Miss any real estate stories this week? We’ve got you covered with our weekly roundup of stories on new construction in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood, an in-depth look at rising rents in major cities across the U.S. and much more: •Luxury

The spring homebuying season in Greater Boston got off a roaring start in April, according to the latest numbers from the Greater Boston Association of Realtors. For April, single-family home sales were up 19.7 percent year-over-year to 1,132, while

Sixteen percent of agents have at least one personal assistant. The median age of new Realtors is 43 years old. And 83 percent are very certain they will remain active as real estate professionals for another two years. Those

Luxury homes are most prominent in Boston’s Haymarket neighborhood. That was the finding of a new report from Trulia, which analyzed the market share of million-dollar homes in the nation’s housing markets. In Haymarket, a remarkable 87.5 percent of homes are

Boston is the best city in the country for startup companies, according to a joint analysis from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, 1776 and Free Enterprise. “We are at the dawn of an extraordinary technological revolution, and it

Single-family homebuilding is showing encouraging strength in 2016, according to new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau. Through April, single-family authorizations were at a rate of 736,000, which is 3.3 percent above the revised March rate of 725,000. Monthly new

Today, the National Association of Realtors board of directors approved revisions to its Handbook on Multiple Listing Policy that will henceforth require all members have the rights to any listing content entered into the MLS. In response to a

Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes remained unchanged in May at a level of 58 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Ed Brady, the NAHB’s chairman, explained in the association’s report

Notable news this week included a jump in “extreme” condo offers and the development of two acres in West Roxbury. Catch up on this week’s real estate news with our weekly roundup: •Developers propose housing for Boston’s expanding wealthy population-

Millennials may be America’s largest, most vivacious generation yet, but new research suggests that their homebuying prospects have only worsened with time. According to a new analysis from Zillow, more Millennials now live with their parents than at anytime

So far in 2016, home sales in the Quincy housing market are up 17.97 percent over 2015, and for good reason – this dynamic area offers prospective homebuyers many benefits and amenities. Here are three things to love about Quincy:

Local officials unanimously approved an extension to the MBTA Green Line, although big questions remain for the project’s future, according to the Boston Herald. Both state transit officials and MBTA personnel voted for the plan, but the extension still needs Federal

We know, we know – private mortgage insurance (PMI for short) is one of the more profoundly unsexy topics in real estate, and offers little of the glitz and glamor of staging, showing and negotiating. But it is a

Every year, REAL Trends, a leading source for industry analysis and information, publishes its 500 lists, which rank the country’s top residential brokerages by transaction sides and total sales volume. This year both Massachusetts and Boston were represented. It

In a historical and cultural hub like Boston, there is a vast array of institutions and activities promoting the arts, all of which entice many prospective homebuyers. Here are five of the area’s most notable cultural spots: 1. The Peabody

As we discussed in a recent article, making the decision to fire a client is a nuanced process. That is doubly true when you move to execute that decision. Doing the actual firing may seem like the simpler part of the