May 2019 Massachusetts housing data
Friday, June 28
Good morning, the May 2019 housing data is in! According to the Warren Group (they track all recorded deed transactions) last month, there were 5,675 single-family home sales recorded in Massachusetts, a 7.3 percent increase from May 2018 when there were 5,290 transactions. Meanwhile, the me...
April 2019 Massachusetts Sales Data
Tuesday, May 28
April numbers are in! Following a trend of slowing price appreciation nationally, Massachusetts shows a slight growth of 2% - 2.47%, depending on how you measure. The Warren Group (thewarrengroup.com) measures every transaction made in the state, transfers of ownership but within the Multiple L...
Ibuyers burning Wall Street money
Thursday, May 16
Those of us in the housing industry are concerned about the rise of the Ibuyer - companies that buy your house so that you can buy another one without waiting for a traditional buyer and the months it takes to find them and for them to close. Thankfully some of these companies are public an...
March 2019 Retail Sales Data
Wednesday, April 24
Mass median single family home sales price up another 6% to a new March record of $377,000 per Massachusetts Association of Realtors. Closed sales volume is up 1.6% at 3470 in March. The Case-Schiller Boston index is essentially flat again this month. I was thinking of doing a tear-down ...
February 2019 Massachusetts Housing Numbers
Wednesday, April 03
Hi everyone, lots of February housing data was released last week. For Mass closed sales, we have SFH up to median prices of $377,000 up from $350,000 2/2018. Closed transactions tallied 2,669, up from 2,393 for 2/2018. Case-Shiller index from March shows we are essentially flat in the Bo...
September Massachusetts Housing Numbers
Wednesday, October 24
Hi everyone, got some more economic data on housing. In Massachusetts. We have our 30 consecutive median price increases on SFH, up 4.7 percent from Sept 2017 to $379,450. However, transaction volume is down by 8.1% @ 4,942 single-family home sales in Massachusetts in the same period. Demand ...