BOSTON—The latest residential home and condo sales figures for Greater Boston point to a continuing strong market going forward. In addition, the rental apartment sector also remains robust despite the plethora of new product coming on-line.

The Greater Boston Association of Realtors released sales statistics for the single-family and condominium markets in July on Monday. The GBAR reports that both respective housing sectors enjoyed significant sales increases last month as compared to a year earlier.

Sales rose 10.6% in the condo market last month, climbing from 1,196 condominiums sold in July 2014 to 1,323 this July. The July 2015 condominium sales total was the second best on record for the month of July, exceeded only by the 1,354 condos sold in July 2005, and the ninth busiest month all time for condo sales in the metropolitan Boston area.

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.

John Jordan

John Jordan is a veteran journalist with 36 years of print and digital media experience.