill is on the market. The brick fixer-upper home with history dated back to 1843, is best well-known for being next to the Scarlett O’Hara House, a three-dimensional painting

While the country continues to see the effects of an improving economy and low unemployment rates, the recovery is less than ideal for those who want to purchase a home. Homebuyers are up against an increasingly expensive market, with

Of the top 100 richest places to live in America, two are in Massachusetts, according to a new list compiled by Bloomberg, which analyzed 2016 U.S. Census data.  Wellesley came in at No. 31 on the list, with an average