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Looking to join the tiny home trendsetters? For $100,000 you can own a historic New Orleans’ home in the city’s popular Treme neighborhood. The 523-square-foot property was built in 1929 and has been remodeled with larger windows to brighten
New numbers are out for Greater Boston’s housing market – is the news good or bad? “The third quarter of 2015 has ticked its last tock with the hands pointing firmly upon a reliable clock of a market.” So
Will Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ever change? Investors and housing advocates alike have anxiously awaited government plans to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but recent comments by Obama administration officials indicate they’ll have to wait a bit longer.
This 7,747 square-foot Swiss chalet home in River Forest has a unique feature, a train. Built during the 1920s, the current homeowner, and railroad enthusiast, bought the property in 1974, according to Realtor.com. He experimented with a model railroad in his basement before
The economy on a whole may be doing better, but most Americans are not directly experiencing those gains The unemployment rate is currently 5.1 percent, down substantially from where it was five years ago. Since bottoming in March 2009, the
Employees of all backgrounds left the construction industry and didn’t come back More than five years after the housing downturn, homebuilders are still grappling with a lack of construction workers, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. There are 1.3 million
Trulia sought to find some of the most unnaturally hazardous places in the country Halloween is nearly upon us, which means it’s time to break out our jack-o-lanterns, cue up our YouTube mixes for Thriller and The Monster Mash,
Without the surging apartment sector, where would new construction be in 2015? Housing starts in September were up 6.5 percent from August and 17.5 percent from Sept. 2014 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.026 million, which is the
According to the new Better Money Habits Millennial Report from Bank of America, while 84 percent of Millennials are self-reliant when it comes to managing their own finances, 41 percent are constantly stressed about money. Moreover, the report found that money stress
Ninety percent of all U.S. homes are under insulated, according to a new report released by the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association (NAIMA). The report pulled data from the 2009 Residential Energy Consumption Survey and used insulation estimation techniques
Builders are now more confident than at anytime since the housing boom Builder confidence in the market for newly constructed single-family homes rose three points in October to a level of 64 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells
According to Zillow, Boston is No. 7 on the list of best cities for trick-or-treating. San Francisco has topped the list for the fifth year in a row. Other repeats include Minneapolis, Denver and Seattle, along with new appearances by Nashville,
The new median size for single family homes is 2,450 square feet. According to the 2014 Survey of Construction (SOC) data from the Census Bureau and NAHB analysis, this is the second highest average since 2009. Tweet: The new median
The Walsh administration is on the verge of requiring that real estate developers make more of an effort to create affordable housing, amidst Boston’s biggest building boom in a generation. The new requirement is due to steep rent increases and a
The Business Journals, analyzing the latest Census Bureau data, has compiled a list of the most profitable U.S. cities for a wide range of professions, including loan officers and real estate agents. In Boston, 2014 salaries for loan officers
What Boston neighborhoods see the highest share of luxury home sales? The 02116 ZIP code, which includes the Back Bay and Bay Village neighborhoods, was the top luxury housing market in Boston in the second quarter, with 77 sales
