by Demetria C. Lester | Oct 27, 2025 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Breaking Down Recession Chances by State MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent According to Mark Zandi, Chief Economist at Moody’s Analytics, many states are more vulnerable to or have already entered an economic downturn. “Based on my...
by Demetria C. Lester | Oct 20, 2025 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Are Homebuyers Gaining an Edge in the Market? Redfin showed that the median home-sale price dropped in fourteen of the fifty most populated U.S. metro regions. Oakland, California experienced the largest fall, down six point eight percent year-over-year, followed by...
by Andy Beth Miller | Oct 13, 2025 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Where Have Boomers Amassed the Most Home Equity? A new analysis from Realtor.com highlights the U.S. metro areas where baby boomers, defined as those born between 1946 and 1964, hold the greatest amount of housing wealth. Florida dominates the list, with five of the...
by Elizabeth Kanzeg Rowland | Oct 6, 2025 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Massachusetts cities where homes fly off the market. Homes in certain Massachusetts cities spend less time on the market than almost anywhere else in the nation, according to a new study from WalletHub. The finance company used data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau...
by Eric C. Peck | Sep 29, 2025 | Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News
FHFA Proposes Repeal of Fair Lending, Fair Housing Rule. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is looking to withdraw a 2024 final rule, 12 CFR Part 1293, a rule that established requirements for fair lending oversight of regulated entities, equitable housing...
by Demetria C. Lester | Sep 22, 2025 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
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...
by Elizabeth Kanzeg Rowland | Sep 15, 2025 | Family, First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
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...
by Elizabeth Kanzeg Rowland | Sep 8, 2025 | Boston Real Estate Market, First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Real Estate Law, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
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...
by Eric C. Peck | Sep 1, 2025 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
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...
by Demetria C. Lester | Aug 31, 2025 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
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... 
