The numbers are finally beginning to shift.
The Warren Group reports that home and condo sales in Massachusetts were down significantly in May, compared with last year’s sales. Blame it on the expiration of the federal tax credit, blah blah blah. But the interesting thing is that home and condo prices actually inched up a bit. [...]

July and August are historically the two prime months for those looking for an apartment in the Boston area. So here’s a tip: When viewing an apartment, always check the water pressure. But don’t get too carried away, like the TV characters on the video clip below.

This will shock you. Hold on to your seats: Whitey Bulger didn’t fill out proper applications for his rent-controlled apartment in Santa Monica. We’re talking: no credit check, no tenant screening, no nothing. We know, we know. Pass the smelling salts.
Needless to say, some of the tenants at the Santa Monica apartment complex aren’t, or [...]

The Globe has a big piece on the history of Cambridge’s Kendall Square:
Kendall Square’s transformation from urban wasteland to futuristic high-rent district was hardly a straight line, requiring stops, starts, and nearly a half-century to complete. It included botched plans, neighborhood outrage, and some plain, old-fashioned luck.
And most people probably don’t realize it was the [...]

A reader sent in this note: “So we’ve all seen lots of photos of ‘celebrity homes’ … but this one has got to rate up there as the most tasteful one ever.”
We agree. The late Hepburn’s Connecticut beach home is beautiful and classy — just like the actress herself. No kidding. Check it out. Whether [...]

O’Donnell summed up just how astonished he was that he had actually lived so close to Bulger for so many years in California:
“Whitey Bulger, the most wanted man in Boston history, and the most hated gangster in Boston history, was found within walking distance of my home in Santa Monica, California. It turns out I [...]

“Change is good, but dollars are better.” —Anonymous

Boston Real Estate Blog’s investigative team is getting closer: Whitey apparently paid an estimated $1,100 for his rent-controlled Santa Monica apartment. How did he get a rent controlled apartment? That’s next on our investigative list.
Fyi: They found hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and a lot of guns in his abode. Maybe that alone [...]

Did you really think Boston Real Estate Blog would go all morning long without trying to get a piece of the Whitey Bulger-arrest story?
Well, we have a real estate angle all right. White was arrested in what’s described as a luxury apartment complex on the 1000 block of Santa Monica, which puts it right in [...]

So what U.S city should a family consider raising their children? Parenting.com took up this question with a study on U.S. cities and those raising children within them. Their rationale is as follows:
 
You want the best for your family, and that includes great schools, affordable homes, low crime rates, plenty of jobs, and lots of [...]