by Timothy Inklebarger | Oct 29, 2020 | Home Buyers, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Expect fall home price gains, but 2021 could see a cooling real estate market Summer was the new spring for homebuyers, with demand up in August from buyers who delayed their decision to buy because of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the S&P CoreLogic...
by Sarah Kuta | Oct 29, 2020 | Home Buyers, Real Estate Agent
Need Cash? 3 Ways To Tap Your Home Equity—and Which One’s Right for You You need to come up with some cash, fast. Maybe you have a leaky roof that desperately needs fixing or you need help paying for your kid’s first semester of college. But where do you turn? If...
by Audrey Ference | Oct 28, 2020 | First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers
9 Surprising Things Home Insurance Doesn’t Cover: Do You Know Them All? Whether your home is hit by lightning, hail, or some other calamity, you’ll be awfully glad you have a home insurance policy in place to help foot the cost of repairs. Yet while homeowner...
by Cristin Espinosa | Oct 28, 2020 | Home Buyers
The pandemic has completely changed the way many people across the country are able to work and working from home is quickly becoming mainstream. According to a survey from LendingTree, 47% of those who responded to the survey claim they are now working remotely. The...
by Jacob Passy | Oct 27, 2020 | First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Real Estate Agent, Real Estate Market
Existing Home Sales Soared in September 7 in 10 Homes Sold in Less Than a Month The numbers: Existing-home sales increased for the fourth consecutive month in September, as the U.S. housing market benefitted from low interest rates. Total existing-home sales rose 9.4%...
by Sarah Kuta | Oct 27, 2020 | Home Buyers, Real Estate Agent, Real Estate Market
How Much Does Home Insurance Cost? Advice To Find the Best Price If you’re buying a home, you probably know that paying for the property isn’t the only expense you’ll incur. Among other things, you’ll also want to buy home insurance to protect this valuable asset in...
by Quentin Fottrell | Oct 26, 2020 | Real Estate Agent, Real Estate Law, Vacation Homes, Vacation Property
My Husband Bought a Retirement Property, but Only Put His Name on the Deed. Will His Adult Children Inherit This Home? Dear Moneyist, My husband and I have been married for 25 years. We do not have children together, but he has children from a previous marriage. We...
by Sarah Kuta | Oct 26, 2020 | Home Buyers, Real Estate Agent
What Does Home Insurance Cover? The Facts on Fire, Flooding, and More Few things give new home buyers peace of mind about their real estate purchase as much as a solid home insurance policy. This ensures that if disaster strikes—in the form of a tornado, house fire,...
by Timothy Inklebarger | Oct 25, 2020 | Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, Real Estate Market
Boston home sales up 24% in September September marked a third month of record-breaking homes sales, with closings up 21.1% from a year ago and homes selling an average 39 days, down a full week from one year ago, according to the RE/MAX National Housing Report for...
by Zayd Muhammad | Oct 25, 2020 | Home Buyers, House Hunting, Real Estate Market, Vacation Homes, Vacation Property, Waterfront
Another record month for Cape Cod home sales The Cape Cod Massachusetts real estate market set new record highs for median sale prices, pending sales, closed condo sales and total volume, according to a Cape Cod & Islands Association of Realtors (CCIAOR) press...
