What Does It Cost To Rent In Boston? Here’s a helpful guide for Boston renters from Boston.com that compares monthly rents for 1 bedrooms in nearly two dozen Massachusetts cities. Each chart includes the monthly rent cost of the apartment, the city it’s in, and the month over month and year over year values. August […]
U.S. mortgage rates are up after a 6-week decline
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mortgage rates rose this week for the first time after six weeks of declines amid signs of strong economic recovery. Average rates for home loans remain historically low, however, at under 3 percent. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average for the 30-year mortgage jumped to 2.87 percent from 2.77 […]
Boston sees the 4th-highest jump in home prices in the US
WASHINGTON (AP) — In March, US home prices jumped by the most in more than seven years as an increasing number of would-be buyers compete for a dwindling supply of houses. The March S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, released Tuesday, rose 13.3 percent from a year earlier, the biggest gain since December 2013. That […]