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Homebuyer competition driving up Boston home prices

Homebuyer competition is driving up prices, as inventory constraints continue to plague the real estate market.

Boston Celtics co-owner lists Weston home for $8.9M

The home boasts several impressive amenities including indoor and outdoor pools, basketball and tennis courts, a game room, a home theater, a wine cellar and more. 

Boston named one of the world’s best cities

Bostonians already know Bean Town is one of the best cities in the world, but now it’s time for others to take notice, thanks to a new report that ranked Boston as just that.

There aren’t enough affordable homes on the market for middle-income buyers

Homes affordable to middle-income buyers — defined as households earning up to $75,000 — fall in the $256,000-to-$320,000 range. But of the over one million U.S. homes on the market at the end of April, less than a quarter of all listings were within that price range.

Bay State home prices see smallest increase since 2021

While the U.S. housing market has seen home prices rise an average of 38.69% over the past five years, Massachusetts homes had the smallest increase since 2021.

A treehouse in paradise

Live out your Hawaiian dream in this massive treehouse, suspended 20 in the lush treetops, five miles from Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park.

A Hollywood mansion — truly

Located in Davenport, Florida, on Fantasy Drive, the street name says it all. A bold mansion designed to offer the true Hollywood experience

Migration between major brokerages in 2023

The first quarter of 2023 shows some serious agent fluctuation at many of the country’s biggest brokerages.

Home price growth slows as inventory fell in May

Boston listings were down 26.2% from last year.

Most adults support housing densification in their neighborhood

These new homes are envisioned as “missing middle housing,” such as medium and large apartment buildings.

Jamaica Plain monastery to become housing

Holland Properties is looking to rehab the existing Franciscan Poor Clare Nuns’ monastery at 920 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain into a mixed-use development.

Boston nonprofit seeks to close racial homeownership gap

The Welcome Home Fund announces successful down-payment pilot program

Case-Shiller: Home-price declines ‘may have come to an end’; Boston sees 1.3% gain

A second consecutive month of increases in the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index could indicate a reversal of the negative trend that began last year. 

Sellers making concessions to buyers has doubled since 2022

The number of Massachusetts sellers making concessions to buyers is up from last year.

PulteGroup appoints Kevin Henry chief people officer 

The incoming executive has held similar roles at BlueLinx Corp. and Extended Stay America. 

Massachusetts community named one of the most beautiful small towns in America

Stockbridge, Massachusetts, has been named one of the most beautiful small towns in America by Architectural Digest.

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