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Online searches for first-time buyer mortgages are at an all-time high

The process of buying a home can be extremely daunting, especially if it’s your first time doing it. Recently, Chase Home Lending and Google paired up to figure out how and what people are searching online about homeownership. The companies discovered people

Foreign investment in U.S. homes jumps 49 percent

The growth in sales dollar volume from Canadian buyers helped fuel foreign investments in U.S. residential real estate to a record high, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors. The 2017 Profile of International Activity in

Redfin sets pricing for planned IPO

The online real estate brokerage Redfin announced the terms for its IPO, with shares expected to go on sale later this month or early August. Redfin plans to sell 9.23 million shares in the $12 to $14 per share

Gen X homeowners hardest hit by 2008 housing crash

The longer you own a home, the more equity you should gain. However, after the housing market crash, Gen X homeowners are still lagging behind in terms of gaining equity in their homes, according to the new Zillow Home Equity

Sellers: Stage your living room to help decrease a home’s market time

Taking the time to stage a home can make a significant difference in how long that home stays on sale, according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2017 Profile of Home Staging report. The report found that 62 percent of

Almost half of Americans have regrets about their homebuying process

Overall, Americans recognize the benefits of homeownership, but there are still some regrets about housing choices. According to Trulia, 44 percent of Americans have regrets about their current home or the homebuying process. This is down from 46 percent five

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Is Amazon getting into the real estate business?

Zillow has been called the Amazon of the real estate industry – disrupting and revolutionizing the way that homes are bought and sold across the country. However, Amazon may be looking to become the Amazon of the real estate

Housing market sets new low for home supply, Redfin reports

U.S. home prices rose in June to the highest national median sale price Redfin has recorded since it began tracking in 2010, hitting $298,000, according to Redfin’s June housing report. However, home sales continue to be constrained by low inventory,

Almost half of all Americans are concerned about affordable housing, survey says

The availability of affordable housing is a concern for many consumers, according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2017 National Housing Pulse Survey. The survey, which measures consumers’ attitudes about housing issues in the nation’s largest metropolitan statistical areas, found

Realtor Frank Ventresca on how young people can start investing in property

Editor’s note: Frank Ventresca is an agent with Team Ventresca, located in the Back Bay as part of Keller Williams. But before he had his own team, he was a part-time agent looking to get into property investment. We

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Boston ranks 14th in the country for ‘green’ buildings

Boston came in at No. 14 in the 2017 National Green Building Adoption Index, up three spots from last year. The report looked at the growth of Energy Star and LEED certified office spaces since 2005 in the 30 largest cities

The 10 most affordable Boston-area neighborhoods to rent

Two-bedroom median rents across Boston are much more affordable than Los Angeles and Miami with $2,600 being the average for the whole metro area, according to Renthop. However, these affordable neighborhoods are outside Suffolk County, according to the report.

Apartment demand grows to near-record highs nationwide

According to the analytics firm RealPage, apartment demand increased to a near-record amount in the second quarter. Demand rose to 175,645 apartments nationally, up one-third from the demand level at this time last year. “Today’s strong demand for apartments reflects

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Boston faces some of the biggest hurdles to new housing construction, report says

As homeownership rates drop to record lows, cities across the country are scrambling to find apartments for the growing number of renters. That problem is particularly acute in Boston, where an extreme number of apartments is needed but there

Homebuyers can search for homes by school district with new Realtor.com feature

A major factor for many people when searching for a new home is the school district that they will be placed into. Now, narrowing down homes based on schools is easier. Realtor.com announced the launch of home search by school boundaries

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Suburban Boston’s 6 hottest housing markets in June

Those hoping to purchase homes in Boston’s surrounding suburbs face increasingly steep prices and fierce competition — a factor that has led to a cooling off of the metro’s market.  Some neighborhoods, however, have defied this trend and showed impressive

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