#greater-boston-housing

#greater-boston-housing

Megan Keithly's experience reflects a growing trend where new homeowners prioritize living near working farms, engaging in activities like making homemade diaper cream from local ingredients.

The open house at 531 1st Street in Park Slope is priced at $7.5 million and will be held on Sunday, April 26, from 12-1 p.m., by appointment only.

America's quilt work of states whose governors and lawmakers are bucking for housing policy change to break through supply constraints at the root of the nation's affordability crisis now counts Massachusetts among them. With a focus on prohibitively constrictive building codes and zoning ordinances, Gov. Maura Healey has adopted an approach officials in other states and cities have taken before pulling the legislative trigger study the matter for a year or more before drafting a reform policy agenda.

For years, analysts have held out hope that the aging Baby Boomer generation would trigger the "Silver Tsunami" - a massive wave of homes unlocked and returned to the open for sale market. However, in 2025, inherited homes reached a record 7% of all U.S. property transfers. Inheritance has always played a role in the real estate economy, and recently that role has grown.