by Zayd Muhammad | Oct 7, 2020 | Buyer Agents, Home Buyers, House Hunting, Real Estate Market
Boston, MA homebuyers rush to the suburbs Boston, Massachusetts area suburban homes are selling faster than last year and outpacing their urban counterparts, according to a report by Realtor.com. Homes in suburban Boston sold 32.8% faster compared to the same time...
by Anya Szentes | Oct 6, 2020 | Home Buyers, Real Estate Market
Homebuyers: ‘We want green homes’ In a rapidly changing world, the need for environmentally sustainable practices has never been more important. That’s according to a new study published by Growth from Knowledge, which found that among other things, COVID-19 has not...
by Lisa Marie Conklin | Oct 6, 2020 | Bath, First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Appraisal, Home Buyers
13 Hidden Problems in a Bathroom You Might Not Spot on Video It might be easy to gloss over the bathroom when you’re touring a home in person—but it’s even easier to do so when you’re viewing it by video, as many of us are doing in the age of the coronavirus. It’s a...
by Christina Hughes Babb | Oct 4, 2020 | Home Buyers, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News
Salary Needed to Comfortably Purchase a Home The experts at finder.com just released a telling report, highlighting just how much hopeful homebuyers in certain cities in the U.S. would have to earn per year in order to make their dream abode their own. As everyone...
by Christina Hughes Babb | Oct 3, 2020 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, House Hunting, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News
Housing Inventory Dips to Lowest Level in 10+ Years A new forecast from Zillow predicts home sales will peak during the autumn and begin to moderate into 2021, but will remain above pre-pandemic levels. The coming months will also see home prices remaining higher....
by Lisa Johnson Mandell | Oct 1, 2020 | Condominiums, Home Buyers, Home Design, Real Estate Agent
What Is a Condo? Condo vs. Apartment vs. House, Explained Table of contents: What is a condo? How condos work How much are condo fees? What is an assessment? Condo vs. apartment: What’s the difference? Condo vs. house: What’s the difference? How to buy a condo...
by Christina Hughes Babb | Oct 1, 2020 | Home Buyers, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Real Estate Agent
Homeowners Who Haven’t Refinanced Stand to Lose Thousands According to a recently published Zillow report, mortgage rates are still hovering at all-time lows. This means that those homeowners who have not yet taken the plunge and refinanced their mortgages are missing...
by Boston.com Real Estate | Sep 28, 2020 | Condominiums, Home Buyers
Home of Week: A 3-bedroom Somerville, Massachusetts condo with private roof deck Sometimes a single element gives silent voice to the transformation undergone when a 110-year-old house is remade into two 21st-century condos. In this two-floor unit near Somerville’s...
by Janet Siroto | Sep 26, 2020 | Home Buyers, House Hunting, MABA, Real Estate Agent, Real Estate Market
4 Huge Mistakes You Might Make Moving From a City to the Suburbs There comes a time in many people’s lives—usually when the words “baby” or “school district” become a regular part of the vocabulary—when people flee the glamorous city to the charming suburbs. Add the...
by Christina Hughes Babb | Sep 25, 2020 | Home Buyers, Home Prices
Two Thirds of Homebuyers Report Receiving Down-Payment Help About four in 10 homebuyers of all ages are relying on help from family members, friends, employers or a down payment assistance program to get a mortgage for their home purchase. That’s from a new...
