This year proving to be especially positive for Boston new construction Residential construction spending in the Boston area totaled $237 million in April, a whopping 42 percent decline from the $409 million of April 2014, according to the latest report from Dodge Data

Apartments are the majority of new housing units approved as Boston moves towards 2030 housing goals. Apartments made up 79 percent of the 825 housing units approved in 2015’s first quarter by the city of Boston, along with 77.5 percent

After two hours of removal, a New York City woman’s home is free of the rather large bee problem under her bedroom floor. Mary Jean Dyczko, a Queens resident, had 40,000 bees living under her bedroom floor near an

When it comes to choosing where to live, safety has always been the top priority for potential buyers. And not just home safety: the state’s financial, road and workplace safety can greatly affect how likely someone is to live

The Hispanic demographic struggles to recover from housing crash, but could become a big shaker in future markets Between now and 2020, roughly four out of every 10 new households in the U.S. will be headed by someone of

Listing agents will go a long way to ensure a client’s property looks appealing to potential buyers, and now they can go one step further. In Sacramento, Calif., one man recently started a company, Brown Lawns Green, that helps

Earlier this week, Boston Agent reported that two Boston area suburban public school systems are ranked among the top 100 public school systems in the nation. The study, which was courtesy of ranking/review website Niche, featured Lexington and Weston, which both ranked highly on Niche’s

A recent Craigslist ad for a Humboldt Park apartment in Chicago, Ill. bore some unfamiliar words to real estate advertising. Cathy Mcdonagh, the property manager of the listed apartment, described the $895 three-bedroom unit as “super UGLY” with “zero

Last month’s new home sales appear hugely positive, but is there a hidden truth behind the numbers? On the surface, it would appear to be a wholly positive development for housing – sales of newly built single-family homes, according to

April’s pending home sales add positive note, but caution still necessary Pending home sales in April hit their highest level in nine years, according to the latest analysis from the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home Sales Index

Mandarin Condo paves the way for future Boston luxury real estate A two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath condo selling for $12.5 million at the Back Bay’s Mandarin Oriental is impressive enough, but what sets a new record is not the price, but the

According to the annual 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study, Boston has the lowest property taxes in America. The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy study tracked the effective property tax rates in each state’s largest city and rural area (including the

Texas is known for its big hair, big personalities and large size in general, but a fixer-upper in Manvel, Texas takes “big” to a whole new level. Built in 2001, this massive 60,175 square-foot brick home has 46 bedrooms,

The latest Case-Shiller offered further evidence of Boston’s strong housing market Home prices in the Boston area rose 0.4 percent from February to March and 4.6 percent from March 2014, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s.

Boston’s Quarterly Report shows forward progress on many goals Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s ambitious housing plan is starting to become a reality, according to the first quarterly report released by the city. The report, released as part of an

Boston Agent counts down its top 10 real estate films In 1982, iconic horror moviemaker Tobe Hooper (of Texas Chainsaw Massacre fame) married two of American’s most deep-seeded fears: real estate and structures built on unmarked graves. In what became