The Greater Boston Association of Realtors (GBAR) has released its August statistics for the area’s housing market, and as usual, they are chockfull of implications for both the market’s current status and where it is heading. Below, we have

The “Profile of Real Estate Firms” is among the most interesting annual surveys from the National Association of Realtors. Conducted among its executive members, the profile offers an in-depth look at the higher echelons of the industry, as well

For some time now, agents and analysts alike have wondered why so few Millennials are buying homes, but new Census data has provided a remarkably straightforward answer – they’re all living at home with their parents. Compiled by Time magazine,

The National Association of Home Builders wants to organize its membership to help pass 15 of what it describes as “critical” building code changes. In its release, the association wrote: “NAHB is urging its members to get involved locally

Both economic and personal concerns are stopping renters from buying homes, according to the latest Housing Opportunities and Market Experience (HOME) survey from NAR. Conducted on a quarterly basis, the HOME survey polled Americans about their confidence in the

In Jan. 2005, Alan Reynolds, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, said that it would be “financially foolhardy” to listen to “housing bubble worrywarts.” A few months later, Jude Wanniski, a former adviser to President Ronald Reagan, authored

What is it about South Boston? Once a scruffy, working-class community with some gritty undertones – the infamous criminal James “Whitey” Bulger grew up there –South Boston has since evolved into one of Beantown’s hottest housing markets, with home sales

Numerous towns in Greater Boston are seeing strong real estate activity in 2016, but which areas have seen the greatest rise in home prices over the last year? And even more interestingly, which areas have defied market trends and

About one in five homes purchased last year was bought as an investment property, according to the National Association of Realtors. The average investor had a median household income of just over $95,000 and bought a single-family home within

Redfin data scientists analyzed all properties sold under Redfin in 2015 to find the top 10 greenest neighborhoods across the nation. Two Greater Boston neighborhoods, Newton and Dedham, made it to the top 10. The term “going green” shouldn’t be new to

The American public views the real estate industry more positively than at any time in the last decade, according to new research from Gallup. Based on its annual polling of public sentiment, Gallup found that 44 percent of Americans

It’s no mystery why Brookline is so popular – the Boston suburb has numerous benefits and amenities for its residents, and is one of the metro area’s top housing draws. Below, we have detailed five reasons that Brookline is such a dynamic

When TRID came into effect in Oct. 2015, the big fear was a consumer-facing one. “TRID is going to delay loan closings,” the industry said. But it hasn’t – at least not for the majority. In Ellie Mae’s most

Three Greater Boston suburbs are among the 10 safest communities in the country, according to a ranking from SafeWise. Basing its analysis on FBI statistics of violent and property crime, along with research on local initiatives in public safety, public

Boston may not be the least affordable housing market in the U.S., but it’s awfully close. That was the finding of a new analysis from Redfin. As of July 2016, the median price for a two-to-four-bedroom home in Beantown is $837,000;

In use for more than 25 years and the preferred credit scoring system for 90 percent of top lenders, the FICO Score has long been the dominant metric of creditworthiness for auto lending, credit card decisioning and, of course,