by Demetria C. Lester | Jun 1, 2025 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, House Hunting, Mortgages and Mortgage Loan News
More Saying ‘I Do’ to Downpayment Assistance in Lieu of Wedding Gifts MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Beginning a life together is not the only goal of marriage. Finding a location to call home is another important concern for many...
by Andy Beth Miller | May 30, 2025 | 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
Let the Buyer Beware: Survey Spotlights Regret, Pressure, and Hidden Costs MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Buying a home is a major life milestone, but for many first-time homebuyers, the experience is more stressful and costly than...
by Demetria C. Lester | May 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
Home Purchase Mortgage Apps Experience Seasonal Jump MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent According to new data from the March 2025 Builder Application Survey (BAS) of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), mortgage applications for new home...
by Eric C. Peck | May 28, 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
Making the Most of Down Payment Assistance Programs MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent The latest Q1 2025 Homeownership Program Index (HPI) report from Down Payment Resource (DPR) found the number of entities offering homebuyer assistance...
by Demetria C. Lester | May 27, 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
Concessions Near Record Levels as Sellers Attempt to Woo Buyers MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent A new analysis from Redfin shows that in forty four percent of U.S. home sale transactions in quarter one, home sellers made concessions to...
by John Yellig | May 26, 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, New Construction, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
New-home construction drops more than expected in March MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Housing starts plunged in March, coming in well below an already low consensus estimate. Overall new-home construction, which includes single-family...
by Eric C. Peck | May 25, 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
Taking Tech Innovations to the Next Level MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent This article originally appeared in the April 2025 edition of MortgagePoint magazine, online now. Rick Hill, VP of Industry Technology at the MBA & President of...
by Elizabeth Kanzeg | May 24, 2025 | Boston Real Estate Market, First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, House Hunting, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Prices
Jackson Square revitalization continues with Betty Greene Apartments MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Community members celebrated progress in Jackson Square at the grand opening of a new affordable housing development in the neighborhood....
by John Yellig | May 23, 2025 | Boston Real Estate Market, First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, House Hunting, Lowell MA Real Estate News, Newton MA Real Estate News, Real Estate Market
Redfin joins the Clear Cooperation fray; won’t publish listings until they’re on the MLS MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Redfin has joined the ranks of other real estate platforms taking a stand against the National Association of...
by Emily Marek | May 22, 2025 | First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyers Advice, Home Buyers, House Hunting, Real Estate Market
Zillow prohibits privately-marketed listings, eXp commits to sharing listings within twenty four hours MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers FirstTimeHomeBuyers Zillow will no longer allow listings that are privately marketed. The decision was made to... 
