
New England Sees Listing Increase. Could the Seller-Buyer Standoff Be Thawing?
The local residential real estate market is getting a slight boost according to a new report from Realtor.com.
The local residential real estate market is getting a slight boost according to a new report from Realtor.com.
As prices of homes continue to rise in Massachusetts, inventory remains an issue in the commonwealth.
While states such as Florida have seen massive growth in inventory so far this year, the same can’t be said for Massachusetts. Experts fear that a big interest rate cut won’t move the needle much, and could make prices go higher.
A new survey of Baby Boomers and members of the Silent Generation commissioned by brokerage and listings portal Redfin has dismaying news for anyone hoping for a “silver tsunami” of downsizers bringing their houses to market.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made clear in his Jackson Hole speech last month that we’re in for an extended period of elevated interest rates. But what that means for the Massachusetts housing market has more than one answer.
With most homeowners who might have sold in other years sitting tight, the share of newly-built homes in the Greater Boston housing market has nearly doubled in a single year.
Two recently released reports raised hopes that the real estate market in Massachusetts might be reheating a bit after months of slower-than-normal activity.
A new analysis of MLS data by economists at brokerage and listings portal Redfin gives shape to just how choked up Greater Boston’s housing market is right now.
Our agents are reporting busy open houses and motivated buyers, even as contingencies and home inspections are back. The value of a home will hinge on price and condition.
There’s no savior waiting in the wings for Massachusetts’ housing market. Instead, we have to build one ourselves.
Massachusetts’ housing market measurably cooling, but inventory is – so far – not rocketing upwards. The causes, experts say, are complex.
The share of consumers who think it’s a less-than-optimal time to buy or sell a home keeps ticking upwards as interest rates rise and housing affordability drops.
Demand for second-home mortgages took a nosedive in February, a new report says, but Cape Cod’s inventory crunch means most buyers on the peninsula won’t feel any benefit.
As the new year opened, fewer homes were for sale in Massachusetts than at any time in the last 23 years, helping send the median single-family and condominium sale prices to record highs for yet another month.
William Raveis Inc. has launched a new service it says will help buyers compete with all-cash offers in an incredibly tight real estate market.
What should you make of the uptick in inventory and the slight slide in homebuyer demand? Is a return to a “normal” market on the horizon?
Massachusetts saw 6.09 percent fewer single-family homes hit the market in August than came online in September, according to new statistics released by the Massachusetts Association of Realtors.
Even as Massachusetts single-family prices broke another record last month, signs emerged that the state’s inventory drought could be easing.
At least some element of seasonality appears to have returned to the Boston-area housing market last month: Redfin’s monthly report on competition its agents’ offers faced found a slightly less frenzied atmosphere.