Alison Socha News Today

Real estate prices kept rising across Massachusetts in 2023. Buyers and sellers waded through an environment of high interest rates, low housing stock, inflated prices and strong competition. So, what will 2024 hold for homebuying and selling in Massachusetts? WBUR asked some experts to give their reflections and predictions.

In November, potential homebuyers and sellers continued to balk at prohibitive home prices and stubbornly high mortgage rates.

If you’re looking to purchase a starter home in Greater Boston, get ready for a challenge.

Shoppers are flocking to neighboring states in search of more affordable housing. There are steps buyers can take to nab a starter home.

The 752 houses sold in and around Boston in September represented the lowest tally for the month since 1995.

August was one of the slowest months for the region’s housing market in recent decades, but our housing shortage is so acute that prices are still near record highs.

While mortgage rates flirt with 7% and home buyers sits it out, condo and single-family homes in Mass. break price records -- again.

The median single-family home price of $910,000 in July was the highest on record here.

Prices for single-family homes and for condominiums broke records in June. Meanwhile, sales continue to plummet.

The region’s median single-family home price was at a record high for the second straight month in June, and home sales continued to drop off dramatically.