by Liz Hughes | Dec 1, 2024 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Buyers return to market post presidential election MABA MassachusettsRealEstate MaBuyerAgent FirstTimeHomeBuyers One week after the presidential election, Redfin is reporting that buyers are returning to the market. Buyers had been sitting on the sidelines awaiting... by Liz Hughes | Nov 30, 2024 | 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
Could public land be the solution to Boston’s housing problem? MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyers A new report looks at how using publicly owned land to develop affordable housing could mean great opportunity and a solution to the state’s...
by Christina Hughes Babb | Nov 29, 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
Home-Care Costs Continue to Climb MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent As the typical purchase price for a home remains at an all-time high, so does the cost of caring for one. According to the Q3 Home Care Price Index (wherein analysts at...
by Demetria C. Lester | Nov 28, 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
Experts Forecast Home Sale Growth for 2025 MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomebuyers MaBuyerAgent The National Association of Realtors (NAR) Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said that job increases are continuing, mortgage rates are normalizing, and the worst of...
by Demetria C. Lester | Nov 27, 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
VA Loans Empowering Veteran Homeownership MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent More than three out of four (seventy four point five percent) home sales with Veterans Affairs (VA) loans over the past year had a zero percent down payment, and...
by Patrick Regan | Nov 26, 2024 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, MABA, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Increased home sales and more rate cuts coming in 2025, NAR’s Lawrence Yun predicts MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Home sales will increase during the next two years, while mortgage rates likely will hover around six percent, National...
by Liz Hughes | Nov 25, 2024 | Boston Real Estate Market, Home Buyers, Home Prices, House Hunting, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Boston’s draft design vision report released, outlines plans for city’s vibrant, inclusive future MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgnet A new report, compiled by the city of Boston’s Planning Department in partnership with local residents,...
by Liz Hughes | Nov 24, 2024 | 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 as one of the most livable cities in the U.S. MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Boston has been ranked one of the most livable cities in the U.S., according to a new RentCafe report. The publication analyzed one hundred and...
by Eric C. Peck | Nov 23, 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
FHFA Simplifies the Funding of Affordable Housing MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has issued AB-2024-05, an Advisory Bulletin that simplifies the process for project sponsors to receive Federal...
by Demetria C. Lester | Nov 22, 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
Who Is the Typical U.S. Homebuyer? MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent According to the National Association of Realtors‘ (NAR) 2024 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, the market share of first-time homebuyers fell to a historic low of... 
