Business Headlines: Local Home Prices Dropping; Gas Prices Lower
Local home prices continue to lose ground and now are tied more closely to a national trend indicating the housing decline might be getting worse.
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Local home prices continue to lose ground and now are tied more closely to a national trend indicating the housing decline might be getting worse.
Gas prices in Massachusetts have dropped a penny per gallon this week, but are still well above prices this time a year ago.
Gas prices in Massachusetts have dropped another two cents in the past week and are now down a nickel in the past month.
The average price for gasoline in Massachusetts is unchanged this week after a one-cent uptick last week.
AAA Southern New England says its latest weekly survey finds self-serve regular selling for an average of $3.42 per gallon.
AAA Southern New England reports a gallon of self-serve regular has fallen another four cents in the past week to an average of $3.41 per gallon.
The average price of gasoline in Massachusetts has now dropped to its lowest level since March.
I'm wondering now that the price of oil per barrel is down under $80, we only see a few cents lower at the pumps. I'd like to know when the price of gas was down to $2 something a gallon, what was the price per barrel then?? And why don't we see a lower price at the pumps now?? - Susan, Graniteville
Massachusetts gas prices have dropped three cents in the past week following two straight weeks of increases.
The cost of a gallon of gas in Massachusetts has edged up by a penny, the second consecutive week of higher prices.
Gas prices in Massachusetts are down another three cents, the fourth consecutive week of lower prices.
Gasoline prices Massachusetts have inched down another two cents and have now fallen 11 cents in the past three weeks.
Gasoline prices in Massachusetts have dipped another seven cents and have now dropped nine cents in the past two weeks.
A nearly week-long price war between two Middleboro gas stations seems to have come to an end with both sides and plenty of customers all claiming victory.
Massachusetts gas prices have inched up a penny, the fourth consecutive week of higher prices.
Gasoline prices in Massachusetts have risen for a third straight week.
Massachusetts gas prices are up for the second consecutive week.
Gas prices in Massachusetts have jumped six cents in the past week, the first increase in more than two months.
AAA reported Tuesday that prices dropped for the eighth consecutive week to an average of $3.61 for a gallon of self-serve, regular.
Gasoline prices have fallen in Massachusetts for a seventh consecutive week.
Gas prices are down by an average of three cents a gallon this week in Massachusetts, the sixth week of dropping prices.
Gas prices are down in Massachusetts for the fifth consecutive week.
Gas prices are down in Massachusetts for the fourth consecutive week.
Massachusetts gas prices have dropped another nickel in the past week and have now fallen 11 cents in three weeks.
Memorial Day travel is up from last year. A lot of locals are enjoying a little relief at the pump and hitting the road.
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Breaking Grounds Cafe, a Peabody, Massachusetts coffee shop known for employing people with disabilities, is closing.
The buildings that house the Somerville Theatre and the Capitol Theatre in Arlington, Massachusetts are for sale.
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There's a proposal in Cambridge to limit customers at bars and restaurants to one drink every 30 minutes.
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The Baltimore Orioles ended Boston's franchise record-tying 15-game winning streak, defeating the Red Sox 5-1 in the nightcap of a doubleheader on Wednesday.
The Boston Red Sox tied a franchise record in the first game of a doubleheader, beating the Baltimore Orioles for their 15th straight win.
The Red Sox and Orioles will play a doubleheader on Wednesday after their Tuesday night came was postponed due to rain.
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