Graph and download economic data for Housing Inventory: Median Days on Market in Massachusetts (MEDDAYONMARMA) from Jul 2016 to Jun 2025 about MA, median, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Real Estate, Rental and Leasing Wages and Salaries in Massachusetts (MAWREA) from Q1 1998 to Q4 2024 about leases, MA, rent, real estate, salaries, wages, and USA.

Chain-Type Quantity Index for Real GDP: Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (NAICS 53) in Massachusetts was 124.93200 Index 2009=100 in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Chain-Type Quantity Index for Real GDP: Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (NAICS 53) in Massachusetts reached a record high of 124.93200 in January of 2024 and a record low of 65.88400 in January of 1998. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Chain-Type Quantity Index for Real GDP: Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (NAICS 53) in Massachusetts - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

This data, maintained by the Mayor’s Office of Housing (MOH), is an inventory of all income-restricted units in the city. This data includes public housing owned by the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), privately- owned housing built with funding from DND and/or on land that was formerly City-owned, and privately-owned housing built without any City subsidy, e.g., created using Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) or as part of the Inclusionary Development Policy (IDP). Information is gathered from a variety of sources, including the City's IDP list, permitting and completion data from the Inspectional Services Department (ISD), newspaper advertisements for affordable units, Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation’s (CEDAC) Expiring Use list, and project lists from the BHA, the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), MassHousing, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), among others. The data is meant to be as exhaustive and up-to-date as possible, but since many units are not required to report data to the City of Boston, MOH is constantly working to verify and update it. See the data dictionary for more information on the structure of the data and important notes. The database only includes units that have a deed-restriction. It does not include tenant-based (also known as mobile) vouchers, which subsidize rent, but move with the tenant and are not attached to a particular unit. There are over 22,000 tenant-based vouchers in the city of Boston which provide additional affordability to low- and moderate-income households not accounted for here. The Income-Restricted Housing report can be directly accessed here:
https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/file/2023/04/Income%20Restricted%20Housing%202022_0.pdf

Learn more about income-restricted housing (as well as other types of affordable housing) here: https://www.boston.gov/affordable-housing-boston#income-restricted

Graph and download economic data for Real Estate, Rental and Leasing Earnings in Massachusetts (MAEREA) from Q1 1998 to Q1 2025 about leases, MA, rent, real estate, earnings, and USA.

All Employees: Financial Activities: Real Estate and Rental and Leasing in Massachusetts was 48.30000 Thous. of Persons in March of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, All Employees: Financial Activities: Real Estate and Rental and Leasing in Massachusetts reached a record high of 50.90000 in July of 2023 and a record low of 35.80000 in January of 1993. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for All Employees: Financial Activities: Real Estate and Rental and Leasing in Massachusetts - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Real Estate, Rental and Leasing Wages and Salaries in Massachusetts was 5506242.00000 Thous. of $ in October of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Real Estate, Rental and Leasing Wages and Salaries in Massachusetts reached a record high of 5506242.00000 in October of 2024 and a record low of 1535604.00000 in January of 1998. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Real Estate, Rental and Leasing Wages and Salaries in Massachusetts - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.

The LTR Genie Score of Boston, MA is 45, indicating a low rentability for long-term rental properties in the area. This is likely due to the 1-Year Price Appreciation Forecast of -0.76%, which suggests a potential decrease in property values. On the other hand, the STR Genie Score is 65, showing a moderate to high rentability for short-term rental properties. This is supported by the STR Net ROI of 16.75% and the STR Occupancy rate of 73.33%, indicating a strong demand for short-term rentals in Boston.In comparison, the LTR Genie Score is lower than the STR Genie Score, highlighting the potential for higher returns and occupancy rates in the short-term rental market compared to long-term rentals in Boston. Overall, based on the metrics provided, Boston, MA appears to be more attractive for short-term rental investments rather than long-term rental investments. With a positive net ROI and high occupancy rate for short-term rentals, real estate investors may find more success in this market by focusing on Airbnb or other similar rental strategies. It is important to consider the potential decrease in property values when making investment decisions in Boston's real estate market. Boston, MA is known for its strong economy, diverse neighborhoods, and high demand for rental properties. The city's historical significance, world-class universities, and thriving job market make it a desirable location for both residents and investors. However, investors should be aware of the competitive real estate market and potential fluctuations in property values when considering investments in Boston.

In 2024, the average rent for rental apartments increased in ** of the ** U.S. metropolitan areas with the largest populations. Providence-Warwick, RI-MA was the metro with the highest rental growth, an annual increase of **** percent as of April that year. Conversely, Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX experienced the highest decline in rents, at **** percent.

These datasets include information about Airbnb listings in the Boston area processed from data released by insideairbnb.com. Inside Airbnb produces monthly data releases about Airbnb activity for select regions internationally. This data includes listings from Inside Airbnb’s “Boston” and “Cambridge” releases. AIRBNB.Listing is a listing-level file that contains information about the rental properties listed on Airbnb. Listing data has been aggregated across census tracts to generate AIRBNB.CT, which includes ecometrics that describe neighborhoods in terms of listing frequency and pricing .

Graph and download economic data for Housing Inventory: Active Listing Count in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (CBSA) (ACTLISCOU14460) from Jul 2016 to Jun 2025 about Boston, NH, MA, active listing, listing, and USA.

RentSmart Boston compiles data from BOS:311 and the City's Inspectional Services Division to give prospective tenants a more complete picture of the homes and apartments they are considering renting, assisting them in understanding any previous issues with the property, including: housing violations, building violations, enforcement violations, housing complaints, sanitation requests, and/or civic maintenance requests.

You can look up individual properties using the RentSmart dashboard here.

Graph and download economic data for Real Gross Domestic Product: Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (53) in Massachusetts (MARERENTLEARQGSP) from Q1 2005 to Q4 2024 about leases, finance, MA, insurance, rent, real estate, GSP, private industries, private, real, industry, GDP, and USA.

This chart shows the monthly housing cost expenses for renters. Gross rent is the agreed upon rent plus the estimated average monthly cost of utilities (electricity, gas, and water and sewer) and fuels (oil, coal, kerosene, wood, etc.) if these are paid by the renter.

This Long Term Care Residences point datalayer contains the locations of licensed nursing homes (NH), rest homes (RH), and assisted living facilities (ALF) in Massachusetts. Data on nursing homes and rest homes was by provided by Phil Mello, Division of Health Care Quality (DHCQ), Massachusetts Department of Public Health. A list of assisted living facilities information was provided by Beth Shelton, Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs. The update published in March of 2007 is based on listing as of May 2006 for ALF data and February 2007 for NH and RH data.Long-term care residences provide housing and services for individuals who are managing illness and/or disability attributed to physical and/or mental health conditions. While terminology may vary, generally long-term care facilities are distinguished by the type of medical and custodial (non-medical services such as dressing, bathing, etc.) care they provide, the relative independence of their residents, and the types of on-site amenities. Furthermore, some facilities cater to specific patient populations (e.g. Alzheimer's patients).For the purposes of this datalayer, a nursing home is defined as a residential facility that provides 24-hour nursing care, rehabilitative services and activities of daily living to the chronically ill who require a relatively high level of institutional support. A rest home provides 24-hour supervision and supportive services for individuals who do not routinely need nursing or medical care. Similarly, assisted living facilities provide residents with housing and various daily living support services, but usually do not offer medical care. Assisted living facilities often emphasize greater autonomy and privacy for residents through individual apartment-style rentals.Other residential facilities that provide long term care such as group homes (i.e. boarding homes or congregate housing) and hospice facilities are not explicitly specified in this datalayer. Many locations in this datalayer, however, may offer additional services ranging from independent retirement living to intensive skilled nursing and palliative care. Non-residential care locations such as adult day health, rehabilitation, and senior centers are omitted.The MassGIS metadata page for this layer can be seen here.

Click here to check Short-Term Rental Eligibility

Boston's ordinance on short-term rentals is designed to incorporate the growth of the home-share industry into the City's work to create affordable housing for all residents. We want to preserve housing for residents while allowing Bostonians to benefit from this new industry. Starting on on January 1, 2019, short-term rentals in Boston will need to register with the City of Boston.

Eligibility for every unit in the City of Boston is dependant on the following six criteria:

• No affordability covenant restrictions
• Compliance with housing laws and codes
• No violations of laws regarding short-term rental use
• Owner occupied
• Two- or three-family dwelling
• Residential use classification

The Short-Term Rental Eligibility Dataset leverages information, wherever possible, about these criteria. For additional details and information about these criteria, please visit https://www.boston.gov/short-term-rentals.

ABOUT THIS DATASET

In June 2018, a citywide ordinance established new guidelines and regulations for short-term rentals in Boston. Registration opened January 1, 2019. The Short-Term Rental Eligibility Dataset was created to help residents, landlords, and City officials determine whether a property is eligible to be registered as a short-term rental.

The Short-Term Rental Eligibility Dataset currently joins data from the following datasets and is refreshed nightly:

• Live Street Address Management (SAM) Addresses.
• Assessing Online.
• Building and Property Violations
• Problem Properties
• Income-Restricted Properties
• STR Registration Data

HOW TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGISTRATION

1. ** Open** the Short-Term Rental Eligibility Dataset. In the dataset's search bar, enter the address of the property you are seeking to register.

2. Find the row containing the correct address and unit of the property you are seeking. This is the information we have for your unit.

3. Look at the columns marked as “Home-Share Eligible,” “Limited-Share Eligible,” and “Owner-Adjacent Eligible.”

   • A “yes” under any of these columns means your unit IS eligible for registration under that short-term rental type. Click here for a description of short-term rental types.
   • A “no” under any of these columns means your unit is NOT eligible for registration under that short-term rental type. Click here for a description of short-term rental types.

4. If your unit has a “yes” under “Home-Share Eligible,” “Limited-Share Eligible,” or “Owner-Adjacent Eligible,” you can register your unit here.

WHY IS MY UNIT LISTED AS “NOT ELIGIBLE”?

If you find that your unit is listed as NOT eligible, and you would like to understand more about why, you can use the Short-Term Rental Eligibility Dataset to learn more. The following columns measure each of the six eligibility criteria in the following ways:

1. No affordability covenant restrictions

   • A “yes” in the “Income Restricted” column tells you that the unit is marked as income restricted and is NOT eligible.
     
     
   • The “Income Restricted” column measures whether the unit is subject to an affordability covenant, as reported by the Department of Neighborhood Development and/or the Boston Planning and Development Agency.
     
     
   • For questions about affordability covenants, contact the Department of Neighborhood Development.
     
     

2. Compliance with housing laws and codes

   • A “yes” in the “Problem Properties” column tells you that this unit is considered a “Problem Property” by the Problem Properties Task Force and is NOT eligible.
     
     
   • Learn more about how “Problem Properties” are defined here.
     
     
   • A “yes” in the “Problem Property Owner” column tells you that the owner of this unit also owns a “Problem Property,” as reported by the Problem Properties Task Force.
     
     
   • Owners with any properties designated as a Problem Property are NOT eligible.
     
     
   • No unit owned by the owner of a “Problem Property” may register a short-term rental.
     
     
   • Learn more about how “Problem Properties” are defined here.
     
     
   • The “Open Violation Count” column tells you how many open violations the unit has. Units with any open violations are NOT eligible. Violations counted include: violations of the sanitary, building, zoning, and fire code; stop work orders; and abatement orders.
     
     
   • NOTE: Violations written before 1/1/19 that are still open will make a unit NOT eligible until these violations are resolved.
     
     
   • If your unit has an open violation, visit these links to appeal your violation(s) or pay your code violation fine(s).
     
     
   • The “Violations in the Last 6 Months” column tells you how many violations the unit has received in the last six months. Units with three or more violations, whether open or closed, are NOT eligible.
     
     
   • NOTE: Only violations written on or after 1/1/19 will count against this criteria.
     
     
   • If your unit has an open violation, visit these links to appeal your violation(s) or pay your code violation fine(s).
     
     
   • How to comply with housing laws and codes:
     
     
   • Have an open violation? Visit these links to appeal your violation(s) or pay your code violation fine(s).
     
     
   • Have questions about problem properties? Visit Neighborhood Service’s Problem Properties site.
     
     

3. No violations of laws regarding short-term rental use

   • A “yes” in the “Legally Restricted” column tells you that there is a complaint against the unit that finds

     • A legal restriction that prohibits the use of the unit as a Short-Term Rental under local, state, or federal law, OR

     • legal restriction that prohibits the use of the unit as a Short-Term Rental under condominium bylaws.

     • Units with legal restrictions found upon investigation are NOT eligible.
       
       

     • If the investigation of a complaint against the unit yields restrictions of the nature detailed above, we will mark the unit with a “yes” in this column. Until such complaint-based investigations begin, all units are marked with “no.”
       
       

     • NOTE: Currently no units have a “legally restricted” designation.
       
       

4. Owner-occupied

   • A “no” in the “Unit Owner-Occupied” column tells you that there is NO Residential Tax Exemption filed for that unit via the Assessing Department, and that unit is automatically categorized as NOT eligible for the following Short-Term Rental types:

     • Home-Share
     • Limited-Share
       
       
     • Residential Tax Exemption indicates that a unit is owner-occupied and generates a “yes” in the “Unit Owner-Occupied” column.
       
       

     • Owners are not required to file a Residential Tax Exemption in order to be eligible to register a unit as a Short-Term Rental.
       
       

     • If you would like to apply for Residential Tax Exemption, you can apply here.
       
       

     • If you are the owner-occupant of a unit and you have not filed for Residential Tax Exemption, you can still register your unit by proving owner-occupancy.
       

     • It is recommended that you submit proof of residency in your short-term rental registration application to expedite the process of proving owner-occupancy (see

Real Estate, Rental and Leasing Earnings in Massachusetts was 9759186.00000 Thous. of $ in October of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Real Estate, Rental and Leasing Earnings in Massachusetts reached a record high of 9968800.00000 in October of 2021 and a record low of 2582904.00000 in January of 2009. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Real Estate, Rental and Leasing Earnings in Massachusetts - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Chain-Type Quantity Index for Real GDP: Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (53) in Massachusetts (MARERENTLEAQQGSP) from Q1 2005 to Q1 2025 about quantity index, leases, finance, MA, insurance, rent, real estate, GSP, private industries, private, industry, GDP, and USA.

This map service is based on the Long Term Care Residences point datalayer and contains the locations of licensed nursing homes, rest homes and assisted living residences in Massachusetts.Long-term care residences provide housing and services for individuals who are managing illness and/or disability attributed to physical and/or mental health conditions. While terminology may vary, generally long-term care facilities are distinguished by the type of medical and custodial (non-medical services such as dressing, bathing, etc.) care they provide, the relative independence of their residents, and the types of on-site amenities. Furthermore, some facilities cater to specific patient populations (e.g. Alzheimer's patients).For the purposes of this datalayer, a nursing home is defined as a residential facility that provides 24-hour nursing care, rehabilitative services and activities of daily living to the chronically ill who require a relatively high level of institutional support. A rest home provides 24-hour supervision and supportive services for individuals who do not routinely need nursing or medical care. Similarly, assisted living residences provide residents with housing and various daily living support services, but usually do not offer medical care. Assisted living residences often emphasize greater autonomy and privacy for residents through individual apartment-style rentals. Other residential facilities that provide long term care such as group homes (i.e. boarding homes or congregate housing) and hospice facilities are not explicitly specified in this datalayer. Many locations in this datalayer, however, may offer additional services ranging from independent retirement living to intensive skilled nursing and palliative care. Non-residential care locations such as adult day health, rehabilitation, and senior centers are omitted.See the datalayer's full metadata for more information.A Feature Service also is available.

In 2024, households in California needed an hourly wage of over 47 U.S. dollars to afford the rent of a two-bedroom apartment. Massachusetts had the second-least affordable two-bedroom apartments, as a household would have to earn at least around 45 U.S. dollars per hour in order to afford rent payments. These figures are considerably higher than the average minimum wage in place in many states. There was no state in which a minimum wage worker could afford rent for the average two-bedroom apartment, if they only worked 40 hours a week. Where are the least affordable counties and metros? The least affordable rents were predominately in Californian counties and metropolitan areas in 2024. District of Columbia has one of the highest minimum wages in the country, which stood at 17 U.S. dollars per hour as of January 2024. Thus, the affordability of two-bedroom apartments highlights how disproportionately high housing costs are in the state.