Real Estate Team Swaps Compass For Coldwell Banker
Coldwell Banker New England has picked up a founding member of Compass’ South Shore office.
Coldwell Banker New England has picked up a founding member of Compass’ South Shore office.
With a stronger economy, among other things, boosting consumer confidence, the outlook for home remodeling activity appears to be improving.
In yet another indicator of the affordability issues that confront American homebuyers, the share of conforming mortgage rate-locks in the American housing market have hit a record low, according to a new report from Optimal Blue.
The income required to afford a starter home across the nation has risen significantly since 2019.
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When a family member passes away, their loved ones sometimes become homeowners unexpectedly. In these situations, servicers are supposed to help, but some just steer borrowers into costly refinances.
Beverly residential brokerage J Barrett & Company announced its agents raised $6,000 to give to a local cancer support group that it matched dollar-for-dollar. See who else gave back.
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked up again this week, starting the first full week of 2025 off at its highest level since July.
While U.S. rents dropped to the lowest levels in three years in December, Boston rents continued to creep upwards.
“I think they should be abolished. I think they should go away,” the governor said. “I totally support that, and support taking action to make that happen.”
While Greater Boston jumped 10 spots in Zillow’s hottest markets rankings compared to 2024, the market was still outpaced by the likes of Hartford and Providence.
A Marshfield real estate broker is being accused of embezzling money by a dozen agents, and failing to pay them hundreds of thousands of dollars in commissions and other fees.
According to a new report from Redfin, 23.8 percent of Boston-area renters in 2023 stayed in the same home for more than a year, down from 26.7 percent a decade prior.
As the calendar turns to 2025, there will be more challenges ahead for buyers and brokers alike, and the Fed’s now-cooling ambitions for interest rate cuts have created uncertainty about how many homeowners will be interested in listing once the spring selling season arrives.
Private developers are eager to build student housing in Boston. And city officials want more college students out of the rental market. But new dorms face thorny neighborhood politics to make it happen.
Over the past four decades in Boston-area luxury brokerage, Sue Hawkes has followed the market’s shifts during up-and-down cycles. Now, her firm is casting an eye towards the suburbs.
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Institutional investors returned to bidder pools for apartment complexes on the market in Greater Boston during 2024, resulting in more competitive sales processes and driving up prices.
The Department of Justice has warned buyers not to sign contracts binding them to the agent showing them houses. And maybe they shouldn’t. But what about sellers?
Before joining the chorus of promoters of “affordable housing,” one might want to consider the meaning of that term, and its consequences.