Home Values

Massachusetts home sale prices and MA real estate market trends with a Franklin, MA emphasis

March 7, 2011

MA home sales drop in February

February’s brutal weather appears to have played havoc with the Massachusetts real estate market.  Home sales activity in MA last month plummeted as the winds howled […]
February 24, 2011

Greater Boston home sale prices rise slightly

Greater Boston home sale prices are stabilizing and even rising a little according to seasonally adjusted home price data released this week by Standard & Poors.  […]
February 18, 2011

Home buyers battle bad weather to maintain market momentum

While both December and January saw increased home sales in Massachusetts, the inventory of homes for sale in MA rose in February as home buyers fought […]
February 3, 2011

January home sales rise in MA

January home sales in Massachusetts rose 6.7% from year-ago levels, making last month the best January in the Commonwealth since 2007 in terms of single family […]
January 26, 2011

How to know where MA home prices are really headed

It can sometimes be hard to know exactly where home prices in Massachusetts are headed. That’s because local sale price statistics can be heavily influenced by […]
January 24, 2011

MA home for sale inventory rises in January

January may mark the start of a new year, but for the real estate market in Massachusetts the first month of 2011 feels less like a […]
December 3, 2010

MA November home sales sag – best home buying opportunity in years

Home sales in Massachusetts were anemic in November, mirroring weak real estate activity across the US.  CNNMoney.com recently announced that today’s lagging home sales, attractive home […]
December 1, 2010

Greater Boston home sale prices drop 2 percent since May

Greater Boston single family home sale prices have declined almost 2% since peaking last May, according to data issued yesterday by Standard and Poors. Decline follows […]
October 29, 2010

Greater Boston home sale prices steady in August

Greater Boston home sale prices drifted just a bit lower in August 2010, posting a mild 0.3% drop. The essentially steady performance of metro Boston home […]
October 20, 2010

MA home sellers: What October’s inventory figures mean for you

A slowdown in MA home sales coupled with an increase in the number of homes for sale caused home inventories to rise in Massachusetts in October. […]
October 4, 2010

MA home sales fell 18.9 percent in September

Home sales in Massachusetts fell 18.9% in September compared to sales in September 2009, according to data maintained by the MA MLS (MLSPIN). The decline in […]
September 30, 2010

Why you should ignore today’s negative real estate headlines and buy now

In keeping with the approach of Halloween and the fall’s increasingly dark and dreary weather, we may soon see a lot of gloomy (and possibly even […]