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Concessions Near Record Levels as Sellers Attempt to Woo Buyers #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
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...
New-home construction drops more than expected in March #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
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...
Happy Memorial Day! #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Happy Memorial Day! MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Memorial Day Memorial day is a federal holiday in the United States dedicated to honoring and mourning the military personnel who have died while serving in the U.S. armed forces. It is...
Taking Tech Innovations to the Next Level #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
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...
Jackson Square revitalization continues with Betty Greene Apartments #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
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....
Redfin joins the Clear Cooperation fray; won’t publish listings until they’re on the MLS #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
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...
Zillow prohibits privately-marketed listings, eXp commits to sharing listings within twenty four hours #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FIrstTimeHomeBuyers #FirstTimeHomeBuyers
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...
Momentum Fund creates new housing in Milton #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #MaBuyerAgent #FirstTimeHomeBuyers
Momentum Fund creates new housing in Milton MABA MassachusettsRealEstate MaBuyerAgent FirstTimeHomeBuyers In a first-of-its-kind transaction, Massachusetts will use the public-private Momentum Fund to finance the construction of the Residences at East Milton,...
¡Hola, Homeownership! Hispanic Households Hit New Highs #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MABA #MaBuyerAgent
¡Hola, Homeownership! Hispanic Households Hit New Highs MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MABA MaBuyerAgent ¡Casas para todos! Homes for all Americans! With 9.8 million Hispanic households currently owning their homes, Hispanic homeownership hit a record...
Home Auction Buyer Optimism Hits Three-Year High #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Home Auction Buyer Optimism Hits Three-Year High MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Auction.com has released its 2025 Buyer Insights report, showing buyers of distressed properties at auction are the most optimistic they have been in three...
Where Buyers and Sellers Can Get the Best Bang for Their Buck #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Where Buyers and Sellers Can Get the Best Bang for Their Buck MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent This spring, there are more opportunities for homebuyers than in previous years, according to a new Zillow study. With over a million homes for...
Is U.S. Homeownership Still Within Reach? #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #MaBuyerAgent #FirstTimeHomeBuyers
Is U.S. Homeownership Still Within Reach? MABA MassachusettsRealEstate MaBuyerAgent FirstTimeHomeBuyers According to Bankrate‘s latest 2025 Housing Affordability Study, prospective homebuyers are still burdened by the most challenging U.S. housing market in decades,...
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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).