Real Estate | Boston.com https://www.boston.com/category/real-estate/ Boston.com Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:31:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://bdc2020.o0bc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/BDC_Logo_2020_Social_WhiteBG-609c79a967eee-150x150.png Real Estate | Boston.com https://www.boston.com/category/real-estate/ 32 32 Long-term US mortgage rate falls to lowest level since June https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/21/long-term-us-mortgage-rate-falls/ https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/21/long-term-us-mortgage-rate-falls/#respond Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:11:24 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=28836553 Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loan, also declined this week.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/21/long-term-us-mortgage-rate-falls/feed/ 0 New England cities dominate top 10 Zillow searches of 2023 https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/21/new-england-dominates-zillow-most-popular-markets/ https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/21/new-england-dominates-zillow-most-popular-markets/#respond Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:59:44 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=28825431 The "West Coast ruled in 2021." Last year, it was the Midwest.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/21/new-england-dominates-zillow-most-popular-markets/feed/ 0 Luxury Home of the Week: For $23.7m, Concord manor with 3 guest houses https://www.boston.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/2023/12/21/luxury-home-week-concord-manor-greenhouse-pool/ https://www.boston.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/2023/12/21/luxury-home-week-concord-manor-greenhouse-pool/#respond Thu, 21 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=28822110 The estate also comes with an indoor pool, a gym building, an 11-seat home theater, a billiard room with a wet bar, a craft room, a game room, and a sauna. 

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]]> https://www.boston.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/2023/12/21/luxury-home-week-concord-manor-greenhouse-pool/feed/ 0 5 pretty homes on the market for under $600k https://www.boston.com/real-estate/home-buying/2023/12/20/five-pretty-homes-in-eastern-mass-for-under-600k/ https://www.boston.com/real-estate/home-buying/2023/12/20/five-pretty-homes-in-eastern-mass-for-under-600k/#respond Wed, 20 Dec 2023 22:41:56 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=28827402 From ranches and Capes in beach towns to properties in private, woodsy locales.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/real-estate/home-buying/2023/12/20/five-pretty-homes-in-eastern-mass-for-under-600k/feed/ 0 Home of the Week: R.I. Colonial gets 2nd chance. It’s winning. https://www.boston.com/real-estate/home-of-the-week/2023/12/20/home-of-week-ri-colonial-gets-second-chance/ https://www.boston.com/real-estate/home-of-the-week/2023/12/20/home-of-week-ri-colonial-gets-second-chance/#comments Wed, 20 Dec 2023 15:50:04 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=28826264 Circa 1900 Colonial has three bedrooms, two full baths, and new plumbing, electrical, AC, and heating systems.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/real-estate/home-of-the-week/2023/12/20/home-of-week-ri-colonial-gets-second-chance/feed/ 7 ‘If we didn’t do something and soon, the whole thing would fall off the house.’ https://www.boston.com/real-estate/home-improvement/2023/12/20/crew-turns-back-clock-cambridge-house/ https://www.boston.com/real-estate/home-improvement/2023/12/20/crew-turns-back-clock-cambridge-house/#comments Wed, 20 Dec 2023 15:21:54 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=28826116 It took a team and the original drawings to turn back the clock on this crumbling Victorian near Harvard Square.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/real-estate/home-improvement/2023/12/20/crew-turns-back-clock-cambridge-house/feed/ 3 Recent homes sales in Greater Boston (Dec. 20) https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/20/recent-homes-sales-in-greater-boston-dec-20/ https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/20/recent-homes-sales-in-greater-boston-dec-20/#comments Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=28822042 ABINGTON 129 Vernon St. Two-family two family, built in 1899, 2,268 square feet, 11 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 15,663-square-foot lot. $674,500 28 High St. One-family Cape Cod, built […]

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]]> https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/20/recent-homes-sales-in-greater-boston-dec-20/feed/ 4 A heavy building wouldn’t budge — so workers used 700 bars of soap https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate/2023/12/19/building-wouldnt-budge-workers-used-soap/ https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate/2023/12/19/building-wouldnt-budge-workers-used-soap/#respond Tue, 19 Dec 2023 15:58:53 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=28816694 The idea isn't new. Utah applied about 16 gallons of Dawn dish soap earlier this year to shift a bridge 110 feet.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate/2023/12/19/building-wouldnt-budge-workers-used-soap/feed/ 0 Johnny Damon selling Florida home for $30 million https://www.boston.com/real-estate/boston-red-sox/2023/12/19/johnny-damon-florida-home-boston-red-sox-real-estate/ https://www.boston.com/real-estate/boston-red-sox/2023/12/19/johnny-damon-florida-home-boston-red-sox-real-estate/#comments Tue, 19 Dec 2023 15:44:46 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=28787150 The 20,240-square-foot house contains nine bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, a bowling alley, and a hair salon.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/real-estate/boston-red-sox/2023/12/19/johnny-damon-florida-home-boston-red-sox-real-estate/feed/ 2 Home prices break records in Mass. — again https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate/2023/12/19/home-prices-break-records-mass-again/ https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate/2023/12/19/home-prices-break-records-mass-again/#respond Tue, 19 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=28809882 Sales continued their descent, with November recording the fewest single-family properties on the market since 2011.

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