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...
by Eric C. Peck | Aug 30, 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
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...
by Demetria C. Lester | Aug 29, 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
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...
by Eric C. Peck | Aug 28, 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
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... 
