Home Values

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

September 28, 2010

Another rise in Greater Boston home prices

July saw yet another increase in Greater Boston home prices.  This is the fourth consecutive month that single family residential home values in the metro Boston […]
September 16, 2010

MA home for sale inventory rises in September

The inventory of single family homes for sale in Massachusetts climbed 8.6% this month compared to year ago levels.  This marked the second month in a […]
September 3, 2010

Fall 2010 MA real estate outlook

In the face of exceptionally weak MA home sales in July and August, Massachusetts home sellers and buyers alike may be wondering what the fall 2010 […]
August 31, 2010

Boston home prices rose 1.2 percent in June 2010

In data released today, Standard and Poors reported that Greater Boston single family home prices rose 1.2% in June.  This was the third month in row […]
August 31, 2010

Housing weakness spurs calls for new Federal home buyer tax credit

There was speculation in Washington this past week that the Federal government might get back into the business of stimulating the national housing market. CNN’s Sunday […]
August 14, 2010

Slight rise in MA homes for sale inventory points to weaker real estate market this fall?

The supply of single family homes for sale in Massachusetts rose modestly this month, a move that might reflect lingering weakness in the MA real estate […]
August 4, 2010

July home sales fall sharply in Massachusetts

Home sales in Massachusetts fell 31.7% in July 2010 from year ago levels according to data maintained by MLSPIN, the largest MLS in the state.  Pending […]
July 28, 2010

Boston home prices rise for 2nd straight month

Greater Boston single family home prices rose 1.5% in May, according to the Standard & Poor’s/Case Shiller home price index for the Boston metro area. The […]
July 6, 2010

Massachusetts (MA) real estate – 1st half 2010 market update

The Massachusetts real estate market turned in a pretty good showing for the first half of 2010.  Home sale volume and median home sale prices were […]
June 29, 2010

Greater Boston home prices rise for first time in 8 months

Greater Boston home prices rose a solid 1.4% in April 2010, according to figures released today by Standard and Poors.  The jump in the S&P/Case-Shiller Home […]
June 17, 2010

What MA home for sale inventory says about RE market

Monitoring the rate at which MA’s home for sale inventory is “absorbed” (sold) is a good way to keep tabs on the health and direction of […]
May 27, 2010

Seven straight monthly drops in Greater Boston home prices at an end?

Home prices in the metro Boston region have been falling for seven straight months, according to the Case-Shiller Home Price Index for Boston issued monthly by […]