by Demetria C. Lester | Jan 31, 2025 | 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
New Year… New Home? MABA MassachusettsRealEstate MaBuyerAgent FirstTimeHomeBuyers According to a recent Redfin research, more people are beginning their home search as the new year gets underway. In the week ending January 5, 2025 Redfin’s Homebuyer Demand Index, a...
by Emily Mack | Jan 30, 2025 | Boston Real Estate Market, First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Ninety Nine Percent Of Local Homes Are TOO Pricey For The Typical Bostonian MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent In twenty eight cities across the nation, the typical local family can afford less than one percent of for-sale properties. Among...
by Eric C. Peck | Jan 29, 2025 | 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
FHFA Expands Access to Liquidity for the Federal Home Loan Bank System MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has published a final rule designed to improve access to liquidity for the Federal Home Loan...
by Eric C. Peck | Jan 28, 2025 | Boston Real Estate Market, First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, House Hunting, MABA, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Real Estate Market
HUD Streamlines Affordable Housing Regulations MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) has published a Final Rule in the Federal Register to modernize and strengthen regulations for the...
by Liz Hughes | Jan 27, 2025 | Curbed Boston, First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Real Estate Market
Boston launches new tools to help residents build accessory dwelling units MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent The city of Boston has released new tools to assist residents in building accessory dwelling units (or in-law apartments) on their...
by Liz Hughes | Jan 25, 2025 | Boston Real Estate Market, Curbed Boston, First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, House Hunting, MABA, Real Estate Market
State Supreme Court rules MBTA Communities Act is constitutional, can be enforced MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaByerAgent The state’s Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that the MBTA Communities Act is constitutional and can be enforced, however,...
by Liz Hughes | Jan 24, 2025 | Boston Real Estate Market, First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Boston ranks among top Ten high-end buyer markets for 2025 MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Boston has been named one of the top ten high-end markets for buyers in 2025. Housing market research company Zonda’s 2025 list focuses on wealth...
by Demetria C. Lester | Jan 24, 2025 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Real Estate Market
Measuring U.S. Home Price Growth MABA MassachusettsRealEstate MaBuyerAgent FirstTimeHomeBuyers The CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI) and HPI Forecast for November 2024 have been made public by CoreLogic. Gains in home prices in the U.S. have not increased since...
by Eric C. Peck | Jan 23, 2025 | Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News
Housing Affordability Stabilizes MABA FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent MassachusettsRealEstate According to a new study from Redfin, a household making a median U.S. income of $83,782 in 2024 would’ve had to spend forty one point eight percent of their earnings on...
by Liz Hughes | Jan 22, 2025 | Boston Real Estate Market, First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, House Hunting, MABA, Real Estate Market
South Boston Waterfront office building to become housing MABA MaBuyerAgent MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers The Boston Planning & Development Authority has approved a project that will convert a South Boston Waterfront office building into housing. An...