by Boston.com Real Estate | Sep 25, 2020 | First Time Home Buyer, Home Buyers, Home Prices, Real Estate Prices
Sorry, buyers. Price of a single-family home in Massachusetts shot up 14% In Greater Boston, the median sales price of a single-family home hit $720,000 in August, while the cost of a condo reached $568,000. In Greater Boston itself, prices are up, but sales are down....
by Boston.com Real Estate | Sep 24, 2020 | Home Buyers, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
College neighborhoods see rents drop dramatically Until February, college neighborhoods saw average rents growing 4.7 percent annually. In Kendall Square it is as much as $400 less, according to a new report, and landlords are offering incentives on top of that. |...
by Christina Hughes Babb | Sep 24, 2020 | Boston Real Estate Market, Buyer Agents, Home Buyers
Pandemic Changing Homebuyers’ Priorities According to a recent Redfin report, homebuyers’ priorities are shifting due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Specifically, more homebuyers are looking to move away from the cramped and more expensive big cities to the far more...
by Kaylee Palak | Sep 23, 2020 | Buyer Agents, Home Buyers, Real Estate Market, Vacation Homes, Vacation Property
Cape Cod sets home sales record in August It was another month of record-breaking sales in the Cape Cod real estate market with Barnstable County hitting a record median sales price of $545,000 for a single-family home. The county also broke the record for most volume...
by Clarissa Buch | Sep 22, 2020 | Apartments, First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Real Estate Agent, Rental Property
5 Crucial Questions To Ask Before You Renew Your Rental Lease Right Now Is your lease almost up? Before you renew your rental contract for another year, there are numerous questions you should consider, particularly in the era of COVID-19. While signing a new lease...
by Timothy Inklebarger | Sep 21, 2020 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Real Estate Market
Massachusetts Real Estate home values up 15% from 2019 Single-family home sales dipped slightly (0.8%) in August from the previous year, and condo sales were down 2.4%, according to the Massachusetts Association of Realtors. But in an era defined by bidding wars and...
by Kelsey Ogletree | Sep 20, 2020 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Appraisal, Home Buyers, Real Estate Agent
Should I Waive a Home Inspection? Why Buyers Are Willing To Right Now By the time my husband and I put in an offer on a home (for the third time) in August, we were exhausted by the home-buying process—and we hadn’t even bought a home yet. Even in the midsize town in...
by Boston.com Real Estate | Sep 20, 2020 | Home Buyers
Home of Week: 4-bed Newbury contemporary overlooks marsh refuge The living room features a two-sided fireplace. Visionary environmentalist Rachel Carson once wrote effusively about Parker River Wildlife Refuge, including its Great Salt Marsh — some 3,000 acres of...
by Boston.com Real Estate | Sep 20, 2020 | First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Appraisal, Home Buyers, House Hunting
For what it’s worth: The things appraisers wish you knew What can you do if you think the appraisal of your home is wrong? Any appraisal, whether it is for a purchase loan or a refinance, is meant to be an informed estimate of the market value. Read More: ...
by Timothy Inklebarger | Sep 19, 2020 | Home Buyers, Real Estate Market
RE/MAX: Boston median home sales price up 11.3% from 2019 August was another month of record-breaking home sales as well as for lowest inventory ever recorded, lowest days on market and highest sales prices, according to a new report by RE/MAX. Home sales across the... 
