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Boston makes top 10 most neighborly cities

What do you think put Boston so high on the list?

Mortgage rates spike at the end of September

Mortgage rates rose quickly last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit 3.01%, up 0.13% from the week prior.

Housing inventory supply shortage beginning to ease

Expect a stable housing market over the next five years — despite the expiration of COVID-era protections — says a new Zillow report.

Here’s the church, here’s the steeple…

Open the doors, and there are all the prospective buyers! This enchanting Westernville, NY home was restored and rebuilt to pay historic homage to the church it once was.

Chris Raveis, Bill Raveis and Ryan Raveis
William Raveis Real Estate continues East Coast expansion while keeping it all in the family

Working alongside his two sons, the chairman and CEO of William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance has big plans for the future of the company he hopes one day will be run by his grandchildren.

Fly direct to this Pennsylvania mountain home

Atop Murray’s Mountain in Emporium, PA is a pilot’s fantasy: a fly-in ranch featuring a 1,700-foot airport runway! The unusual property type has an official right of way to the nearby airstrip.

NAR: Pending home sales rebound in August

All four geographic regions saw increases, led by the Midwest, which clocked a 10.4% rise from July, and the South, where sales rose 8.6%. Pending transactions rose 7.2% in the West and 4.6% in the North.

How much can you save by downsizing? It depends on where you live.

Property values continue to rise and those looking to downsize can make the most of the current market highs, but how much you can save by downsizing can vary significantly depending on where you live.

ShowingTime: Home showings down in August

A new report shows the market cooled in August, at least in terms of the number of prospective buyers looking at homes.

S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller: Home-price gains set fourth record in a row

The 10-city composite index rose 1.4% on a monthly basis and 19.1% on a yearly basis, while the 20-city composite gained 1.5% monthly and 19.9% annually. 

Cape Cod Broker Bob Kinlin wins three national awards

Robert Kinlin, a broker with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Robert Paul Properties, received  three national real estate awards this summer. 

Democratic senators propose 20-year mortgage for low-income, first-time homebuyers

The Low-Income First Time Homebuyers Act (LIFT) establishes a program to sponsor 20-year mortgages that would build equity at twice the rate of a conventional 30-year mortgage.

New-home sales rise in August

The seasonally adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of July was 378,000, representing a supply of 6.1 months at the current sales rate.

Homes in Boston Back Bay
August median-home price spike leads to another drop in sales volume

A double-digit spike in the median price of a single-family home in Massachusetts last month caused sales numbers to decline for the second month in a row.

Luxury apartments coming to East Boston’s Greenway in 2022

A new luxury rental development is set to debut next year along East Boston’s Greenway.

Could remote work fuel housing demand for years to come?

Last year’s en-masse move to remote work has driven what Zillow has dubbed the Great Reshuffling, as homeowners working from home have paused and reevaluated where and how they live.

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