Zillow yesterday completed its acquisition of Trulia, shelling out $2.5 billion for its former rival and forming the “Zillow Group,” the parent company that will now house not only the Zillow and Trulia brands, but also StreetEasy and HotPads. Though nothing has

New home sales may have disappointed in 2014, but median sales price was an entirely different matter. December may have capped off a lackluster year of sales for newly built single-family homes, but when it came to the median

Everyone knows that lending standards today are relatively restrictive by historic standards, but are they loosening up at all as housing and the economy improve? To find out, we took an exclusive look at CoreLogic’s Housing Credit Index (HCI),

What condominiums in Boston saw the most sales activity in October? A couple weeks ago, we reported that the Greater Boston housing market remains a market in transition, with prices, inventories and sales up, down and around in a

Everybody wants a new home, but fewer people will be able to afford them at this rate. Newly built single-family homes are extremely expensive. That was the big takeaway from the latest new home sales report from the Census

It would appear to be a glaring contradiction in the nation’s housing market, but a bit of flip-side thinking immediately clears things up. The HMI, the NAHB’s measurement of builder confidence, rose yet again this month, jumping four points

Though not as quick as email, direct mail still offers considerable advertising value. The real estate world is constantly abuzz with talk of the newest mobile app or search platform. So much so, in fact, that agents often forget