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

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.

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

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

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

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

Boston was ranked by Schroders Global Cities Index for being a prime global location for real estate investment. Coming in at no. 3, Boston is one of 18 American cities listed in the top 30 by Schroders. The index utilized a number

After years of rising demand and home prices, Boston’s housing market is showing signs of leveling or even cooling off. But that doesn’t mean that some neighborhoods in the city aren’t still seeing price and sales growth. RE/MAX Leading

Home prices continue to grow on both a year-over-year and month-over-month basis, according to the CoreLogic Home Price Report for May. Nationwide, home prices are up 6.6 percent in May 2017 compared to May 2016. May home prices increased by 1.2

A nationwide housing shortage has caused home prices to rapidly rise in many popular markets, and Boston has been no exception. While home prices and activity continue on an upward trend, Boston’s housing market is actually cooling off, according

The U.S. affordability index dropped to 100 in the second quarter of 2017, which is the least affordable level since the third quarter of 2008, according to a new report from ATTOM Data Solutions. The affordability index measures the

Dodge Data & Analytics released new statistics on money spent on new Boston construction Thursday. The report considered all May 2017 constructions starts in the Boston area. There was an 89 percent increase for nonresidential construction starts between May of this

Those looking to buy homes in this market have little time to ponder if they want an available home. In fact, more and more people are bidding on a home without even seeing it in person, according to a

America’s housing market might be notably stronger than it was when the recession hit nearly a decade ago, but not everyone is ready to jump back into buying. Despite wanting to purchase a house of their own one day,

As millennials have aged into the largest homebuying population in the country, economists and real estate experts have spent considerable time figuring out why the group is slow to buy homes. Millennial spending habits have been blamed, as has

Fundrise, a Washington D.C. managing company, created a way for prospective homebuyers to crowdfund their future homes. Public investors buy shares in an “eFund,” a limited liability company that develops housing in the city. Investors must make a minimum