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Home Sale Prices in Massachusetts

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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Greater Boston home sale prices steady in August

by Warren Reynolds on October 29, 2010

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 prices was announced earlier this week by Standard and Poors in its monthly release of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index for the Boston metro area. Pronounced seasonal pattern of [...]

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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. The bulge in the inventory of homes on the market in MA reflects a drop off in the number of ready, willing and able home buyers. A general weakening [...]

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MA home sales fell 18.9 percent in September

by Warren Reynolds on October 4, 2010

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 MA home sale volume came despite recent rises in Greater Boston home prices, record low mortgage rates, and improvements in important sectors of the MA economy. Third monthly decline [...]

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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 downright frightening) headlines about the real estate market this fall. Real estate news headlines to get scary? We already have been treated to some scary monthly home sale headlines [...]

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Another rise in Greater Boston home prices

by Warren Reynolds on September 28, 2010

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 area have risen. Modest rise Standard and Poors released its Case-Shiller Index for metro Boston today showing a 0.6% uptick in Boston home prices during July. The Index publishes [...]

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