What does an overflowing fruit basket, especially one ordered from a big national chain, really say about a company and its values? Especially when your community is overflowing with opportunities to expand your and your contacts’ horizons.
Sellers giving in to a “new normal” for mortgage rates. Home prices staying roughly flat. Demand for apartments and rental houses staying strong.
Some experts expect the nation’s housing markets to begin a long, grinding climb-out next year from the multi-year inventory dives they’ve been on since 2020, but two Massachusetts markets are expected to be top performers.
Real estate professionals now have myriad new tools that can be used to assist in day-to-day business activities and help streamline work, leading to more effective agents.
Quaint coastal communities just north of Boston are seeing their proximity to the city buffer them from home-price softness seen elsewhere in the state.
MAPC’s latest research has uncovered astounding statistics about the role investors are playing in pushing Boston home prices up. But it falls wide of the mark in recommending rent control as a solution to the problem.
The Biden administration is taking steps to help create more affordable houses and apartments, which could help fill the inventory gap that plagues the housing sector.
As Tim Warren Jr. marks 50 years at The Warren Group, colleagues, staff and family reflect on his transformative presence and self.
There’s another factor driving local housing-market strain: profit-seeking investors snapping up properties at an increasing rate, according to a new report from established urban planning researchers.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency has released its new conforming loan limits for 2024 and, for the first time in several years, Greater Boston is seeing a smaller increase than in past years as the housing market slows.
Affordability concerns are everywhere in the nation’s many real estate markets, and it seems to be propelling younger homebuyers to find new ways to make the math work when purchasing a new house.
The existing home market has been stymied – by mortgage rates in the 8 percent range and ultra-low inventory – and it’s created an opening for builders to take credit for double their normal share of sales.
The statewide median home sale price jumped by double-digits last month following a resurgence in buyer interest this fall, according to new data, even as a prominent Realtor group noted an uptick in price reductions in recent months.
Fannie Mae is adding another year to a pilot program that can help landlords boost tenants’ credit scores by reporting on-time rental payments, and making it free for more landlords to join.
It has long been suspected that some agents engage in “steering” – guiding their buyer-clients away from low-paying listings. And the authors of a new, large-scale study say they’ve unearthed proof.
A property in this week’s editorial cartoon has a lot of selling points. But some people care about them more than others.
Hundreds of millions of dollars of property taxes are on the line if sea level rise driven by climate change eats away at coastal home values, the report warns.
A new survey of Redfin agents finds that Greater Boston’s housing market could be the most competitive in the country, at least by one measure.
Towns and cities around the Boston metro area have only given developers the green light to build half as many homes as local officials say they need by 2030
