by Jacob Passy | Jan 2, 2021 | Boston Real Estate Market, Buyer Agents, Home Buyers, MABA, Real Estate Agent
Pending Home Sales Fall for a Third Straight Month as Buyers Struggle To Gain Traction The numbers: Contract signings for home sales fell for the third consecutive month in November — another indication of the challenges prospective home buyers are facing. The index...
by Jennifer Billock | Dec 31, 2020 | Home Appraisal, Real Estate Agent, Real Estate Market
My House Failed Its First Real Estate Inspection—Here’s What I Did To Get Through Escrow When I was buying my first house, everything seemed too good to be true—at least at the start of the process. I found a home within a couple of weeks, the price was fabulously...
by Cristin Espinosa | Dec 30, 2020 | Home Buyers, MABA, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News
What Will the Housing Market Look Like in 2021? This year has been an intense one for all industries, but the housing market has managed to come out on top. As 2021 draws nearer, Zillow offers some key trend predictions that could lead to shifts in the market next...
by Cristin Espinosa | Dec 29, 2020 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, MABA, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Real Estate Prices
Now Is the Time to Be a Homebuyer There’s no doubt, 2020 was a seller’s market when it came to home buying. Most houses sold at or above list price, sales were quick, and people were looking for change thanks to the monotony of pandemic life. But even though sellers...
by Cristin Espinosa | Dec 28, 2020 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Prices, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News
Housing Market Will Stay ‘Hot’ in the New Year There’s no shortage of people ready, willing, and able to buy homes, according to the latest report from Redfin. In fact, the four-week period ending on December 13 has shown us some record highs and lows for the housing...
by Ana Durrani | Dec 27, 2020 | Buyer Agents, Coronavirus, Home Buyers, Real Estate Agent
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Forever Changed the Process of Selling a House In normal circumstances, selling a house involves interacting with a lot of people. In-person house tours, roundtable closings, and handshakes are all standard formalities. But in a world...
by Cristin Espinosa | Dec 22, 2020 | Home Buyers, MABA, Real Estate Market
Households aged 65 and over are the fastest-growing demographic, according to data in the “State of the Nation’s Housing” report published by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS). The new report found the number of households aged 65 and over...
by Cristin Espinosa | Dec 21, 2020 | Home Prices, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Real Estate Market
Residential Real Estate Market Reaches New Heights According to a new report from Redfin, which includes data regarding November home sales, the typical home sold last month only spent about 27 days on the market. This is 18 days less than it took for homes to sell at...
by Kathleen Willcox | Dec 20, 2020 | First Time Home Buyer, Home Buyers, MABA, Real Estate Agent
6 Reasons Why Buying a Fixer-Upper May Not Be a Good Idea Right Now Buying a fixer-upper and transforming it into the home of your dreams is hardly a new concept. Few people—especially first-time home buyers—can afford to buy a house with all the bells and whistles,...
by Timothy Inklebarger | Dec 19, 2020 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Real Estate Market
Nearly half of Boston Massachusetts listings in bidding wars More than half of Redfin listings (54%) experienced bidding wars in November, down only 4 percentage points from the previous month, according to the online broker’s new report. Areas with a high rate of new...
