by Liz Hughes | Apr 29, 2021 | Real Estate Market
Interest in tiny homes grows as popularity rises While pandemic headlines had many leaving cities and moving to the suburbs or looking for additional space in their current home, interest in tiny homes was little remarked upon. Nevertheless, interest in tiny homes has...
by Boston.com Real Estate | Apr 28, 2021 | Home Buyers
Ask the Gardener: Why you should clean up less and later There are pollinators hibernating under your leaf piles. Award-winning garden writer Carol Stocker discusses when and how to clean up your yards and plots and when to plant. | realestate.boston.com Homebuyers:...
by Christina Hughes Babb | Apr 27, 2021 | Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News
Why Rising Rates Are ‘Becoming a Problem’ Although interest rates, which weeks ago hit record lows, are only beginning to inch upward, some financial experts believe the trend is “becoming a problem.” Discussion about rising rates’ impact on...
by Liz Hughes | Apr 23, 2021 | Real Estate Market
Local agents offer predictions, wishes for spring home-selling season The spring housing market has arrived, and as continued inventory shortages keep homebuying competitive, local agents expect to see a strong sellers market as the season continues. Local agents...
by Eric Peck | Apr 23, 2021 | Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News
Rise in Rates Pushes Decline in Mortgage Apps The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey has found that mortgage applications decreased 2.2% from one week earlier. The Refinance Index decreased 3% from the previous week,...
by Orla McCaffrey | Apr 20, 2021 | Real Estate Agent
The Housing Market Is Roaring, but Lots of People Can’t Get Mortgages The mortgage market is humming, but getting approved for a home loan is as difficult as it has been in years. Mortgage credit availability, a measure of lenders’ willingness to issue mortgages, is...
by Christina Hughes Babb | Apr 19, 2021 | Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News
Homes Are Selling Faster Than Ever Before Considering recent reports revealing just how competitive one must be to purchase a home in most parts of the country it should come as little surprise that Redfin just reported that homes today are selling faster than any...
by Jon Gorey | Apr 18, 2021 | Real Estate Market
Is it too easy to become a real estate agent? For better or worse, it’s not very difficult to get into real estate. In most states, you can just sign up for a course, pass the state licensing exam and start selling houses (and paying dues) under a local brokerage....
by Daniel Bortz | Apr 17, 2021 | Real Estate Agent
What Is an Interest-Only Mortgage? An Affordable Home Loan, at Least at First What is an interest-only mortgage? It’s a type of home loan where you start off paying only the interest for a certain time period, followed by a time where you pay back both the interest...
by Boston.com Real Estate | Apr 16, 2021 | Home Buyers
Would proposed Silver Line extension make Everett next boomtown? “Those areas like Chelsea and Everett have had a good-sized jump in rental costs already.” Everett was already drawing the attention of developers before the transit chatter began earlier this...
