Five towns central Massachusetts towns hit hard by foreclosures after the 2008 recession stand to benefit from a multi-agency program that aims to rehab blighted properties, incorporating energy efficiency measures, and to sell the newly-efficient homes to low- and moderate-income families.
The weeks after the Fourth of July are typically slow for the residential real estate market; it’s a good time to reflect on the market overall. Statewide, things are booming. The median sale price of a single-family home shot up to $395,000 in June, according to The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman. This marks 15 straight months of year-over-year price increases going back to April of 2016. And early reports are that June sales were robust.
