by Den Shewman | Mar 1, 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
Tracking Inflation Trends on Rent Prices MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Inflation has been exceptionally high in the 2020’s, with average prices (as measured by the Consumer Price Index [CPI]) up twenty two percent for the decade...
by Eric C. Peck | Feb 27, 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 HUD Head Outlines Critical Issues MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Confirmed earlier this week by the U.S. Senate, new U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner sat down with The Wall Street...
by Patrick Regan | Feb 26, 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
NAR’s Lawrence Yun predicts home-sales growth of Nine percent or more in 2025 MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Mortgage rates will dip to about 6% and home sales will grow about nine to thirteen percent in 2025, National Association of...
by Liz Hughes | Feb 25, 2025 | Boston Real Estate Market, Cambridge MA Real Estate News, First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, Lowell MA Real Estate News, MABA, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Newton MA Real Estate News, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Massachusetts needs 220,000 more housing units by 2035 to stay competitive, lower costs MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent A new report from Gov. Maura Healey’s office finds the state needs to increase its housing supply by at least 220,000...
by Dan Catinella | Feb 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, Real Estate Prices
The Rise of Multigenerational Housing: Lending Trends and Opportunity MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyersAgent This article originally appeared in the February 2025 edition of MortgagePoint magazine, online now. Amid the whirlwind of economic...
by Emily Mack | Feb 23, 2025 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, House Hunting, MABA, Real Estate Market
Who is new HUD secretary, Scott Turner? MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Scott Turner, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), was confirmed to the role in a fifty five to forty four...
by Demetria C. Lester | Feb 22, 2025 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, House Hunting, MABA, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News
Who Is Falling Victim to Real Estate Wire Fraud? MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent In this industry, some specific housing market terms bring about more worry to American consumers than others. For instance: WIRE FRAUD. While the term may...
by Den Shewman | Feb 21, 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
More Than One Hundred and Seventy New Homebuyer Assistance Programs Launched in 2024 MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Homebuyer assistance programs increased by one hundred and seventy two (seven percent) in 2024, and the number of...
by Demetria C. Lester | Feb 20, 2025 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, House Hunting, MABA, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News, Real Estate Market
Single Women Outpace Men in U.S. Homeownership MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Generally speaking, women are paid less than men. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the median weekly income for women is eighty three point...
by Demetria C. Lester | Feb 19, 2025 | Boston Real Estate Market, 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 Brings New Supply as Seller Activity Shifts MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent According to the Realtor.com January Monthly Housing Report, January saw a positive shift in seller activity despite recent hikes in mortgage rates,...