Via Business Insider, here’s a cool chart showing the severity of the nation’s housing market crash — and partly comparing it to Boston’s infamous housing market bust in the late ’80s. The chart ultimately comes from the White House. Considering how many Harvard/MIT economists work in Washington, it seems as though a certain percentage of [...]

Here’s a sign of the times: In recent weeks, cash transactions accounted for more than 50 percent of condo/home sales in downtown Boston. Okay, it’s only over the past three weeks. But you get the picture. Though this type of activity usually indicates bad times for the market, there are some silver linings: A.) At [...]

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The Charles Street Inn, located at 94 Charles Street, is now up for sale. Asking price $3.9 million, which includes the building and two parking spaces.

“Inflation hasn’t ruined everything. A dime can still be used as a screwdriver” —Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Boston’s 1.1% drop in home prices since last year was one of the lowest among metro areas tracked by S&P/Case-Shiller index. Boston’s low unemployment rate of only 6.2% is much lower than the national average of 8.6%. Translation: There’s reason to be cautiously optimistic for the 2012 Boston condo sales market. Your thoughts?

Interesting debate on MSNBC Morning Joe, whether President Obama’s policies are helping or hurting the national economy. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

The National Association of REALTORS held their annual meeting last week. The purpose was to compile homebuyer stats. Here are some of their results: – Four out of 10 buyers in 2011 were first time buyers, down from 50% last year; – For first-time buyers, the median age was 31; median income was $62,400. The [...]

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The latest S&P/Case-Shiller home price index is out again. Sorry, Boston, but we’re still not out of the woods. We were among the losers in September, though not nearly to the extent felt in other cities across the nation. Boston’s price stats: Home prices fell .77 percent in September, .05 percent over the previous three [...]