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

Donald Trump spoke to the National Association of Home Builders this month, and it turned out to be one of the most important speeches of his campaign: it was about housing. He reminisced about what it was like growing

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

Multigenerational households – those that include two or more adult generations, or grandparent and grandchildren – are at an all-time high in the U.S., according to a new Pew Research Center analysis. Based on census data through 2014, Pew

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

Tim Kaine believes he and Hillary Clinton can change the housing industry. “A house is more than just a place to sleep,” the Virginia senator and Democratic vice presidential nominee wrote in his “How to make housing fair in

In June, the nation’s housing inventory fell. It’s now at a 4.6-months supply. It’s a trend defining several metropolitan markets throughout the country. A report from John Burns Real Estate Consulting recently explained, at least in part, what may

Nearly half of Americans either have or hope to invest soon in smart home technology, a Coldwell Banker survey found. They probably don’t know that the smart home feature the survey found “most appealing” to homebuyers can be hacked.

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

Everyone knows the construction industry is facing a labor shortage. Some speculate a worsening of that shortage is imminent. But at least one person – Betsy Scott, director of the think tank Housing Innovation Alliance – believes there is a solution

The presidential election is mere months away, and so far the conversation on the campaign trail seems to be limited to wages, terrorism, crime and bickering. But what about housing? Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential pick, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, has

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

The statistics are hardly encouraging: student debt has more than tripled in the last 10 years; its serious delinquency rate is higher than any other form of debt, including mortgages and credit cards; it now totals $1.37 trillion, and

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