Single-family home prices in the Boston area dropped slightly in January, a closely watched survey said today, suggesting the battered housing market continues to crawl along the bottom. In the Boston area, prices were down 2.8 percent from January 2011, dropping to 149.38 from 153.72, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller composite index. The S&P/Case-Shiller composite index [...]
It’s a sight for a sore local economy: real estate is on the move. According to recent figures released by the Greater Boston Association of Realtors, there have been two consecutive months of higher sales. The statistics comes on the heels of news regarding the ever-dropping Federal interest rate and skyrocketing rental rates. Sales of [...]
Condominium sales in March dropped for the ninth straight month. Condo sales decreased 31.6 percent to 1,034 from 1,511 in March 2010. A total of 2,747 condo sales transactions were recorded in the first three months of the year, a more than 20 percent decrease from 3,445 a year earlier. Sales of both condos and [...]
Sales of single-family homes and condominiums in Massachusetts surged by double-digit percentages in March compared to a year earlier, while prices for both also continued to rise, according a new report by The Warren Group. “We’re seeing a significant turnaround in the local housing market. Monthly home sales have been increasing year-over-year since last July [...]
U.S. home values remained unchanged in October from the previous month, and they were 5.7 percent lower than a year ago, reports Zillow, the Web-based home listing and valuation service. That marks the lowest level of annual depreciation since December 2007. The Zillow Home Value Index was $190,600 at the end of October, down 20.4 [...]
Located just steps from some of the best restaurants the Back Bay and South End have to offer, The Bryant on Columbus Avenue is offering 10 luxury homes at an auction scheduled for Saturday, October 17th. Prices will start at $1,075,000….as low as $476 per-square-foot! The ultra-luxury, boutique building offers 24-hour concierge, on-site garage parking, [...]
Baton Rouge, La., tops the list of large U.S. markets that are expected to perform the best in home prices over the next six months, according to the Third Quarter Home Price Forecast by Local Market Monitor, a real estate forecasting solutions company. The survey also identifies Buffalo; N.Y., Dallas; Fort Worth, Texas; Houston; Little [...]
U.S. home prices rose 7.3 percent for the most recent quarter with each of the nation’s four regions posting gains, according to a new report from Clear Capital, a real estate asset valuation company. Home prices rose 16.4 percent in the Midwest, 5.7 percent in the South, 5.4 percent in the Northeast and 3.0 percent [...]
Almost every news report about real estate inventory these days makes it seem as if homes are flooding the market and home buyers have prime pickings. Many Boston home buyers are finding it hard to believe that there may be very few homes that fit their search criteria. For example, if you are searching for [...]
The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in July, increased 3.2 percent from the previous month and was 12.0 percent higher than July 2008, NAR reports. The index now has risen for six straight months and has reached the highest level since June 2007. In the Northeast, the Pending Home [...]
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