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New Home Sales Up in March

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New-home sales rose 4.5 percent from February to March and are up 3 percent year-over-year to a seasonally adjusted rate of 692,000, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Housing and Urban Development.

Nationwide, 344,000 new homes were listed for sale, a modest rise from 336,000 in February. The median sales price of a new home was [...]

Commercial Opportunity in Newton

Busy Newtonville location, near T stop, supermarket, and Newton North High School. Location features high ceilings, usable full basement. Space ideal for office, retail and light food services. $3,400 / Triple Net Lease (NNN).

American Buyers Save Big on London Luxury

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The cost of property in London’s most expensive neighborhoods tumbled in 2018, with buyers using the U.S. dollar making the largest savings. Analysis of three prime property areas in the city suggested that sold house prices at the top end of the London market averaged around 6 percent less in 2018 from the year [...]

January 2019 Real Estate Investment Outlook

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Global real estate investment has been strong in recent years. In 2017, $698bn was invested in the asset class, according to JLL. In 2018, despite uncertainty surrounding the global economy, investment in the global property market reached a record high of $1.8 trillion. Looking forward, there are headwinds facing the real estate space. The [...]

The Chinese Middle Class Won't Stop Buying American Real Estate

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Chinese consumers may have soured on some American products, like iPhones, but they have only sweetened on U.S. residential real estate. They have been the top foreign buyers in both units and dollar volume of residential housing for six years straight, according to the National Association of Realtors, and now they expanding to new, lower [...]

Boston Is Among The Best Real Estate Bets For 2019

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Boston has made it into the top 10 best real estate bets for 2019. In 2018, jobs grew at an unprecedented rate of 2.5 percent. Home prices went up 6 percent, and income went up 6 percent as well. The average home is listed for $426,000 and the average monthly rent is $1,614. Taking all of these factors into consideration, Boston area real [...]

Bitcoin vs. Real Estate in 2019

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Bitcoin won in 2017.

Real Estate won in 2018.

Who wins in 2019 and beyond?

2017 was the year of bitcoin (BTC-USD): the price surged from below $1,000 to a high of nearly $20,000. Meanwhile, 2018 has seen the price crater to ~$3,700 as of this writing. Given this enormous volatility, it is anyone's guess what 2019 will bring for the [...]

Cooling Housing Market Gives Home Buyers Hope

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Boston is an expensive city to buy a house. Anyone who has ever tried to buy in the Boston area knows about the bidding wars and heavy competition to become a homeowner. Fortunately for sellers, the Boston area housing market has been heated and growing steadily more heated over the past few years. However, buyers may soon be catching a break according to new reports show that home prices in the region showed the first signs of cooling off in October—the volume of sales slowed, as the number of properties for sale increased.

New Residential Home Sales Rise in August

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According to a new residential sales report released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, residential home sales rose 3.5 percent in August– a better-than-expected turnout, signifying a healthy economy and a strong market.

Newton Ranked 12th Best Place to Live in the United States of America

70 Suffolk Road Newton, MA 02467

According to Money Magazine, Newton, MA tops the United States livability charts yet again.

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