Existing-home sales closed out 2016 as the best year in a decade, even as sales declined in December as the result of ongoing affordability tensions and historically low supply levels.

The most affordable neighborhoods ranked by their 10 least expensive market-rate homes for sale.

Drastically reducing your energy bills is just one of the advantages of living in an energy efficient home.

The most expensive homes on the market in Brookline right now.

The most exciting new projects breaking ground this year.

The most expensive single family homes sold in Greater Boston in 2016.

Homebuying excitement has faded in the wake of dropping affordability and rising mortgage rates. So what does that mean for 2017?

This the first time this year rates have passed four percent.

An ordinance has been docketed to establish Newton’s official policy on cooperating with federal immigration authorities.

The most exclusive Boston luxury real estate.

Newton has been named the fifth best place for first time homebuyers in America.

A new report observed that a growing interest in fresh, accessible food cultivates the communities around it and innovation and development follow its cultivation. Neighborhood farmer’s markets, farm-to-table restaurants and community gardens are just a few examples.

Like it or not, many Boston neighborhoods that used to be relatively more affordable are skyrocketing in price. Knowing when to snap up property in a certain area before this happens is a valuable skill. So here’s the scoop.

Out of the 100 largest metro areas in the country, Boston came in as the third hottest real estate market for next year.