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Home Sale Prices in Massachusetts

March MA real estate sales improve slightly

by Warren Reynolds on April 4, 2011

The real estate market in Massachusetts showed signs of life last month, picking up some much-needed momentum after a truly dismal February. Home sales for the month just ended were stronger than might reasonably have been expected, coming as they did immediately after the worst February for MA real estate in recent memory. Bad weather [...]

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Greater Boston home prices rise for second straight month

by Warren Reynolds on April 3, 2011

Greater Boston home prices rose in January, according to figures released last week by Standard and Poors. 2nd monthly rise in a row The seasonally-adjusted S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index for Boston rose 0.5% in January, marking the second consecutive month that home sale prices increased in the metro Boston area. Due to a two month [...]

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MA home sales drop in February

by Warren Reynolds on March 7, 2011

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 and the snow and ice mounted. Worse than 2009 Closed home sales volume in February fell below the previous low for the last decade seen back in February 2009 [...]

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Greater Boston home sale prices rise slightly

by Warren Reynolds on February 24, 2011

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.  Seasonally adjusted home sale prices in the metro area rose 0.8% in December, the most recent month covered by the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index for Boston. First rise in [...]

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Home buyers battle bad weather to maintain market momentum

by Warren Reynolds on February 18, 2011

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 cold temperatures and deep snow to keep the Massachusetts real estate market moving forward. Don’t read too much into inventory rise The supply of available homes in MA this [...]

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January home sales rise in MA

by Warren Reynolds on February 3, 2011

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 home sales volume. The January uptick in single family home sales in MA came on the heels of a widely-reported sales surge in the state last December. Price decline [...]

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How to know where MA home prices are really headed

by Warren Reynolds on January 26, 2011

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 the passing of the seasons. Take a look at the following chart showing the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index for Boston over the last seven years: You can see that [...]

MA home for sale inventory rises in January

by Warren Reynolds on January 24, 2011

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 new beginning and more like the “same ole same ole” in terms of the supply of homes for sale in MA. Home inventory levels on the rise The inventory [...]

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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 prices and historically low mortgage rates present prospective buyers with “some of the best home-buying conditions in years.” As you’ll read below, some local buyers acted in November to [...]

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Greater Boston home sale prices drop 2 percent since May

by Warren Reynolds on December 1, 2010

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 end of Federal tax credits The 1.92% drop in the seasonally adjusted version of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index for Boston has come on the heels of the expiration [...]

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