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Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers: 2019 Reflection

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We see, of first-time homebuyers in 2019, 32% depended on inner circle for loans or gifts, according to the 2019 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, an annual report from the National Association of Realtors.

Real Estate Market Report: Newton, MA - January 2020

It's a sellers market, folks. Join us in our first ever Broker Talk Market Report and learn why!

The Rankings Are in for May's Hottest Real Estate Markets: Boston Remains Elite

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The Boston area's reign as one of the hottest real estate markets in the country is maintained for yet another month. The area that includes Boston, Newton, and Cambridge, showed out in May as the largest city in the top 20. The real estate powerhouse earned the number four ranking in May, following its first place finish in April and its [...]

MA Home Sales Down For The First Time In Over A Year

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The number of homes sold in MA actually decreased this past July. On Tuesday, the Massachusetts Association of Realtors (MAR) reported 5,799 sales in July – a 14% drop from last year. This is the first time MAR has reported a drop in sales in over a year.

Real Estate Roundup: May 4, 2016

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Good morning and happy Wednesday!

Here’s a summary of recent transactions and personnel news within Greater Boston’s real estate community.

1.    Chevron Partners has acquired the historic Sears Crescent building in Boston’s Government Center neighborhood from Copley Investments for $23.8 million. The 50,300-square-foot brick-and-beam building is fully leased to 14 tenants and is the third acquisition for Chevron Partners in Boston since [...]

Significant Increase In Jamaica Plain Condo Prices

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From Boston’s Financial District to the suburbs, housing prices in Massachusetts have been rising everywhere. Jamaica Plain was known to be an affordable area but the housing market in the neighborhood has experienced a significant increase in prices over the past few decades.

The average condo prices have inflated from $160/sq. ft. to $440/sq. ft. from 2000 to 2016. 

7 Markets Have Hit Their Peaks!

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Clear Capital recently released its Home Data Inex Market Report with data through May 2015. The report found, outside of the usual headline-making markets, there are seven markets, considered "major" in density and culture, which are in bubble territory. These markets have had two years on consecutive quarterly softening, meaning each [...]