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NAR claims real estate wins as House passes One Big Beautiful Bill Act #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
NAR claims real estate wins as House passes One Big Beautiful Bill Act The National Association of REALTORS® has claimed that the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in the House delivers significant victories for homeowners and real estate professionals....
Multifamily Mattapan development under review #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Multifamily Mattapan development under review Kirk Phillips of Bigyard Realty, LLC has proposed a 40-unit residential development for a collection of vacant lots in Mattapan’s Franklin Field North section. Located at the corner of Wales Street and Browning Avenue, the...
New Worcester Development, The Cove, Embodies City’s Revival with Urban Appeal and Historic Flair #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
New Worcester Development, The Cove, Embodies City’s Revival with Urban Appeal and Historic Flair Worcester, MA — Overlooking the lively Polar Park stadium and nestled in the heart of Worcester’s Canal District, The Cove, a newly opened 173-unit mixed-use apartment...
Homebuyer Costs Heighten as Affordability Gap Widens #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Homebuyer Costs Heighten as Affordability Gap Widens A typical U.S. home was beyond the reach of a median-income household five years ago, and according to a recent Zillow analysis, even if they had $73,000 saved for a down payment, they are currently more than...
Median Condo Prices Decline Amid Rising Housing Fees #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #MaBuyerAgent #FirstTimeHomeBuyers
Median Condo Prices Decline Amid Rising Housing Fees In May, the median condo sale price in the U.S. dropped two point two percent year-over-year (YoY) to $354,100, the second-largest decline since 2012 according to a recent Redfin report. Condo prices only had a...
Homeownership as a Cornerstone to Generational Wealth #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Rodney E. Hood, Acting Comptroller of the Currency for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Homeownership as a Cornerstone to Generational Wealth Rodney E. Hood, Acting Comptroller of the Currency for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC),...
The Tax Man Cometh: Property Taxes on the Rise in Large Metros #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
The Tax Man Cometh: Property Taxes on the Rise in Large Metros MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Becoming a homeowner is a wonderful thing, but there is a piper to pay: property taxes. Median property taxes in the U.S. rose by an average of...
Gen Z Veterans Fuel Surge in VA Home Loans #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Gen Z Veterans Fuel Surge in VA Home Loans #MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent A new analysis of trends in VA loans has found that Generation Z veterans are increasingly using VA loans to buy and refinance homes. The analysis, conducted by...
Homebuyer Hurdles: Housing Costs Outpacing Income Growth #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Homebuyer Hurdles: Housing Costs Outpacing Income Growth MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent A new study from JPMorgan Chase revealed how and why the road to homeownership is more difficult for first-time buyers now than it has been in...
One Big Beautiful Bill Off to White House for President’s Signature #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
One Big Beautiful Bill Off to White House for President’s Signature MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent President Trump’s $3.3 trillion One Big Beautiful Bill officially passed the House of Representatives Thursday July 3rd, after several...
Shelter Inflation Relief on the Horizon? #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Shelter Inflation Relief on the Horizon? MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent According to the Realtor.com May Rent Report, although rents in the U.S. are still higher than they were before the pandemic, their growth over the last six years...
Average U.S. Home Down Payment Drops #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Average U.S. Home Down Payment Drops MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Redfin reports that the typical U.S. homebuyer’s down payment is approximately $62,468, down by roughly one percent year-over-year, the first annual decline in nearly...
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Buying a home is like buying a car, on steroids. It’s the biggest investment you are likely to make so the stakes are incredibly high. I knew that having an agent represent me was a good idea.
What I hadn’t grasped was how important it is to find one who is not connected with the selling side in any way—through an agency that also represents sellers, as most do, at least in Mass. In researching buyer agents, I found Tom through the Mass. Assoc. of Buyer Agents (MABA).