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Floating home on #BuzzardsBay for $310,000 #CapeCod #HomeBuyer
Just listed: A floating home on Buzzards Bay for $310,000 The six-room home can be transported to another marina. The home, which has three bedrooms, has exposed beams and hardwood floors. The 1,820-square-foot property was built in 1912, and its history is most...
Winter Home Maintenance Tasks That Will Save You Money #HomeBuyer #BuyerAgent
7 Winter Home Maintenance Tasks That Will Save You Money (and Your Sanity) The long, dark days of winter are upon us, and with COVID-19 still keeping us closer to home, we’re keenly aware of all the maintenance tasks we’ve put off or let slip through the cracks. And...
#Factors That Will #Impact #Home #Price #Growth in #2021
Factors That Will Impact Home Price Growth in 2021 Home prices in 2020 ballooned then leveled out. The demand-side of the sector remains robust and inventories are lean. However, home price growth and rising construction costs threaten housing affordability heading...
Historic High Reached for Senior Housing Wealth
Historic High Reached for Senior Housing Wealth Homeowners who were 62 and older enjoyed a 1.6% increase in their housing wealth during the third quarter of 2020, according to the new data report from the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA)/RiskSpan...
New Initiative to #Build #Homeownership Among #Urban #Indians
New Initiative to Build Homeownership Among Urban Indians CBC Mortgage Agency (CBCMA), a tribally owned, nationally chartered housing finance agency, has created the Kani Urban Indian Housing Initiative to increase homeownership among urban-dwelling Native Americans....
#Refinance Fuel #Spike in #Mortgage #Applications
Refinances Fuel Spike in Mortgage Applications Mortgage applications were on the rise in the latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending January 8, with much of the upward energy attributed to “booming refinance...
#Apartment #construction is #booming in this #Boston #suburb
Apartment construction is booming in this Boston suburb While 2020 will always be known as the year of COVID-19, it might also go down as the year of the suburb. The flight to the suburbs has become a growing preference for buyers, but renters are also finding respite...
#Benefits of #Investing in #Land #Property
6 Benefits of Investing in Land Properties Are you planning on becoming a real estate investor? If you are a beginner, you should consider investing in land properties, especially if you have limited resources. While investors often ignore these opportunities, the...
#Boston #Massachusetts #Rents #Rental #Prices down in 2020 #RealEstateInvestment #HomeBuyer
Boston Massachusetts rents down in 2020 The median rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Massachusetts was $1,730 at the end of 2020, and rents dropped in 17 of the 24 Boston metro cities over the last 12 months, according to a new report from Zumper. Brookline and...
#Fannie #Freddie Tighten Rules for #Condos #Condominiums #HomuyerAgent #Massachusetts
Fannie, Freddie Tighten Rules for Condos in Vacation Locales WASHINGTON—Getting a mortgage for a resort-area condo might become more difficult after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac moved to tighten rules on buildings with many short-term rentals and hotel-like amenities,...
Why #Home Sold in 5 Days #ListingPhotos #HomeBuyer #BuyerAgent
Lessons From Listing Photos: Why This Modest Home Sold in 5 Days and Grew In Value It doesn’t matter how perfect your home is—if your listing photos don’t stand out, potential buyers won’t come by to take a look. In our series “Lessons From Listing Photos,” we dissect...
#HomePrices to Increase Nearly 6 Percent in 2021
Veros Predicts Home Prices to Increase Nearly 6% in 2021 A new forecast published by Veros Real Estate Solutions is predicting home price appreciation will increase significantly over the next 12 months in the nation’s 100 most-populated markets. The new forecast,...
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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).