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#Homeownership is Key to Growing Wealth #HomeBuyer #BuyerAgent #Massachusetts
Homeownership is Key to Growing Wealth A recent report from the experts at First American reveals the link between homeownership and wealth. The report specifically states that homeownership is a great way to build one’s wealth. Economists have long studied...
#Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker executive order impacts #openhouses #HomeInspections #HomeBuyer
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker executive order impacts open houses, inspections New executive orders by Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will affect real estate activities. According to a press release by Cape Cod & Islands Association of Realtors (CCIAOR),...
#Homeownership is increasing during COVID-19 #HomeBuyer #Massachusetts
Homeownership is increasing during the COVID-19 recession: Here’s why The Great Recession turned America into a nation of renters, but the COVID-19 Recession is moving the pendulum firmly back towards homeownership. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, if you asked the...
How to Buy a #Foreclosure With Cash #Homebuyer #Massachusetts #RealEstate
Thinking about buying a foreclosure with cash? Use this guide to understand how. Buying a foreclosure in cash: A step-by-step guide The exact process for buying a foreclosure with cash really depends on the venue -- whether you're buying through an auction or...
Healthy #BuyerDemand Still Fueling Hot #HousingMarket #HomeBuyer #BuyerAgent
Healthy Buyer Demand Still Fueling Hot Housing Market Zillow just released findings from its Weekly Market Report portraying housing market data for the week ending on October 31. According to Zillow’s data, the housing market is still sizzling hot, with strong buyer...
#Homebuyer Trends May Have Lasting Impact #HomeForSale #RealEstate #BuyerAgent
2020 Homebuyer Trends May Have Lasting Impact The housing industry has experienced plenty of changes this year since COVID-19 drastically changed the way people go about their day-to-day lives--and the way they buy homes. 2020’s new housing trends and consumer needs...
Share of #homebuyers getting outbid nearly doubles #Homes #RealEstate #BuyerBroker
Sold to the highest bidder: Share of homebuyers getting outbid nearly doubles Being a pre-qualified buyer is no longer a guarantee of homeownership. For a growing number of buyers and their Realtors, there’s another, more challenging hurdle to cross: duking it out...
Self-Employed and Applying for a #Mortgage? #HomeBuyer #HomeLoan #FirstTimeHomeBuyer #RealEstate
Self-Employed and Applying for a Mortgage? Here’s What’s Changed Since COVID-19 The gig economy has blown up in the past few years, with more and more people choosing to work as freelancers, either by starting their own businesses, or by picking up nonsalaried jobs...
#Homeownership down slightly but not for Millennials #HomeBuyer #RealEstate #HomeForSale
Homeownership down slightly but not for Millennials Although the homeownership rate dropped slightly for Americans in the third quarter of 2020, people under 35 had a 2.7 percentage point increase to 40.2%, according to the National Association of Realtors. First-time...
Best Home Insurance Company? #HomeBuyer
What’s the Best Home Insurance Company for You? We’ve all seen those catchy insurance commercials featuring Geico’s talking gecko, Jake from State Farm, Flo from Progressive, Allstate’s destructive “mayhem” dude, the Aflac duck. Need we go on? (We didn’t think so.) As...
Recent #HomesSales in #Boston and #Cambridge #Dorchester #MA #HomeBuyer
Recent homes sales in Boston and Cambridge (Nov. 4) DORCHESTER One-family Colonial, built in 1910, 2,806 square feet, 9 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 4,575-square-foot lot. $941,000 | realestate.boston.com The post Recent homes sales in Boston and Cambridge (Nov. 4)...
Why Winter Slow Home-Selling Season May Be Hotter Than Ever #HomeBuyer #Massachusetts #RealEstate #Broker
Why This Winter’s ‘Slow’ Home-Selling Season May Be Hotter Than Ever Winter is traditionally real estate’s slow season. Between the cold weather and the holidays, the housing market typically plunges into a hibernation of sorts, with both buyers and sellers shelving...
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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).