by Liz Hughes | Aug 17, 2024 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Gov. Healey signs $5.1B Affordable Homes Act into law MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Gov. Maura Healey signed the Affordable Homes Act into law Tuesday, paving the way for the production, preservation and rehabilitation of more than...
by Liz Hughes | Aug 16, 2024 | Boston Real Estate Market, First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Boston’s Office-to-Residential Conversion Program gets $15M funding boost MABA MassachusettsRealEstate MaBuyerAgent MaBuyerAgent A year after it launched, Boston’s Office-to-Residential Conversion Program has been extended, thanks to an influx of money from the state...
by Liz Hughes | Aug 14, 2024 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Falling mortgage rates, increased supply create opportunities for homebuyers MABA MassachusettsRealEstate MaBuyerAgent FirstTimeHomeBuyers Despite record high prices, two factors are creating opportunities for homebuyers this summer: falling mortgage rates and rising...
by Kyle G. Horst | Aug 13, 2024 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Election Influences Homebuying Plans, Survey Finds MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent As the 2024 presidential election approaches, sixty percent of prospective homebuyers say the election is impacting their homebuying plans, according to a...
by Demetria C. Lester | Aug 12, 2024 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Profit Margins Improve as Home Sales Tick Up MABA MassachusettsRealEstate MaBuyerAgent FirstTimeHomeBuyers According to ATTOM’s second-quarter 2024 U.S. Home Sales Report, typical single-family home and condo sales in the U.S. during Q2 yielded a profit margin of...
by Kyle G. Horst | Aug 11, 2024 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Home Values Surge in Quarter Two MABA MassachusettsRealEstste MaBuyerAgent FirstTimeHomeBuyers Homeowner equity in the United States saw a significant increase in the second quarter of 2024, according to ATTOM Data’s latest U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report....
by Liz Hughes | Aug 10, 2024 | Real Estate Market
Western Massachusetts town named a best place to live in the U.S. MABA MassachusettsRealEstate MaBuyerAgent FirstTimeHomeBuyers A Western Massachusetts town has been named one of the best places to live in the U.S. Money’s 2024 Best Places to Live features 50...
by Liz Hughes | Aug 8, 2024 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Massachusetts home prices, sales surge in June as listings fall MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Closed home sales in Massachusetts surged twelve percent last month, while the median sale price of a single-family home increased by six...
by Demetria C. Lester | Aug 6, 2024 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Is The Housing Market Becoming Buyer Friendly? MABA MassachusettsRealEstate MaBuyerAgent FirstTimeHomeBuyers The number of homes currently for sale increased for an eighth consecutive month in June, rising by thirty six point seven percent year-over-year, according...
by Eric C. Peck | Aug 4, 2024 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Homebuyer Sentiment on the Rise MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Fannie Mae’s latest Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) rose three point two points in June to seventy two point six, rebounding from last month’s dip and returning the...