These Profit Holes Can Sink Your Business
Most Realtors and investors focus primarily on profits. What typically gets put on the back burner is how expenses and what they’re choosing not to do can cost them way more.
Surveys Find American Facing Economic Anxiety that Could Drag Housing Market
Two separate polls raise concerns about American consumers’ mindsets as the spring housing market gets underway.
The Gossip Report: March 20, 2026
The first home in this week’s roundup of Massachusetts’ most expensive home sales has an underground secret passage.
Best Time to Sell Boston Homes Has Already Passed
According to a recent analysis of Realtor.com data, the best time to sell a home in the region is at the beginning of March, the week beginning on March 8.
Your Marketing Is Likely Turning Off Buyer and Seller Clients. Do This, Instead
The big question agents facing agents today is: How do you stand out in an immense sea of sameness?
Narrowland Group Joins Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Robert Paul Properties has added The Narrowland Group to its Cape Cod team.
The Gossip Report: March 13, 2026
The third home in this week’s roundup of Massachusetts’ most expensive home sales is a rare treat: a huge property on Cambridge’s tony Brattle Street.
New England Features Low Amounts of ‘Accidental Landlords’
The high cost of homes in Greater Boston isn’t just keeping owners from renting their old homes. It’s helping them avoid wanting to.
Greater Boston Relistings Increase Early in 2026
As the 2026 spring market nears, Boston-area home sellers who couldn’t find a buyer last year made up a larger share of homes on the market this winter.
Personnel File – No. 433
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored, it’s our weekly Personnel File roundup.
Getting Creative with Concessions
Is it still a seller’s market if there’s less than two months of inventory, but sellers are only getting 94 percent of list price? Steve Seaver is grappling with that question as the 2026 president of the Cape Cod Islands Association of Realtors.
Inventory Starting to Grow Heading into Boston Spring Housing Market
As the spring housing market inches closer, inventory of homes for sale is rising faster in Greater Boston than it did last spring.
The Gossip Report: March 6, 2026
The first home in this week’s roundup of Massachusetts most expensive home sales is almost a record-setter: It’s the most expensive Beacon Hill home sold since a $28.25 million sale in 2023.
Boston Luxury Home Market Slowed in January Year-on-Year
The Greater Boston luxury home market saw listings and pending sales activity slow down over prior years as 2026 opened.
ADU Financing Seen as Biggest Obstacle to Adding Inventory
Despite the availability of second-mortgage and home equity loans, many homeowners still face budget gaps that keep them from adding an ADU.
Feeling Stressed Out? Increase Your Productivity Simply by Taking a Break
The type of break you choose has a huge impact on how effective you will be with your clients as well as coping with the challenges you face daily in your real estate business.
Why Realtors Want Every Agent to Get Fair Housing Training
Fair housing is not an abstract concept for Realtors. It is a professional obligation and public responsibility. But only a third of licensed agents are Realtors, leaving a big gap in fair housing protections.
The Housing Crisis Is Forcing Americans to Choose Between Affordability and Safety
When housing becomes unaffordable in safer areas, the only available and affordable property is often in riskier locations, like flood- or fire-prone locales.
Massachusetts Boasts Lowest Vacant Foreclosure Rates In Country
Homebuyers in Massachusetts are facing some of the lowest rates of vacant and “zombie” foreclosures in the nation, according to a new report from Attom.
The Gossip Report: Feb. 27, 2026
The fifth home in this week’s roundup of the most expensive home sales in Massachusetts has plenty of potential, as an optimist might put it.
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