Rising property values, a growing tax rate and the voter-approved tax override are all factors in the nearly $700 property tax increase facing owners of the average single-family home in Braintree.

Greater Boston home sales were down 5.8% in March 2025 compared to the same month a year ago. The median single-family home sales price in Greater Boston was $756,000 in March, up 2.2% from a year ...

However, seeing the median price [for a single-family home] climbing by double-digits in all but two months this year is still troublesome,” said Chris Witten, 2025 association president.

The National Association of Home Builders recently published a Cost of Construction Survey, which details the various costs of building a typical new single-family home. Many of the results show ...