Boston's South End neighborhood is a hot real estate market, with rising condominium prices and scarce inventory. The median condo price and number of units sold increased in December 2015, as well as the during the full year. The following infographic provides some additional details for potential homebuyers.
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Last year's epic string of winter storms slowed the start of the traditional Spring home-buying season, but Massachusetts homebuyers made up for lost time once the snow melted.
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The Warren Group
Massachusetts homebuyers will not just be paying more for houses and interest on home loans in 2016. They'll be paying about 4 percent more for property taxes, according to an analysis by The Boston Globe of 328 of the state's 351 communities for which comparable data were available.
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Massachusetts homebuyers, especially in the Greater Boston area, have seen real estate inventory decline for several years, and some real estate professionals believe rising mortgage interest rates may exacerbate the situation.
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Single-family home sales in Quincy, Massachusetts declined in November, but median prices increased, according to the Greater Boston Association of Realtors. The following are five real estate market statistics Quincy homebuyers should know.
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Through the first 11 months of 2015, the median price and number of single-family home sales in Billerica, Massachusetts increased, according to data compiled by the Massachusetts Association of Realtors. The following are some real estate market statistics Billerica homebuyers should know.
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Milford, Massachusetts single-family home sales and median price increased through the first 11 months of 2015, according to data compiled by the Greater Boston Association of Realtors. The following are real estate market statistics Milford homebuyers should know.
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Massachusetts lenders have increased the number of foreclosure petitions for nearly two years straight, but a company that tracks the industry believes the increase is the result of a backlog and not new mortgages going into default.
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Foreclosure News,
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Many real estate professionals wondered whether Thanksgiving and new federal regulations were going to slow home sales in November. In addition to holiday preparations in November, the new Truth-in-lending RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rules took effect for mortgage applications made on or after October 3, 2015.
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If Boston renters needed one more reason to make buying a home their New Year's resolution, landlord's happily provided it. Boston area rents jumped 7 percent to an average $2,245 in November compared to November 2014, the Boston Business Journal reported December 31, 2015. Zillow, a real estate data company, revealed the rental information in a new report on December 30, 2015.
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Although the median price of a single-family home in Wilmington, Massachusetts increased through October, tight inventory kept home sales essentially flat during that time frame, according to data obtained from the Massachusetts Association of Realtors.
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The median price of a single-family home in Plymouth, Massachusetts increased in October 2015, and homes sales also rose, according to data compiled by the Massachusetts Association of Realtors. Condominium sales increased in October, but the median condo price declined. The following are eight statistics homebuyers should know about the Plymouth real estate market.
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