Real Estate News | Boston.com https://www.boston.com/tag/real-estate-news/ 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 News | Boston.com https://www.boston.com/tag/real-estate-news/ 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 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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]]> https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate/2023/12/19/home-prices-break-records-mass-again/feed/ 0 In Boston, 13 renters want the same apartment. In Providence, it’s 17. https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/18/boston-ranks-among-hottest-rental-markets-in-2023/ https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/18/boston-ranks-among-hottest-rental-markets-in-2023/#comments Mon, 18 Dec 2023 20:34:30 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=28808662 Fewer Boston-area renters decided to renew their leases in 2023, report indicates.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/18/boston-ranks-among-hottest-rental-markets-in-2023/feed/ 1 US homelessness up 12%, to highest reported level https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/15/us-homelessness-up-12-percent/ https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/15/us-homelessness-up-12-percent/#respond Fri, 15 Dec 2023 18:47:10 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=28786731 The total represents an increase of about 70,650 people compared with a year earlier.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/15/us-homelessness-up-12-percent/feed/ 0 The average long-term US mortgage rate has dipped below 7% https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/14/average-long-term-us-mortgage-rate-dips-below-7/ https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/14/average-long-term-us-mortgage-rate-dips-below-7/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:14:19 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=28778565 Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loan, edged up.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/14/average-long-term-us-mortgage-rate-dips-below-7/feed/ 0 New homes in America are getting smaller https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/14/new-homes-in-america-are-getting-smaller/ https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2023/12/14/new-homes-in-america-are-getting-smaller/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2023 16:07:44 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=28777350 Zillow reports a 9.5% increase in the construction of single-family homes with fewer than three bedrooms from 2021 to 2022.

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