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Happy Rosh Hashanah! #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Happy Rosh Hashanah! MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, a deeply meaningful holiday that marks the beginning of the High Holy Days in Judaism. It typically falls in September or early October and lasts...
Senate Committee Approves Bipartisan Housing Bill to Aid Veteran Homebuyers #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyersAgent
Senate Committee Approves Bipartisan Housing Bill to Aid Veteran Homebuyers. As part of the ROAD to Housing Act, a bipartisan legislative package aimed at increasing the nation’s housing supply, improving housing affordability, and reducing homelessness, among other...
Massachusetts home to the best school systems in America #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyersAgent
Massachusetts home to the best school systems in America. From close-knit communities to safety to beautiful outdoor spaces, Massachusetts offers families a wonderful environment to raise kids. But a new study from WalletHub reveals that Massachusetts is also home to...
Non-compliant MBTA communities given more time to add multi-family zoning #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Non-compliant MBTA communities given more time to add multi-family zoning. Fifteen Massachusetts communities failed to meet the compliance deadline for the MBTA Communities Act. In response, Attorney General Andrea Campbell issued a legal advisory announcing that the...
Where Is Homebuyer Affordability Improving? #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Where Is Homebuyer Affordability Improving? New data from Redfin reveals that homebuyers need to earn $112,131 per year to afford a $447,035 median-priced U.S. home … with little having changed (positive point five percent) year-over-year. But in eleven of the fifty...
Happy Labor Day! #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Happy Labor Day! MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Labor Day is a national holiday in the United States that honors the contributions and achievements of American workers. It originated during the labor movement of the late 19th century, a...
These Suburban ZIP Codes Led Homebuying Demand in Early 2025 #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
These Suburban ZIP Codes Led Homebuying Demand in Early 2025 According to Realtor.com’s annual Hottest ZIP Codes Report, Beverly, MA (01915), is at the top of the list of suburban ZIP codes in the Northeast and Midwest in 2025. A compelling combination of lifestyle...
For Homebuyers With Limited Savings, PMI Offers Possible Path to Ownership #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #FirstTimeHomeBuyers
For Homebuyers With Limited Savings, PMI Offers Possible Path to Ownership An analysis of data from U.S. Mortgage Insurers (USMI) shows that private mortgage insurance (MI) helped more than 800,000 low downpayment borrowers qualify for home financing in 2024. Last...
Which U.S. Housing Market Is Standing the Strongest? #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Which U.S. Housing Market Is Standing the Strongest? With home sales up twelve percent year-over-year, prices up an estimated eight point two percent, and the average seller selling for more than their list price, Milwaukee’s housing market is holding up better than...
Homeownership Catching Up: Renter‑Buyer Gap Narrows #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #MaBuyerAgent #FirstTimeHomeBuyers
Homeownership Catching Up: Renter‑Buyer Gap Narrows. New data from Realtor.com shows that the median asking rent for zero to two bedrooms in June 2025 was down two point one percent year-over-year at $1,711. And after twenty three consecutive months of annual...
New Bill Empowers Homeowners to Appeal Bias in Home #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
New Bill Empowers Homeowners to Appeal Bias in Home Appraisals U.S. Sen. Reverend Raphael Warnock and five of his Senate colleagues have introduced new legislation to address appraisal bias in the home buying and selling processes. Under the Appraisal Modernization...
Report: More Than Half of Americans Hindered by Home Costs #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Report: More Than Half of Americans Hindered by Home Costs More than half of homeowners are experiencing financial stress, according to a recent survey conducted by Hometap, a Boston-based financial technology firm that is leading the way in home equity financing...
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Buying a home is like buying a car, on steroids. It’s the biggest investment you are likely to make so the stakes are incredibly high. I knew that having an agent represent me was a good idea.
What I hadn’t grasped was how important it is to find one who is not connected with the selling side in any way—through an agency that also represents sellers, as most do, at least in Mass. In researching buyer agents, I found Tom through the Mass. Assoc. of Buyer Agents (MABA).