Boston - Auctions join home listings

Local real estate brokers may soon be taking home buyers out to auctions, not just open houses, after a big shift by the Bay State’s online property listing service.
MLS Property Information Network, the state’s main database for home and condo sales, will now also highlight upcoming property auctions in a sign of the times for the sluggish real estate market. With home sellers and brokers scrambling in a down market to move their properties, auctions are on the rise, both nationally and locally.