• Boston Futures: For Greater Boston real estate prices from 1987 through the present and looking several years into the future, see the latest S&P/Case-Shiller Boston snapshot with futures (both before and after inflation). The futures markets are probably the most unbiased predictor of where housing prices are headed.
• Price/Income: For a gauge of how overpriced the market is, see the latest report on the Greater Boston price to income ratio.
• Inflation Adjusted: See the latest report on Massachusetts single family home prices for prices as typically reported by the local media but adjusted for inflation.
• The population of the Greater Boston Area was declining as the housing market posted its most exceptional gains during the bubble. One of the fallacious arguments which was used to contest the existence of a housing bubble was that a growing population was pushing up the natural price of property. While that argument is flawed in general, it is especially wrong when the population is declining. [Boston Globe] [Boston Bubble]
• The Wall Street Journal has identified Boston as one of the metropolitan areas in the US where it is cheaper to rent than to buy. Their data goes from 2001, when it was already cheaper to rent, to 2004 when the difference was even more pronounced. The Economist also published an article showing that renting is cheaper, and although it does not focus on Boston, it is very thorough about including various expenses and tax benefits that the Wall Street Journal left out. [Wall Street Journal] [The Economist]
• Consumer Reports has rated real estate in the Boston market as "Overpriced" and pegged it at 24% over the affordable price as of Q4 2004. [Consumer Reports]
• The number of homes sold in Massachusetts has been plummeting. For the third quarter of 2006 (the most recently reported quarter as of this writing), home sales have fallen 23% compared with the same quarter one year earlier. This despite the fact that home sales were already on the decline in 2005. [Worcester Telegram] [WCVB] [Milford Daily News]
• Foreclosures are rising sharply in Greater Boston and Massachusetts. There were more foreclosures in the first nine months of 2006 than in all of 2005, and as of this writing (in November 2006), Massachusetts is on track to break the all time record in 2006. [Boston Globe] [Lowell Sun]
• Boston and Massachusetts are the typical exceptions that people use to qualify their statements when they say that real estate prices don't fall. Boston and Massachusetts prices have fallen in the past, even in nominal terms (when adjusted for inflation, the fall is even more pronounced). Bear in mind that even if prices decline merely by the same percent that they have in the past, the leverage (a.k.a., margin or mortgage) used to purchase the homes must be taken into consideration - the substantially higher number of zero down and negative amortization loans will leave a lot of people with heavy losses and negative equity. [BusinessWeek] [Wall Street Journal (sub)]
• To compensate for property that fails to sell, real estate agents in Boston are falling back on the deceptive practice of canceling the listing in MLS and then creating a new listing so that the property appears as new to the market. There were 10,606 MLS cancellations in the first six months of 2005, up from 9,722 cancellations in the first six months of 2004 and 3,736 in 2001. "The number of canceled listings in Massachusetts has nearly tripled since 2001... In a recent spot check of houses for sale on MLS in Middlesex County, Barry Nystedt, president of the Massachusetts Association of Buyer Agents, said one in four listings canceled between May 25 and June 25 was recreated by the same firm with a new MLS number." [Boston Globe]

• Visit Patrick Killelea's housing crash blog. It is a fantastic resource providing ample quantitative background into the housing bubble.
• Visit the Wikipedia article on the United States housing bubble for another excellent overview of the bubble on a national scale.
• It is actually now cheaper to rent than to buy in many areas even after you factor in accumulated equity and tax savings. [The Economist]
• Yale professor Robert J. Shiller released the first edition of his prophetic book warning of a stock market bubble weeks before the stock market began its epic crash in 2000. He recently released an updated second edition in late February, 2005 with similar warnings of froth in the real estate market. This book is very highly recommended and is quite readable despite the complexity of the subject. [Irrational Exuberance] [Amazon.com]
• The current nationwide housing boom has been fueled in large part by historically low interest rates and an increase in the use of risky mortgages. Buyers may find that their monthly payments will skyrocket once the introductory period of their mortgage ends and the adjustable rate kicks in. In 2005, only $83 billion, or 1 percent, of mortgage debt will switch to an adjustable rate. In 2007, this number will leap to $1 trillion, or about 12 percent. [Herald Tribune]

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2010-02-08			Prof. Case: Reflections on the Housing Market
2010-02-05			Local banks ordered to shore up finances
2010-02-05			Bay State homeowners' equity among highest in nation, although some ZIP codes are struggling
2010-02-04			The dangers of strategic default
2010-02-03			Barney Frank: Friend or Foe to Fannie and Freddie?
2010-02-03			Middlesex North Registry of Deeds: Orders of notice in Jan up 546% YOY, 66% MOM
2010-02-03			Developer resorts to auction to sell single-family house on Beacon Hill
2010-02-03			Study finds use of food pantries soaring in Mass. - Need for help rose 23%
2010-02-02			Rising FHA default rate foreshadows a crush of foreclosures
2010-02-02			FHA to encourage flipping
2010-02-02			Pending home sales in Mass. rose for 7th month
2010-02-01			Frank leads push to disband mortgage corporations
2010-02-01			State's home sales have first yearly rise since '04
2010-01-29			Mass. economy shrinks again
2010-01-29			Boston Bubble Brief, Dec 2009: First real YOY increase in MA SFH median since Aug 2005
2010-01-29			Shopping for a House? Consider Waiting 9 Months
2010-01-29			Needham attorney disbarred in mortgage payment case
2010-01-28			Crashachusetts Existing Home Sales and Prices: December 2009
2010-01-28			Yes, Virginia, there is still a housing bubble
2010-01-28			CNNMoney calls Boston homes 16.30% undervalued at a median of $316K
2010-01-27			Brockton area foreclosures expected to rise this year after dropping in 2009
2010-01-27			Fed May Take Chance End to Debt Purchases Won't Hurt Housing
2010-01-26			US home prices: First drop in 7 months
2010-01-26			MA SFH Dec 2009 vs 2008 - Warren Group: median up 10.4% (nominal); MAR: median up 10.9% (nominal)
2010-01-25			The housing market - Still in the cellar - Small signs of recovery cannot shift the general gloom
2010-01-25			Sales of existing U.S. homes decreased 17% in December
2010-01-25			Lost decade for Bay State jobs - State ends decade with less jobs than beginning for 1st time since WWII
2010-01-25			Unemployment in MA vs. RI December 2009
2010-01-22			Altucher: notion that buying a home is a ticket to financial security is a "scam"
2010-01-22			Frank to Recommend Replacing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
2010-01-22			Long run Dutch house price index shows flat real prices from 1628 on
2010-01-21			Mass. unemployment rate rises to 9.4 percent
2010-01-21			Fed faces trap as it frets over withdrawal from QE
2010-01-20			FHA Sets Tighter Lending Requirements
2010-01-20			Housing Starts in U.S. Decrease, Permits Jump 11%
2010-01-19			Blue-collar workers bear brunt of decline - Ratio of job losses at depression level
2010-01-18			Beijing's Bubblicious Prices: 27:1 Apartment to Average Income Value
2010-01-18			Mass. Market: State legislature will be asked to tackle controversial home appraisal system
2010-01-18			Did Foreigners Cause America's Financial Crisis?
2010-01-18			Trust No Bankers - The financial industry has always been wrong about the dangers of regulation
2010-01-15			Strengthening U.S. Recovery May Intensify Fed Debate on Exit
2010-01-15			Towns step up efforts to chase property tax delinquents
2010-01-14			Estimated GSE Losses = $448 Billion
2010-01-14			Foreclosures May Rise to Record 3 Million U.S. Homes This Year
2010-01-14			2009 US foreclosures hit record high
2010-01-13			Federal Reserve: Mass. economy improving
2010-01-13			Fed's Record Profit Does Not Change Anything. US Still "Doomed" says Marc Faber
2010-01-13			Survey: housing prices in Boston in 2010 and beyond?
2010-01-13			Massachusetts schools brace for deep cuts
2010-01-12			Fed split over rate impact of mortgage purchases
2010-01-11			Hoenig Says Fed Should End Mortgage Program in March
2010-01-11			Putting their faith into the foreclosure fight - Religious groups lobby government, lenders
2010-01-11			Does CRE foreshadow fate of residential real estate once government life support stops increasing?
2010-01-08			Youth populations drop 1.2M in Northeast, Midwest
2010-01-08			Six arraigned in mortgage fraud scheme
2010-01-07			US jobs may rebound in 2010, but MA projected to continue losing
2010-01-06			Discussion: Housing market in 2010
2010-01-06			Stealthy Christmas Eve unlimited credit extension for GSEs seen as backdoor bailout
2010-01-06			Expired listings surge across Massachusetts as 2009 ends
2010-01-06			MAR reports increase in housing sales in December
2010-01-06			Massachusetts could lose congressman in population count, possibly from Western Mass
2010-01-05			Pending Sales Dropped 26% in the Northeast
2010-01-04			U.S. Loan Effort Is Seen as Adding to Housing Woes
2010-01-04			Calculated Risk: Government Housing Support Update
2009-12-31			Foreclosures worm way into tony towns including Nantucket, Concord, Weston, and Winchester
2009-12-31			Storm on homefront - While takings fall, legal actions to foreclose surge
2009-12-31			Mortgage Bond Rally May End, Rates Rise as Fed Stops Purchases
2009-12-30			MA wages and salaries down 5% YOY in 2009 Q3
2009-12-30			Beantown Bust, Oct 2009: Government housing tax gimmick distorted low end, but high end continued decline
2009-12-30			Herald: Turnaround in housing market expected - Hub likely near homestretch
2009-12-30			Are Homes now "Cheap"?
2009-12-30			Texas' now-strong banks hold lessons for rest of U.S.
2009-12-30			Quincy man to plead guilty in $3.2M fraud scheme
2009-12-29			Nominal Boston home prices dipped a bit in October
2009-12-29			MA housing market highly dependent on extremely low interest rates and government life support
2009-12-28			Case: Cautiously Sees "First Steps Back" For Housing Market
2009-12-25			Boston Bubble Brief, Nov 2009: Real prices still falling
2009-12-24			Crashachusetts Existing Home Sales and Prices: November 2009
2009-12-24			Massachusetts sees population increase for first time in decade but may still lose congressional seat
2009-12-24			Hefty pay expected for chiefs of Freddie, Fannie
2009-12-23			Will luxury "short sales" drive housing prices down across MA?
2009-12-23			6 accused in Mass. mortgage scheme
2009-12-22			MA SFH Nov 2009 vs 2008 - Warren Group: median down 1.3% (nominal), sales up 59.1%; MAR: median up 0.7% (nominal), sales up 63.1%
2009-12-21			MA vs. RI Unemployment November 2009
2009-12-18			Developer's easy-money pitch left a trail of ruin - Of 169 condos sold, most in Dorchester, more than half are now in foreclosure
2009-12-18			Homeowners bet on a full house - Sellers hiring people to fill vacant homes
2009-12-18			Bay State jobless rate falls to 8.8%
2009-12-17			State tax revenue on the rebound, officials now say
2009-12-17			Buying a home as an inflation hedge
2009-12-17			Nantucket loses another house to erosion
2009-12-16			MAR president Sears: November increase in sales in home region "entirely due to the tax credit"
2009-12-15			U.S. lawmakers push covered bonds in preparation for retreat of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
2009-12-15			Nouvelle at Natick posts 25 - 30 sales since auction
2009-12-15			Brookline homes held value in 2009, says tax assessor
2009-12-14			Property values down in Boston, but everyone will pay a lot more in taxes
2009-12-11			Randolph woman pleads guilty to mortgage fraud
2009-12-11			Toxicity important to consider when buying
2009-12-11			Professor Case retiring
2009-12-10			Zandi projects 4.56% decline in Boston prices in 2010
2009-12-09			Boston ranks 3rd in home-price discounts
2009-12-09			Middlesex North Registry of Deeds: Increase in town foreclosure filings
2009-12-09			FHA's New Missions: Help affluent buy homes, make housing unaffordable
2009-12-09			Zillow estimate for Boston up 1.5% YOY nominally
2009-12-08			Mass. loan delinquencies seen falling in 2010
2009-12-08			Feds charge Stonecleave Village condos with bias against kids
2009-12-07			60% of all MA subprime defaults started with a prime mortgage
2009-12-07			Still No Closure On Foreclosure Crisis
2009-12-07			Herald: More house hunters look during holidays
2009-12-04			Off-market listings outpace sales in MA
2009-12-04			Zandi: U.S. housing market meltdown not over yet
2009-12-04			When and why to use a lawyer (as a buyer)?
2009-12-03			Fleeing Massachusetts
2009-12-03			N.E. economy poised for recovery, Fed survey says
2009-12-03			Government should stop insuring mortgages
2009-12-02			Middlesex North Registry of Deeds Nov 2009 Stats: Deeds up 24% YOY, orders of notice up 96%
2009-12-01			Pending Sales of U.S. Existing Homes Rose in October
2009-12-01			Design firm hit by economy, loan woes
2009-12-01			Law professor: Walk away - But is this the moral equivalent of theft?
2009-11-30			Obama to push banks on mortgages
2009-11-30			Harvard ignored warnings about investments - Advisers told Summers, others not to put so much cash in market; losses hit $1.8b
2009-11-30			Census shows many suburbs north of Boston growing as newcomers move in
2009-11-27			S&P/Case-Shiller Boston Snapshot, Nov 2009: Tax credit moved Boston prices above prediction of futures, but only in near term - future declines remain
2009-11-27			Boston Bubble Brief, Oct 2009: Prices still declining despite tax handout, credit extension a major wild card which could affect Boston prices either way
2009-11-27			Baker: The Fed Is Responsible for 10.2% Unemployment in the Same Way That Al Queda Was Responsible for September 11th
2009-11-26			Massachusetts Association of Buyer Agents Thankful for Pork
2009-11-25			WWF & Allianz: Sea level rise from climate change could jeopardize Boston assets worth $463B, Boston is city with 4th greatest exposure
2009-11-25			Boston nominal condo prices fell 28% YOY in October
2009-11-25			Green Line report criticized at Somerville hearing
2009-11-25			Crashachusetts Existing Home Sales and Prices: October 2009
2009-11-25			Federal Housing Subsidies Are Insane
2009-11-24			MA SFH nominal median Oct 2009 vs 2008: MAR down 2.6%, Warren Group down 2.8%
2009-11-24			Housing Developers Owe Millions To Towns - Official Says Weak Oversight Led To Lost Money
2009-11-23			Something's gotta give - Either central banks are wrong to keep rates low, or markets are wrong to expect recovery
2009-11-23			Middlesex North Registry of Deeds: November orders of notice have "exploded"
2009-11-23			Unemployment Mashup, MA vs. RI September 2009 - MA down to 8.9%, RI up to 12.9%
2009-11-23			FHA may hike fees on home loans
2009-11-20			Barney Frank: (~3% down) loans for poor should max at $840K
2009-11-20			State jobless rate declines, bucking trend - First drop since '07; economists remain wary
2009-11-19			Bob Toll: "Yesterday's Sub-Prime Is Today's FHA... and I'm a Liberal Democrat"
2009-11-19			No work for the weary
2009-11-19			MA Oct foreclosures down 9% YOY, up 30% MOM
2009-11-18			Homebuilding Drops as End of Tax Credit Loomed
2009-11-18			64% of Boston owners think they can sell their homes for more than they paid
2009-11-18			South End condo proposal takes one step forward
2009-11-18			Home insurance: Buyer beware - Falling prices may mean lead existing owners to overpay
2009-11-17			Frank pitches loans for jobless homeowners during HUD visit to MA
2009-11-17			When did the housing bubble begin?
2009-11-16			Hub's top-price condos finding few takers
2009-11-13			Life on Severance: Comfort, Then Crisis
2009-11-13			US Home-Purchase Index Plunges to Lowest Level Since 2000
2009-11-13			Inflated claims of jobs created or saved
2009-11-12			FHA Says Cash Reserves Are Down Sharply
2009-11-12			Downturn has some law firms downsizing offices
2009-11-12			Cracks in the Foundation of the Fed's Housing Fix - "Bigger Than Systemic Risk"
2009-11-11			Economists: U.S. out of recession but Mass. isn't
2009-11-11			Stimulus job boost in state exaggerated, review finds
2009-11-11			Just 5% of Americans planning to buy house within a year, with top motivation being a belief that prices have "bottomed"
2009-11-10			More job losses predicted for Massachusetts
2009-11-10			Harvard's Glaeser: Expanded tax credit even worse, creates strong incentives for misuse and fraud, actually negates societal benefits of home ownership
2009-11-10			Fannie Mae needs another bailout; Freddie Mac will need one
2009-11-09			Michigan luring Bay State business
2009-11-09			Steven Pearlstein: Home buyer credit is Washington's way to "spend a lot of money that they don't have in ways that won't work to help too many people who are neither desperate nor deserving"
2009-11-06			House extends home buyer tax credit, now subsidizing the wealthy and existing owners
2009-11-05			Barney Frank wants (you) to pay the mortgages of the unemployed
2009-11-05			Pick-A-Writedown: Wells Fargo to shoehorn "Pick-A-Pay" borrowers into interest only loans
2009-11-04			Senate extends home buyer tax credit, expands handout to high income earners and existing owners
2009-11-04			Now's the time to rent in Boston
2009-11-04			Middlesex North Registry of Deeds Oct 2009 Stats: deeds up 18%, orders of notice up 158%
2009-11-03			Fed plans to stop mortgage purchases (and resultant rate suppression) in March, but could be thwarted by "nightmare scenario" compromising their independence
2009-11-03			Amid epidemic of foreclosures, a crying need for legal aid
2009-11-03			Real Estate Price Plunge Makes U.S. Homeownership Perilous Path
2009-11-02			REDC Auction Today at Park Plaza
2009-11-02			Banks, collection firms pursue claims after homes foreclosed
2009-11-02			Brockton offers lesson in foreclosures - US officials tour city, see crisis up close
2009-10-30			Boston Bubble Brief, Sep 2009: Real prices fall back below 2001 estimate, YOY declines continue despite large distortion from tax credit
2009-10-30			Massachusetts downturn deepens - U.S. economy heads up as state's falls further
2009-10-30			Patrick to end nearly 1,000 jobs
2009-10-30			Peter Schiff: Houses are not investments
2009-10-29			Crashachusetts Existing Home Sales and Prices: September 2009
2009-10-29			More Natick condos up for auction
2009-10-29			Senate support for unaffordable housing - Tax credit likely to be extended, expanded
2009-10-28			Herald, et al: Housing rebound is in sight
2009-10-28			City of Boston to buy foreclosures, allow tenants to stay
2009-10-28			Is the U.S. Economy Turning Japanese?
2009-10-27			MAR: more govt intervention needed for "stabilization" (so no bottom?) - Sep 2009 vs Sep 2008 MA SFH nominal median: MAR -1.7%, Warren Group -1.4%
2009-10-27			S&P/Case-Shiller Boston Index down nominal 4.2% YOY in August
2009-10-27			Boston-area rents now 2nd highest in country
2009-10-27			Intellectual dishonesty in NAR characterization of September decline as a "surge"
2009-10-26			Report: Housing In Boston Less Affordable Than Ever
2009-10-26			Bay State heads to a jobless recovery
2009-10-23			Children as young as 4 received first-time homebuyer tax credit - Congress told of abuse in homebuyer program
2009-10-23			Kill the wasteful home-buyer tax credit
2009-10-23			Curious Why Property Taxes Don't Match Home Values?
2009-10-22			Boston heat maps for unemployment, home prices, foreclosures
2009-10-22			Massachusetts employers cautiously forecasting economic recovery some time in 2010
2009-10-21			Job losses mount in construction sector - MA's 17.2% drop 12th highest in nation
2009-10-21			Should Mayoral Candidates Refuse Money From Developers? Menino Fundraiser Hosted By Construction Company
2009-10-21			Clarification: Fiserv predicts 5.5% fall in Boston in 2010
2009-10-21			Economist: Rules deter cheap houses
2009-10-20			Homes: About to get much cheaper - National home prices are forecast to shrink another 11% (same firm forecasts 4.5% increase for Boston)
2009-10-20			Mass. foreclosures in Sept. drop 12.1% from a year ago
2009-10-20			Sep 2009 unemployment comparison: MA rises to 9.3%, RI up to 13.0%
2009-10-19			MA unemployment at 33-year high; health insurance fund for laid-off workers to run dry next month
2009-10-19			Pending MA bill would require creditors to modify loans
2009-10-19			Bryant buyers hit condo "jackpot" - Boston luxury units sell for way less at auction
2009-10-19			A state of economic anxiety - Mass. residents believe recovery will be slow and long, poll indicates
2009-10-16			Firms report 30,000 new stimulus jobs, but only 600 in MA
2009-10-16			Pols may extend homebuyer tax credit despite $16.7B cost
2009-10-16			Bay State (total) bankruptcies fall - Filings declined 8% in 3d quarter
2009-10-15			Mass. unemployment hits highest rate since 1976 (9.3%)
2009-10-15			Bay State Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings soar 35% YOY
2009-10-15			Ruling could undo thousands of Bay State foreclosures
2009-10-15			Mortgage madness (again) - FHA imagines it can cure the problems created by easy credit by promoting more easy credit
2009-10-14			Massachusetts city (Springfield) takes homeowners to court over blight
2009-10-14			Patriots' Tom Brady asking $10.9M for penthouse
2009-10-13			Desperately Searching for a Truly Positive Sign
2009-10-13			Property Taxes Highest in Northeast, Midwest - MA 6th highest in nation
2009-10-13			Mass. foreclosure sales in limbo over title issue - Expected ruling may complicate transactions
2009-10-12			Massachusetts lawmakers to consider more than 100 housing related bills
2009-10-12			Americans Are Still Delusional About House Prices
2009-10-09			Did FHA make bad loans to prop up home prices? Frank: "I don't think it's a bad thing that the bad loans occurred"
2009-10-09			FHA May Need Bailout, Experts Say
2009-10-09			As The Economy Drags, Green Shoots Hint At Growth In Mass.
2009-10-08			Nouvelle at Natick auction "failed" - Majority of units remain unsold
2009-10-08			Five years of foreclosures graphed by the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds
2009-10-08			Northeast states, including MA, dominate largest discount list
2009-10-07			Renting in Boston gets easier - With apartment vacancy rates up, prices make modest drop
2009-10-07			Former Somerville lawyer pleads guilty to mortgage fraud
2009-10-07			Reverse mortgages may be next crisis
2009-10-06			Housing crisis persists - Greater Boston even less affordable now than before recession
2009-10-06			Russia Wharf tower harvests rain to cool building, irrigate plants, and reduce water bill
2009-10-05			Did rising home prices create our last jobless recovery?
2009-10-05			How Urban Planners Caused the Housing Bubble
2009-10-05			55 Nouvelle at Natick mall condos sold at auction
2009-10-05			Buyers spend $16K+ to get $8K homebuyer handout - Credit sparks irrational exuberance and artificially inflates demand
2009-10-02			Boston Bubble Brief, Aug 2009: 1.86% YOY real price decline, manufactured by temporary tax credit
2009-10-02			Massachusetts AG Busts Scheme to Prey on Homeowners in Trouble
2009-10-02			Boston Fed chief: Growth will be "restrained," recovery "fragile"
2009-10-01			Middlesex North Registry of Deeds Sep 2009 Stats: 98% YOY jump in orders of notice
2009-10-01			Are mortgage modifications a complete failure?
2009-10-01			Case-Shiller: Simultaneous Summer Surge Stretches On
2009-10-01			Hub nets $40M for housing projects
2009-09-30			Cambridge Runs Amok - A template for massive municipal profligacy
2009-09-30			Cambridge sales slowed in August
2009-09-30			Is Housing's False Bottom Beginning to Give Way?
2009-09-30			What's the real reason that banks aren't foreclosing?
2009-09-29			Poll: Will $8K homebuyer credit be extended?
2009-09-29			MA SFH nominal median for Aug 2009 vs Aug 2008 - Warren Group: -6.2%, MAR: -3.1%
2009-09-29			Blame Barney Frank If a Pool Isn't in Your Future
2009-09-29			4 indicted in mortgage scheme
2009-09-29			Wall Street bonuses poised to rebound
2009-09-28			MA SFH nominal median down 3.1% YOY in August
2009-09-28			Did Cobden St foreclosures let scammer walk away with $3.8M?
2009-09-28			Squatter claims moral right to live in foreclosure on Cobden St, bank has no plans to remove her
2009-09-25			Land notoriously seized via eminent domain for private development (by Boston developer) sits vacant 4 years later
2009-09-25			Six overlooked Mass. towns
2009-09-24			Redfin on Aug 2009 vs Aug 2008 for Eastern Mass. SFH, condos, multi-families: median down 2% (nominal), sales down 1%
2009-09-24			Home Sales Falter After 4-Month Gain
2009-09-24			Middlesex North Registry of Deeds Aug 2009 foreclosure stats: 13% YOY decline
2009-09-23			Housing Crash to Resume on 7 Million Foreclosures
2009-09-23			Dollar carry trade may hurt U.S. economy
2009-09-23			G-20 heads to Pittsburgh with flat tire on trade
2009-09-23			Boston nation's 7th most unaffordable city (still)
2009-09-23			Massachusetts population nation's 2nd most educated
2009-09-22			MA foreclosure petitions leap 154% YOY in August
2009-09-21			Fed Rejects Geithner Request for Study of Governance, Structure
2009-09-21			MA vs. RI unemployment, August 2009: MA up to 9.1%, RI rises to 12.8%, spread still near peak
2009-09-18			State's jobless rate hits 9.1%
2009-09-18			Most of South End building's condos unsold
2009-09-18			Homestead Seminar Next Week in Billerica
2009-09-18			Credit Policies Still Threaten Recovery
2009-09-17			MIT Endowment Off by 21%
2009-09-17			Struggles of local biotech companies reflected in declining market for lab space
2009-09-17			Massachusetts one of four states prevented from using stimulus money for public housing
2009-09-16			Harvard Endowment Woes Spur Protests Over Vacant Properties
2009-09-16			Trends in Somerville housing discussed at latest SomerVision meeting
2009-09-15			Housing Prices Have Turned Homes Into Shelters, Not Investments
2009-09-14			Too Gloomy? Whitney Predicts 25% Home Price Plunge
2009-09-14			Uncovering Troubled Mortgage Lenders Is Not Easy For Homebuyers - Massachusetts refuses to release details
2009-09-14			Boom to bust: Anatomy of a loan gone bad
2009-09-14			America Out of Work: Is Double-Digit Unemployment Here to Stay?
2009-09-11			Harvard Endowment Declines 30%
2009-09-10			Nouvelle at Natick condos to be auctioned at about 70% below previous asking prices
2009-09-10			Frank, Durbin Renew Call for Cramdown
2009-09-10			Fewer residents get building jobs - Under Menino, number of minority, women workers sink
2009-09-09			Floor falls out for Boston's luxury condo prices
2009-09-08			Massachusetts has 4,548 accepted homebuyer tax credit applications so far
2009-09-07			Frank wants to be HUD secretary, once he "get[s] the federal government back in the housing business"
2009-09-07			Buyers profited by city's discount
2009-09-04			The housing recovery mirage
2009-09-03			Bill introduced to extend and expand homebuyer tax credit
2009-09-03			Boston area most-discounted neighborhoods, August update
2009-09-02			Dynamic foreclosure map (1990-2008) and charts (1987-2008) for Massachusetts cities and towns
2009-09-01			Goldman Sachs Wrong on Economic Recovery, Macro Hedge Funds Say
2009-08-31			Natick collection condo builders file liens
2009-08-31			Only about 10% of US home sales are the result of a normal selling process; Vast majority come from distressed and crisis-driven sellers
2009-08-31			Mortgage deductions may change
2009-08-28			S&P/Case-Shiller Boston Snapshot: Aug 25, 2009 - Spring bounce puts decline back on schedule
2009-08-28			Boston Bubble Brief, Jul 2009: 3.24% real YOY decline in MA SFH median, spring bounce continues
2009-08-27			National housing signaling likely bottom. Is bottom false? New bubble forming?
2009-08-26			Ginnie Mae: Falling Home Prices = Does Not Compute
2009-08-26			Warren Group: MA SFH nominal median down 4.7%
2009-08-26			Crashachusetts Existing Home Sales and Prices: July 2009
2009-08-25			Boston adds $720K in stimulus - Federal funds total $172.6M
2009-08-24			Second Wave Of The Credit Crisis: Collapsing Commercial Real Estate
2009-08-24			Redfin July Market Wrap-Up for Eastern Mass: Sales up 8% YOY, median down 4% YOY
2009-08-24			MA vs. RI unemployment, July 2009: MA up to 8.8%, RI up to 12.6%
2009-08-21			Massachusetts unemployment rate rises from 8.6 to 8.8%
2009-08-21			Bay State blind spot on housing
2009-08-20			Another wave of foreclosures could be coming to Massachusetts
2009-08-20			State may absorb $30m on project built over Pike
2009-08-19			Boston faces rental glut
2009-08-19			Foreclosures up in July from June but down from '08 - However, foreclosure petitions spike
2009-08-19			RE/MAX: Housing market is starting to stabilize
2009-08-19			Litton Loan Servicing agrees to injunction giving MA right to review foreclosures against any of 1,100 customers
2009-08-18			China reduces holdings in US debt by largest margin in nearly 9 years
2009-08-18			Pike to pay for Columbus cleanup
2009-08-18			Trends in Lowell Home Sales
2009-08-17			Greenspan: Inflation to exceed 10% if Fed fails to shrink balance-sheet and raise rates
2009-08-17			President shifts focus to renting, not owning - Using $4.25b to build affordable housing
2009-08-17			Roofer: Nouvelle at Natick owner owes $326G
2009-08-14			Mass. likely to lose seat in US House - Population shifting to West, South
2009-08-14			U.S. Homeowners Cut Asking Prices $27.8 Billion; MA among highest share of reductions
2009-08-13			Foreclosure crisis prompts proposed 'vacant property' law in Melrose
2009-08-13			Commercial rental rates falling in Brookline as vacancies grow
2009-08-12			New Bull, New Bubble, New Meltdown by 2012
2009-08-12			Fed May Recognize Faster Growth, Keep Rates 'Exceptionally' Low
2009-08-11			China, next bubble to burst? Dramatically higher US interest rates one potential outcome.
2009-08-11			CEPR: price to rent ratio returning to normal level for low end of market in Boston, but equity prospects still negative
2009-08-11			Brockton tops in foreclosures in the state
2009-08-11			State tells lender (Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp.) to cease and desist
2009-08-10			U.S. Considers Remaking Mortgage Giants
2009-08-10			Higher Education Bubble: The Next Bubble To Burst
2009-08-10			Research on homeownership through 2030 projects "remarkable change," shift toward renting, no return to 2004/2005 levels of housing production
2009-08-07			Housing growth in Mass. near lowest in US
2009-08-06			Deutsche Bank: Half of U.S. Mortgages Underwater by 2011 - Next phase of decline to have "far greater impact on prime borrowers"
2009-08-06			Obama's plan to help homeowners is struggling
2009-08-05			Holders of delinquent loans under fire
2009-08-05			Low-cost housing law targeted
2009-08-05			GGP takes $55.9M impairment on Nouvelle at Natick
2009-08-04			Commercial real estate prices slide
2009-08-04			Unsold homes in Northeast being shrink-wrapped (literally)
2009-08-04			Loan losses still battering Citizens' bottom line - FDIC report also shows bank preparing for more problems
2009-08-03			Middlesex North Registry of Deeds: No sign of rebound
2009-07-31			Boston Bubble Brief, Jun 2008: Real MA SFH prices bounce above 2001 estimate, aided by deflation
2009-07-31			Homebuyer Tax Break Propping Up the Lower End of Housing?
2009-07-31			Pair of Mass. banks told to boost reserves - Local lenders had "unsound" practices, regulators say
2009-07-30			Fed: No rebound this year for Mass. economy
2009-07-30			Frank: 'Cram-Down' May Be Revived to Boost Mortgage Relief
2009-07-30			Mass. match for CPA cut, as revenue falls
2009-07-29			Beantown Bust, May 2009 vs 2008 (nominal): Boston S&P/CSI down 7.22%, Boston RPX down 12.02%
2009-07-29			Crashachusetts Existing Home Sales and Prices: June 2009
2009-07-28			MA SFH nominal median for June 2009 vs June 2008 - MAR down 8.6%, Warren Group down 8%
2009-07-27			Verizon to cut 8,000 workers; Mass. braces
2009-07-27			New Fannie Mae Condo Regulations Could Stifle Condo Demand
2009-07-24			Lassoing in Mass. jobs - N.H. telling cos. to be Big and Rich there
2009-07-24			Boston Area Biggest Discounts, July Update
2009-07-23			Inflation, deflation, stagflation or hyperinflation?
2009-07-23			Foreclosure's unrelenting tide - Joblessness and lenders' reluctance to alter terms pushing filings higher
2009-07-22			Massachusetts foreclosure petitions up 710% YOY in June
2009-07-22			Endowment Losses From Harvard to Yale Leave Universities Poorer
2009-07-22			Middlesex North Registry of Deeds: Executions up 270% YOY for first three weeks of July
2009-07-22			46% Of Boston Redfin Offers Are On Homes With Multiple Bids
2009-07-21			Green Line extension funding in question - Planners stalling many projects
2009-07-21			Assembly Square gets $65m from state, feds
2009-07-20			MA chapter 7 bankruptcies jump 58% YOY in 2009 Q2
2009-07-20			MA vs. RI Unemployment, June 2009: MA rises to 8.6%, RI rises to 12.4%
2009-07-17			Appraisers still colluding with borrowers
2009-07-16			State's jobless rate up to 8.6%, but number of jobs rises
2009-07-16			Massachusetts in Suit Over Cost of Universal Care
2009-07-16			Upscale home sales lag as jumbo loans are hard to get (US)
2009-07-15			Gregory Vasil: Greater Boston prices are about to come back up, "almost akin to a hot market"
2009-07-15			Housing Happiness - Animation showing change in housing prices and income
2009-07-15			Jon Stewart interviews Barney Frank on housing & economy (video)
2009-07-15			Mass. OK's advance on home buyer tax credit - $8,000 loans can be used for closing costs and down payments
2009-07-14			Nantucket Report: Wealthy Homeowners Primed to Suffer Major Pain - "Immune" towns next segment to collapse
2009-07-14			Buying without an agent?
2009-07-14			State won't review old loans - No check on work of rejected brokers
2009-07-14			Shiller: echo bubble in Boston?
2009-07-14			Survey: Many of Bay State's rich get poorer
2009-07-13			Slow Mass. home sales (end of article); good chart too
2009-07-10			Boston has 2nd highest number of discounts in the US
2009-07-09			Obsessive Housing Disorder
2009-07-09			Frank proposes $2B home loan plan for jobless
2009-07-09			PMI Group gives Boston 80% chance of additional declines through 2011
2009-07-09			Norwell firm, HouseSavvy, says local housing market turnaround has begun
2009-07-08			Massachusetts among top states for mortgage fraud
2009-07-07			Bob Shiller didn't kill the housing market
2009-07-07			Lenders avoid redoing loans, Boston Fed concludes
2009-07-07			The Arlington Artifice, May 2009: Year-to-date median down 9.85% YOY (nominal), sales near lowest level on record
2009-07-06			Recession slows MA population drain
2009-07-03			Herald: 1850 Lofts auction yields "bargain basement" prices
2009-07-03			Middlesex North Registry of Deeds June Stats: Deeds down 3%, foreclosure deeds down 56%
2009-07-02			Beantown Bust, April 2009: S&P/Case-Shiller Boston down 7.71% nominally YOY, RPX down 10.82%
2009-07-02			Sharp Price Drops in Manhattan Apartments (Expensive != Immune)
2009-07-01			Obama extends mortgage refinancing program to 125%
2009-07-01			The Five Waves Of The Housing Collapse
2009-06-30			June Boston City/Neighborhood Price Reductions
2009-06-29			Paper Avalanche Buries Plan to Stem Foreclosures
2009-06-26			Boston Bubble Brief, May 2009: Spring bounce enters second month
2009-06-26			FDIC's Bair Cancels Listing After Cutting Home Price
2009-06-25			Barney Frank pressures Fannie and Freddie to make even more risky loans
2009-06-25			Ten day 4th of July forecast: Expired or canceled listing every 4 minutes across MA
2009-06-24			Crashachusetts May 2009: MAR reports MA SFH nominal median down 11.8% YOY, sales down 15.3%
2009-06-24			Harvard's State of the Nation's Housing 2009
2009-06-23			Warren group on MA SFH sales, May 2009 vs May 2008: nominal median down 13%, sales down 13%
2009-06-23			Dodd and MAR pushing for even greater expansion of taxpayer subsidization of housing industry
2009-06-23			Foreclosures down in the state
2009-06-22			Hard Times for New England's 3-Deckers
2009-06-22			Will mobloggers pop the real estate bubble?
2009-06-19			Advantage, renters - Landlords offer deals as rising vacancy rates depress prices
2009-06-19			New foreclosure proceedings jump in May
2009-06-18			California's Millionaire Clearinghouse Problem
2009-06-17			Boston Area Biggest Discounts June Update
2009-06-16			U.S. housing starts jump in May, inflation muted
2009-06-15			Big Boston dreams feel the squeeze
2009-06-12			Mortgage Market Remains Solidly Frozen
2009-06-12			Why the Present Depression Will Be Deeper than the Great Crash of 1929
2009-06-11			Gordon's Woods staying as condos due to local sentiment against rentals
2009-06-11			$300,000 marks the spot - Parking space fetches highest Hub price ever
2009-06-10			Subprime lender Fremont Investment & Loan Co settles with MA for $10M
2009-06-10			It won't stop where you would like it to
2009-06-09			South End 1850 condos to be auctioned
2009-06-09			Why Home Prices May Keep Falling
2009-06-08			Middlesex North Registry of Deeds May Statistics: Deeds down 12% YOY, foreclosure deeds down 71%, orders of notice up 25%
2009-06-07			Beware Real Estate False Bottoms
2009-06-05			Barney Frank (video) in 2005: What housing bubble?
2009-06-03			Mixed Message from May Foreclosures
2009-06-03			Houses going to seed
2009-06-02			Mass. economic development chief rips bad land-use laws
2009-06-01			Mortgage Meltdown, More Pain To Come
2009-06-01			Trulia list vs sell stats as risk gauge for Boston area
2009-06-01			Change urged to rein in developer abuses - State Senate panel says localities lose out
2009-06-01			Cape banks see foreclosures on rise
2009-05-29			S&P/Case-Shiller Boston Snapshot - May 26, 2009: Nominal prices hit expected bottom, according to futures
2009-05-29			Government allowing FHA borrowers to get advances on $8,000 tax credit
2009-05-29			Boston Bubble Brief, Apr 2009: MA SFH real median declines 12.43%, but decline is significantly smaller than normal
2009-05-29			Mortgage Market Locks Up
2009-05-29			Late US mortgage payments hit highest level since '72
2009-05-28			MA lawmakers take aim at property tax exemption for universities
2009-05-28			Lexington Place condos open their doors
2009-05-28			Mortgage Rates Soar As Quantitative Easing Fails
2009-05-28			As Ben Is Playing Mortgage Chicken, The 10 Year Is In The Woodshed
2009-05-28			Mass. banks outperform peers
2009-05-27			Japan's Lost Decade vs. The Credit Crisis
2009-05-27			Spring Sales Wilt
2009-05-26			Beantown Bust: Boston CSI and RPX March 2009 vs March 2008 (nominal): S&P/Case-Shiller down 8.01%, Radar Logic down 16.65%
2009-05-26			Mass. housing sales were "disappointing" in April - Warren Group: SFH median down 13.1% nominally, MAR confirms 13% fall
2009-05-25			Defaults on prime mortgages surge due to unemployment
2009-05-25			Ritz Carlton condo sales crack - Forty units available, only two bought this year
2009-05-25			MA vs. RI Unemployment April 2009: MA at 8.0%, RI at 11.1%
2009-05-23			MA SFH Apr 2009 vs Apr 2008: Nominal median down 12.5%, sales down 13.0%
2009-05-22			Bay State's recession may outlast the nation's
2009-05-22			Relentless job losses - Bay State unemployment at 8%, seen topping 9%
2009-05-21			Lien put on mall condos - Builder seeks $12.6M for Nouvelle at Natick
2009-05-21			Barney Frank Lies About ACORN
2009-05-21			MA mortgage foreclosure deeds, petitions decline
2009-05-20			Mass. Senate approves sales-tax increase
2009-05-20			Anecdotes of new construction, multiple bids, possible bottom, but no support from stats
2009-05-19			JPMorgan Chase to cut Massachusetts mortgage offices
2009-05-19			Growing seller realism, but not here in Massachusetts
2009-05-19			In downturn, Nantucket has its share of foreclosures, ailing businesses
2009-05-18			Boston high-end home sales fall by half
2009-05-18			More Mass land saved than developed, study finds
2009-05-17			The Blame Game - Regulators point away from themselves
2009-05-16			Housing Bubble Has Almost Completely Burst! But No Recovery In Sight
2009-05-15			Times Economics writer - not so good with personal finances
2009-05-15			Cambridge a bargain? You've got to be kidding
2009-05-15			Limit Not Quite the Sky for Boston Luxury Building
2009-05-15			Harvard To Freeze Property Purchases
2009-05-14			Massachusetts census numbers flat compared to other states
2009-05-14			Uncork that champagne - the Northeast housing market is hitting bottom!
2009-05-14			Seagate Technology to Cut 1,100 Jobs Globally - MA facilities potentially affected
2009-05-14			MA Democrats thrash out tax hike - cutbacks looming
2009-05-13			Homeowners Turn to Renting, Waiting for Market to Recover
2009-05-13			Residents express concern over looming $5.4 billion Massachusetts deficit
2009-05-12			MA AG reaches $60M agreement with Goldman Sachs Group to cut 700 mortgages up to 35%
2009-05-12			Spate of foreclosures seen as start of coming wave
2009-05-11			Boston brokers: Buyers wage bidding wars as real estate bottoms out
2009-05-11			Still there, foreclosed no longer - Nonprofits help occupants buy back homes
2009-05-10			The Curse of the Class of 2009 - Lower Wages for Up to a Decade
2009-05-10			Real-estate mystery fees under attack
2009-05-08			Warren Group: MA March foreclosure deeds down over '08
2009-05-07			Brookline housing sales still in a slump
2009-05-06			Zillow: 21.9% of US homeowners underwater, 16.3% of 2009 Boston MSA mortgages already underwater
2009-05-05			Forbes Best and Worst Cities for Jobs
2009-05-05			U.S. Home Prices May Be Lost for a Generation: John F. Wasik
2009-05-04			Middlesex North Registry of Deeds Apr 2009 Stats: 14% YOY decline in deeds, 57% YOY decline in foreclosure deeds
2009-05-04			Sovereign axes 265 more Mass. workers
2009-05-01			Boston Bubble Brief, Mar 2009: MA SFH real prices fall 19.18% YOY, largest decline on record
2009-04-30			Beantown Bust, Feb 2009 vs Feb 2008 (nominal): CSI down 7.20%, RPX down 20.72%
2009-04-30			Globe's "John Dough" claims profit on condo flip
2009-04-30			Foreclosure crisis changes Worcester/MA housing market (video)
2009-04-29			Crashachusetts Existing Home Sales and Prices: March 2009
2009-04-29			MA SFH Mar 2009 vs Mar 2008 - MAR: nominal median down 19%, sales down 4.7%; Warren Group: nominal median down 16.1%, sales down 7.4%
2009-04-29			Google graphing tool for unemployment by state and county
2009-04-28			Marketplace: How Boston's on top of foreclosures
2009-04-28			S&P/Case-Shiller Boston Index down nominal 7.2% YOY in February
2009-04-28