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Ever wonder which places offer the most potential earnings for real estate professionals? Well, if you’re living and working in Boston, it’s not a bad time to be in the real estate business. Analysts at HomeInsurance.com investigated which places
Latest CoreLogic report shows prices falling moving into 2015. However, experts say we’re still poised for a strong year. National home prices climbed yet another rung on the industry ladder in November, according to CoreLogic’s latest home price report.
There are many positive things happening in housing right now, but this may be the most encouraging trend of all. On the surface, NAR’s latest existing-home sales report is not a very positive affair, with sales falling 6.1 percent
Though Boston’s for-sale market is showing signs of a seasonal slowdown, its rental market continues to charge ahead. The rental market in the Boston area continued its ascent in 2014’s fourth quarter, completing one of the strongest rental years in recent memory,
What obstacles remain in the homebuying process? Consumers have many expectations for the housing market in 2015, but they’re also operating under little allusion as to the obstacles that remain in place between them and their dream home. So
Agents may be looking up when it comes to 2015’s housing market, but how do consumers feel about the impending year? The news cycles have been chock-full of stories on what analysts and trade professionals expect for housing and
Economic sentiment has been pretty low for some time here in America, but does new survey data show that’s changing for the better? After a long purgatory, it seems that Americans are finally re-gaining their confidence in the economy,
What should be on your horizon, as the 2015 housing market begins to take shape? The 2015 housing market is nearly upon us, and to help you prepare in your business, we’ve described below three of the big trends
S&P’s newest Case-Shiller report revels a slow climb towards balance and a strong end to 2014. It was another month of balance for Massachusetts’ capital, according to the newest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Boston home
We all know that our housing market has quite a bit of value behind it, but what’s the big number that it all adds up to? We’ll cut straight to the big number – $600 billion. That’s the cumulative
Negative equity is not only down in Boston, but almost entirely absent in the area’s housing market. Last week, we reported a much-needed dosage of good news – that after peaking a few years back, negative equity in Boston has fallen
Of the many story that we published on our website this year, what ones generated the most interest from our readers? Click through to find
The latest new home sales report is out, but what details of that report should you keep in mind for your business? The latest Census Bureau report on new construction dropped this morning, and it concerns the home sale
JR Associates announces the appointment of Nicole Riel as assistant vice president and luxury property specialist. Nicole joined the JR Associates team in November of 2014 and will cover all of Massachusetts, with particular focus on the Boston market.
As the temperature falls, so have existing-home sales, but numbers still indicate a slow return to normalcy. The market peaked for 2014 in October, according to the National Association of Realtors recently released existing-home sales report. In November, existing-home
The Fed’s language on interest rates changed at its last meeting, throwing into question its future policies. It’s the big question on everyone’s mind – when will the Federal Reserve decide to raise interest rates? Indeed, there are few