Two recent reports that rank American cities on their performance across a wide range of metrics put Boston near the top of the list, commending the city for its sustainability and access across the economic spectrum. The two reports

The latest monthly pending home sales report from The Massachusetts Association of Realtors — each of which include a recurring “Hot Topic” survey question — revealed agent concern that recent issues with the MBTA may spill over into their

New data from realtor.com shows that while 42 percent of home shoppers this past spring were first-time buyers, the group, consisting mostly of millennials, had trouble finding homes due to budget constraints — a higher proportion than just two

Of the dozens of candidates currently in the running for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 2020, several frontrunners have made housing and real estate central pieces of their platforms. Here’s where the current frontrunners in the Democratic

On the same day, Compass settled a lawsuit against one titan of the real estate industry while finding itself at the center of a new, explosive complaint from another competitor. In a summons filed in the Supreme Court of

Just when many housing markets were seeing some relief in their scant inventory of for-sale housing, there are now fresh signs afoot that supply levels may return to a trend of tightening. A new report on the housing market from

General Electric, an institution of corporate America and one of the biggest employers in Massachusetts, has lately found itself in dire straits. In February, the company cancelled plans to expand its corporate campus in Boston as part of a

July marked the second consecutive month of tightening margins between owners’ estimates of home values and the professional opinions of appraisers, according to Quicken Loans’ National Home Price Perception Index. Appraised values were only 0.71 percent lower nationwide than

Home prices across the U.S. have been rising faster than inflation and average wages for several consecutive years, although in some cases, that trend is beginning to slow or even reverse. That may be due to homeowners getting more

  Loan delinquency rates hit their lowest level in 20 years this past April, according to a new report from real estate data firm CoreLogic, showing that American homeowners continue to thrive about a decade after the housing market’s

While casual observers might have been expecting dismal numbers in the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labors Statistics following expectedly soft figures in May’s report, Friday’s jobs report was actually pretty encouraging. The total nonfarm job count

This Fourth of July, the mortgage industry has good news for veterans in high-cost real estate markets. Thanks to the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, recently signed into law by President Donald Trump, veterans who secure loans through

Massachusetts is once again operating without an official budget as key housing and transit improvement bills await the governor’s signature. The state’s 2020 fiscal year began July 1, and for the ninth year in a row, Massachusetts’ ongoing funding

Zillow’s trademark “Zestimate” feature, which lets homeowners and prospective buyers see the estimated value of almost any residence, has been upgraded to incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities that the company says will improve accuracy. According to a

Boston metro home sales surge In line with Massachusetts’ strong sales performance in May, the Greater Boston Association of Realtors reported record-breaking figures of its own. According to GBAR, 1,316 single-family homes sold last month, an 8 percent gain

The Counselors of Real Estate, an international organization for commercial real estate professionals, ranked what its membership body recently voted on as the current and emerging issues it expects to have the most significant impact on real estate.  Topping