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New-Home #Construction Surges Driven by Rise in Single-Family Starts #HomeBuyer #Massachusetts
New-Home Construction Surges to Post-Great Recession High in October, Driven by Rise in Single-Family Starts The numbers: U.S. builders started construction on homes at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1.53 million in October, representing a 4.9% increase from the...
Cost of a single-family home in #Massachusetts jumped 17 Percent in October #HomeBuyer #BuyerAgent #MA
Report: Cost of a single-family home in Mass. jumped 17% in Oct. The median price of a condo went up 10.8 percent year over year to $410,000. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, but in the real estate market, it still looks like spring. The median home prices...
Future of Urban and Suburban #Housing #HomeBuyer #BuyerAgent
The Future of Urban and Suburban Housing The arrival of the pandemic to America has caused numerous trends to appear in the housing industry, among which include increased demand for housing away from the big cities. A recent report posted by the National Association...
Home Builder Confidence Surges to New Record High as Sales Volume Grows #HomeOwner #BuyerAgent
Home Builder Confidence Surges to New Record High as Sales Volume Grows The numbers: The construction industry’s outlook improved again in November, according to research from a trade group released Monday. The National Association of Home Builders’ monthly confidence...
Black Friday Bargains First-Time Home Buyers Will Love #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #HomeBuyer #BuyerAgent
10 Amazing Black Friday Bargains First-Time Home Buyers Will Love Nothing, not even a coronavirus pandemic, can stop Black Friday from arriving—in fact, many of this year’s hottest bargains rolled out weeks before Thanksgiving, rather than adhering to the tradition of...
Some #Homeowners Experience Financial Gains Despite COVID-19 #HomeBuyer #BuyerAgent #Massachusetts
Some Homeowners Experience Financial Gains Despite COVID-19 According to new data released by Redfin, the economic trauma inflicted during the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a more severe toll on renters than homeowners. In a survey of more than 3,000 adults conducted...
Has Homebuyer Demand Reached Its Peak?
The experts at BuildFax, a leading provider of property condition and history data for insurance and financial institutions, recently released its report covering housing activity for the month of October. According to the report, housing activity is still on the...
#HomeSellers Face Bidding Wars in Unusually Competitive Season #HomeBuyers #BuyerAgent
Home Sellers Face Bidding Wars in Unusually Competitive Season According to a report from Redfin, competition in the housing market—although having lessened a bit since autumn arrived— is still intense. In fact, Redfin just shared that after analyzing its data from...
#Boston #MA area homes selling 11 days faster #HomeBuyer #BuyerBroker
Boston area homes selling 11 days faster than in 2019 While home sales continued to evade the seasonal decline, buyers and sellers took a breather last week as COVID-19 cases spiked and the nation focused on the presidential election, according to realtor.com’s Weekly...
How To Tour a House Today: Tips To Make the Most of Virtual or In-Person Showings #HomeBuyer
How To Tour a House Today: Tips To Make the Most of Virtual or In-Person Showings Touring a house is like going on a first date: It’s your chance to get a sense of whether this home is the one. Can you envision baking cookies in that kitchen, or cracking a beer on...
#OpenHouses this weekend #HomeBuyer #BuyerAgent
12 must-see open houses happening this weekend (Nov. 14–15) Including four for under $500k. he fall house hunt is shaping up to look like a spring one. If you are searching for your next home, check out these 12 must-see open houses happening in Greater Boston this...
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Thank you for your service. Selecting the Right Homebuyer's agent Unlike most other real estate agents, a MABA home buyer's broker never represents both a buyer and seller in the same transaction so you never have to worry whether a MABA agent is really looking out...
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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).