by Ana Durrani | Mar 9, 2021 | Real Estate Agent
How To Know If Your Home Improvement Professional Is Worth the Price Tag No one likes to overpay. But if you’re looking to hire a home improvement professional to do some work, you might not know what’s a fair price. Services like installing a deck, repairing a roof,...
by Liz Hughes | Mar 8, 2021 | Real Estate Market
5 areas agents focus on when getting a home ready to market Agents helping clients get their homes ready to sell, focus on several key areas to help them get the most out of the home selling process. From paint colors to flooring and everything in between, we spoke...
by Eric Peck | Mar 7, 2021 | Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News
Homebuying Becoming More Cost-Effective Over Renting A new realtor.com analysis has found that buying a home was more affordable than renting in 15 of the 50 largest metros in the U.S., while an additional nine markets were within 5% of flipping in favor of buying a...
by Christina Hughes Babb | Mar 3, 2021 | Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News
New Home Sales Accelerate As Pending Home Sales Drop Sales of new single-family houses in January 2021 continued to increase according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Experts say...
by Eric Peck | Mar 3, 2021 | Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News
Housing Market Sizzles as Nation Recovers From COVID-19 As the nation closes in on a full calendar year of lockdowns, quarantines, remote working and other “new norms” courtesy of COVID-19, the pandemic’s stranglehold on the housing market continues its ripple effect...
by Eric Peck | Feb 25, 2021 | Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News
Homebuying Power Outpaces Price Appreciation First American Financial Corporation’s latest Real House Price Index (RHPI) for December 2020 found that real house prices increased 0.5% between November 2020 and December 2020, with a 7.2% year-over-year decline over...
by Boston Agent | Feb 24, 2021 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, MABA, Real Estate Market
MAR: 2021 home sales surge; increase in spring sellers expected By Liz Hughes A cold winter is no match for home sales as they continued to increase last month despite all-time high prices and record low inventory. Massachusetts home prices are in the top 10 of...
by Christina Hughes Babb | Feb 23, 2021 | Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News
Home Shoppers Prioritize Cleanliness, Privacy Real estate descriptions are overflowing with mentions of open-floor concepts and updated kitchens. But are those the features buyers really care about? According to the Zolo: Homebuyers Survey 2021, not really. In fact,...
by Boston.com Real Estate | Feb 22, 2021 | Home Buyers
The Northeast led the surge in US home prices last quarter The pandemic property boom has been driven by low borrowing costs and flexible work policies. The median price of a single-family home in the United States climbed 14.9 percent to $315,000 compared with a year...
by Christina Hughes Babb | Feb 21, 2021 | Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News
Interest Rates—and Affordability—Remain Low While rates dropped, the financial strain on the average household income and the rise in home prices have erased positive effects, according to this index. The post Interest Rates—and Affordability—Remain Low appeared first...
