Archive for February, 2011
January REALTOR(R) Market Index up from December
Today we released the results of our monthly REALTOR(R) Market Index (RMI) and Price Index (RPI). The January RPI was up from December, which is the second straight month-to-month gain. On a year-over-year basis, the index was down from the same time last year. The PRI was down both from the month before and January 2010. This month's [...]
Mass. multi-family home sales down in 2010 as median prices up
The multi-family home market in Massachusetts was down 11% in 2010 compared to the same time last year. While the sales drop was greater than that experienced by the single-family and condo markets, the multi-family market also saw greater median price increases at 13.2%. On a regional basis, Central Massachusetts had the smallest decrease at [...]
What’s being said in the media: January 2011 pending home sales
Here are the articles and posts that appeared in response to yesterday’s release of our January 2011 pending home sales data. We’ll update this post as more articles come in. Sunday, February 6, 2011 Winter weather takes toll on SouthCoast Business SouthCoastToday.com (New Bedford Standard-Times) Friday, February 4, [...]
Still Snowed In? Make the Most of It and Learn
If you are stuck in your office more than usual these days I wanted to remind you that MAR has free webinars on a variety of different topics that you can check out any time you wish. The Wednesday Webinar Series are live informational sessions which take place once a month but then are archived on marealtor.com for viewing when it's convenient [...]
Snow is the word for Massachusetts pending home sales in January
Today we issued pending sales numbers for January 2011 and after positive gains in December, homes put under agreement were down again last month. While there were some positive signs, we think the snow really had an impact as multiple storms took its toll on everyone in January (not to mention these first few days of February). Here is the [...]
