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Rent Control Rears Its Ugly Head Once Again Recent Studies of Cambridge and San Francisco Prove It Not Only Doesn’t Work But Results In Gentrification, Displacement and Higher Rents Rent control. Like a diseased zombie rising again from the dead after 25 years. Banned statewide by a voter referendum in 1994 and widely proven ineffective […]

New Single-Family Home Sales Down Slightly The U.S. government is reporting that sales of new single-family houses in September, 2019 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 701,000.  This figure is 0.7% below revised August’s revised rate but is 15.5% higher than September 2018 estimate of 607,000.  The median sales price of new houses

Not just Peak #LuxRE, Boston home values have ‘likely peaked’ – GBAR A month after we began asking tough questions about the luxury housing market, it seems that the Greater Boston Association of Realtors is also saying Boston Housing values have “likely peaked.” This tweet reflects some of the stats underlying their prediction: From broken

Construction Spending Up in September The U.S. government is reporting that total construction spending in September was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of f $ 1,293.6 billion, which is 0.5% above August’s revised number.  Residential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $ 511.4 billion in September.  That figure is 0.6%

Top 10 Cities with the Youngest Residents Where are the top cities in America with the most young people?  That’s the question the folks at Realtor.com put pen to paper to find out.  They combed through census data to come up with the top 10 cities with the lowest average resident age (one per state)

More Indictments Come Down In AG’s Forgery Investigation Allen Seymour, 50, formerly of Oxford, MA As I’ve written here before, I have been representing three families victimized in a well publicized criminal real estate scheme involving forged deeds and the theft of millions of dollars in real estate. I’m happy to report that Attorney General Maura

U.S. Homeownership & Rental Vacancy Rates for Q3 2019 The U.S. government is reporting that the national vacancy rates in Q3 2019 were 6.8% for rental housing and 1.4% for homeowner housing.  The national homeownership rate for Q3 2019 was 64.8%, which they report was not statistically different from one year ago.  Approximately 87.8% of

Millennials are Fueling the Rental Economy Visual Capitalist reminds us that the spending habits of millennials have not only been reshaping the retail landscape but setting the tone for its future.   They say they want anything, anywhere and anytime.  That’s pretty intense, but it is reality.  In that vein, today’s infographic looks at the top

S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller: National Home Price Index up 3.2% According to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, the rate of home price increases reported a 3.2% annual gain in August, nearly the same as July.  Their 10-City Composite annual increase came in at 1.5% and the 20-City Composite posted

Four Fall Projects to Tackle Now for Year-Round Property Protection Four Fall Projects to Tackle Now for Year-Round Property Protection By Brian Aguirre, The Home Depot Fire emergencies, unwanted intruders or even inadequate insulation can all pose threats to your property and its tenants. Fortunately, a mix of the right products, devices and technology can