Boston is notorious for its high real estate prices, making it hard for some to purchase homes in the area. As a result, renting was a plausible solution, until now. Thanks to high credit requirements, Boston is now one

It’s no secret that some cities compared to others have larger asking prices for smaller spaces. PropertyShark wanted to test the logic and figure out what a homebuyer can get for their money in cities around the United States.

A new owners.com survey found that homebuyers are looking for their real estate agents to use more tech-based tools. The survey sampled over 1,000 homeowners, which they define as “those who purchased a home within the last four years”

The recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 makes significant changes to tax benefits for homeowners, including decreasing the limit on borrowing subject to the mortgage interest deduction from $1 million to $750,000, and capping deductions for both

Home and condo sales in Boston remained near record levels in January 2018 despite dipping 5.9 percent to 787 from January 2017, according to the Greater Boston Association of Realtors. That marks the fifth-highest sales total on record and

The recent sale of a penthouse at Boston’s Ritz-Carlton was one for the record books, as it is the most expensive of all previous residential unit sales in the development’s two residential towers. Penthouse 2A at the 2 Avery St. tower,

After eight years of the post-recession housing boom and the record-breaking price increases of recent years, the luxury residential market stabilized in 2017, according the luxury market report by The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing, a partner in the

For Realtors, especially those who tend to use more traditional forms of advertising, Facebook is the proverbial golden ticket. Today, more than 80 percent of internet users are active on Facebook, where they spend a staggering 700 billion minutes

Boston ranked No. 3 in a recent Transit Score ranking from Redfin, largely due to the geographic reach and convenience of its Massachusetts Bay Transportation Agency. Boston’s transit system, which includes America’s first subway, experienced a 1.8 decrease in

Home inventory in Massachusetts dropped to a record low in December to close out 2017, forcing the number of sales down but median prices up, according to a new report from the Massachusetts Association of Realtors. The number of single-family

Agents have to perform a delicate balancing act each day: planning open houses and showings, communicating with their current clients, generating leads and staying up-to-date on changes in the housing market. But one of the biggest challenges is also

By Laurie M. Brown What does the “golden age of consumerism” mean for real estate agents? A lot. As the advent of publicly accessible property data continues to evolve, the issue for Realtors becomes how well they can interpret

Ripe with historical significance, Boston was placed at No. 8 on OnlineDegrees.com’s list of best big cities for new grads. In a profile of 59 U.S. metropolitan areas with a population greater than 750,000, Boston stands out in terms of affordability, employment

Buying or selling a piece of property is a huge milestone in anyone’s lives — one that typically involves one of two payment options: taking out a mortgage loan or, less common, purchasing outright with cash. However, there’s a

With more homebuyers competing for a limited supply of homes, sellers are upping their prices to match the high demand, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices for August 2017. The National Home Price Index reported a gain of