Boston-area home prices off 2.7% in a year Barry Bluestone, dean of Northeastern Universityâs School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, said the Boston-area market has fared better than others because there was less overbuilding. Elsewhere
Boston-area home prices off 2.7% in a year Boston-area home values dropped in March as another downturn in sales pushed prices across the country to new lows since the US housing market collapsed in 2006.