Boston may not be the least affordable housing market in the U.S., but it’s awfully close. That was the finding of a new analysis from Redfin. As of July 2016, the median price for a two-to-four-bedroom home in Beantown is $837,000;

Millions of Baby Boomers are planning move over the next several years – everyone knows this. But it could mean big things for agents working in Boston. There are three reasons most homeowners between the ages of 61 and 90 want

The suburb of Boxborough is Greater Boston’s best place to buy a home, according to a new analysis from Niche. Basing its research on a myriad of factors, including home values, property taxes, homeownership rates, demographics and public education, Niche ranked

The Needham school system boasts the highest graduation rate in the Greater Boston area, according to numbers from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. As of 2015, the graduation rate in Needham was 97.7 percent. Even the No. 10 system, Greater Lowell Regional

Not every real estate agent wants to retire an independent contractor, and not every homebuyer wants to live in a city that doesn’t foster entrepreneurs. Those things are easy to avoid in Boston, ranked in the top 25 of

Our chart below features the top-selling condo markets in Greater Boston in July, according to research from GBAR. Additionally, we have included stats on median sales price, and how the markets have changed over the last year. Area July Condo Sales Percent Change

See our chart below for the top-selling housing markets in Greater Boston in July, according to research from GBAR. Click on the tabs to adjust between suburban and city housing markets. Top-Selling Neighborhoods Top-Selling Suburbs Neighborhood Home Sales YOY Change South Boston

In case you haven’t noticed, Greater Boston is experiencing a building boom – its biggest in decades, and one that will profoundly shape the tone and character of the metro area in the decades to come. The latest housing report from

The Melrose district in is the most improved school district in Greater Boston, according to a new analysis from Trulia. In a partnership with SchoolDigger.com, Trulia analyzed test scores from the past five years to find which local school districts vaulted

The Greater Boston new construction market continued its solid 2016 performance in July, according to new numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics. In July, Greater Boston saw more than $235 million in total residential construction spending, a pronounced 62 percent decline

High prices and low inventory finally got the best of the Greater Boston housing market in July, with home sales in both the single-family and condo markets falling by double digits. According to the latest analysis from GBAR, single-family

What do seniors look for in a neighborhood? It’s a smart question for real estate agents to ask, considering the rapid growth of the country’s 65-and-older population. In 2014, 46.2 million people in the U.S. were at least 65

From falling sales to rising levels of negative equity, the housing crisis affected Greater Boston’s market in a number of ways, but how did the metro area’s homeownership rate fair amidst all that upheaval? To find out, we consulted new research from

Average closing costs in Massachusetts are among the highest in the nation, a new report from Bankrate confirmed. The implementation of TRID, and its new closing disclosure form, has helped reduce confusion around what closing costs actually entail. But

Boston is already among the three most walkable cities in the U.S., and new research finds that Beantown’s current construction boom will only boost the city’s walkability further. According to a report from Redfin, a whopping 85 percent of

Cambridge was Greater Boston’s top luxury housing market in the second quarter, according to new research from Redfin. Within Cambridge’s luxury market, the average sales price was $3.703 million in Q2, a 53.8 percent increase over Q2 2015; that dwarfed the