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Boston at ‘moderate' risk of a housing bubble, says report

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Home prices in the Boston area have soared in recent years as the area approaches what one investment bank calls a "bubble".

Boston was one of 25 high-priced cities across the world studied by Swiss financial services company UBS. The report ranked several as so overpriced compared to local wages that they’re considered to be in a housing bubble.

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