by State House News Service | Jan 30, 2024
Gov. Maura Healey is still waiting for the legislature to act on her big housing bill, but she paused Monday to swear in two panels of developers, municipal leaders and advocates Monday, charged with charting more housing production reforms.
by James Sanna | Dec 19, 2023
Massachusetts home sales followed a familiar pattern in November, with the numbers of both single-family houses and condominiums dropping by double-digit percentages while both property types’ median sale price marched upwards.
by Banker & Tradesman | Dec 3, 2023
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.
by James Sanna | Oct 16, 2023
The latest data on the Massachusetts housing market shows that fewer houses sold across the state last month than any September since 2010, when the state was still in the grip of the Great Recession.
by James Sanna | Sep 19, 2023
Home prices rose at a faster clip in August than at any time this year as record low housing inventory kept buyers outnumbering sellers.
by James Sanna | Aug 15, 2023
In what’s become a familiar refrain for Massachusetts housing market-watchers, a trio of data reports issued Monday showed for-sale inventory significantly down in July, and prices rising.
by Jay Fitzgerald | Jul 23, 2023
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.
by James Sanna | Jul 18, 2023
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.
by State House News Service | Jun 13, 2023
As renters and would-be homebuyers face an affordability crisis, a leading trade group for the people who facilitate home sales is eyeing new building projects as the solution.
by Banker & Tradesman | May 21, 2023
Since a testing grant program was established in 2019, it appears that one or more additional quarries could also be contaminated, and the problem’s full scope is still hard to see.
by James Sanna | May 16, 2023
A new report out Tuesday shows surprising and potentially worrisome data points: single-digit percentage declines in the statewide and Greater Boston median home sale prices.
by James Sanna | Apr 19, 2023
Homeowners continued to hold off from putting their homes on the market last month, putting a squeeze on buyers even as stabilizing mortgage rates appeared to draw more of the latter out of the woodwork, according to a trio of new data releases about the Massachusetts housing market.
by James Sanna | Apr 2, 2023
Many market observers believe Massachusetts is headed for another spring of multiple offers and waived contingencies, thanks to how still-high interest rates have stabilized in recent weeks.
by James Sanna | Mar 22, 2023
High mortgage rates and low inventory helped simultaneously support a rise in the state’s median home prices in February while giving a further kick to the total numbers of homes sold, experts say.
by James Sanna | Feb 22, 2023
Home sales activity plunged again in January, new data shows, but an uptick in pending sales has some observers wondering if buyer demand will return this spring stronger than fall’s weak showing.
by James Sanna | Dec 21, 2022
The tail end of Massachusetts’ fall home sales are finally winding their way through the closing process, and the results aren’t pretty: numbers of single-family and condominium sales are down by big double-digit percentages year-over-year.
by Cameron Sperance | Dec 4, 2022
A spike in Massachusetts condominium sales prices in October may not be a signal of a flight to affordability so much as be a sign that developments under construction over the last few years are finally coming online.
by Banker & Tradesman | Oct 18, 2022
Single-family home and condo sales declined across Massachusetts in September as mortgage rates rose, while inventory remains in short supply and a leading Realtor says Greater Boston’s sellers’ market has come to an end.
by James Sanna | Apr 20, 2022
Massachusetts’ home sales figures slid downward for yet another month in March, as the state’s housing shortage and rising interest rates continued to bite.
by James Sanna | Mar 23, 2022
New reports from the Massachusetts Association of Realtors and online brokerage Redfin shows that the February housing market began heating up.