Renting in the Boston area remained far less expensive than purchasing a home as the fall homebuying season arrived, with high interest rates adding to the gap in monthly payments.
A pair of apartment buildings in the Fenway traded for $37.5 million in two acquisitions by the owner of a Beacon Hill hotel.
Arrowpoint Properties expanded its portfolio in the city with Greater Boston’s fastest growing apartment rents, acquiring a 17-year-old rental complex in Lawrence.
New data shows Greater Boston’s landlords are increasingly willing to give away things like a free month of rent as the apartment market slumps.
Greater Boston apartment landlords are battling twin problems: a sudden drop in demand and the lingering remnants of the post-pandemic construction boom.
Apartment rents are trending downward amid a wave of new buildings coming online, including a 3.6 percent annual decrease in development hotspot Everett.
Greater Boston renters are getting some relief from apartment rent hikes following completion of a series of new developments, with vacancies in Allston-Brighton hitting double digits.
Massachusetts is unlikely to meet the Healey administration’s goal for 220,000 new housing units’ completion by 2035, according to a new report analyzing the state of the residential real estate market.
Apartment rents shattered another barrier in Greater Boston, reflecting the steep downturn in construction of new developments since 2022.
Greater Boston’s pricey rental housing market is getting even more unaffordable, with rents rising at double the national average over the past year.
Across the Greater Boston region, average asking rents of $3.80 per square foot represent an 11 percent increase over those that opened in mid-2023, according to commercial brokerage Colliers.
As the prevalent September lease rollover date approaches, Boston renters could see some relief for the first time since the pandemic.
Executives with Equity Residential and AvalonBay told stock analysts that low rates of housing production in Massachusetts let them raise rents nearly 5 percent year-over-year.
The laws of economics apparently work differently in Massachusetts than in red states like Texas, according to some progressives here. Maybe they should look at some interesting new numbers released by Redfin and Zillow?
Apartment construction activity in Greater Boston hit a decade-long low and asking rents set another record in the first quarter.
Greater Boston’s apartment market has the highest rent increases among the 30 largest metro areas in the U.S., reflecting increases in both the high-end and “rent-by-necessity” categories.
Apartment vacancies rose to their highest levels in three years as developers delivered 8,700 units in eastern Massachusetts during the past year.
The current pace of apartment construction in Greater Boston trails all major U.S. markets except for New York City and Los Angeles, while rents rose 3.1 percent in the past year.
Greater Boston apartment rents are rising at an annual rate of 3 percent, and further increases are likely waiting in the wings, according to a new report on the multifamily market.
Leasing activity at what will grow to a 1,900-unit apartment portfolio in Everett by developer Greystar is confirming strong demand for new rental properties in Greater Boston.
