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#Homebuyers eyeing #Boston for a move
It might come as no surprise that New York City ranks as the top metro area for outward migration, and many of them are setting their sights on Boston, according to a new Redfin report. The report, which analyzed the migration patterns of Redfin users across 87 U.S....
#Braintree #MA traditional outside visionary inside #HomeForSale #HomeBuyer
Home of Week: In Braintree, traditional outside, visionary inside The kitchen remodel won a design award and was featured in Globe Magazine. A designer upped the wow factor in this far-from-cookie-cutter Colonial in Braintree. See more and check the latest listings at...
How Does #HomeInsurance Work? #Insurance #Claim #HomeBuyer #HomeBuying #HomesForSale
How Does Home Insurance Work? How To File an Insurance Claim, and More Nobody expects the worst to happen—a hailstorm, a break-in, someone gets burned at your backyard barbecue—but unfortunately, these types of accidents can and do happen. And that’s when home...
Pending #HomeSales Fall Concerns Emerge About a #Housing Rebound #HomeBuyer #HomesForSale
As Pending Home Sales Fall in September, Concerns Emerge About a Housing Rebound The numbers: The index of pending home sales dropped 2.2% in September compared with the previous month, breaking a four-month streak of increases, the National Association of...
US #Boston #MA #RealEstate Markets Pending home sales down #HomeBuyer
US, Boston markets have this in common: Pending home sales down But "we’re still likely to end the year with more homes sold overall in 2020 than in 2019." It may be a sign that elevated asking prices and lean supply are tempering the boom despite record-low interest...
#HomePrices: Summer Spike #HomeBuyer
Home Prices: An Unseasonal Summer Spike The newly released national Case-Shiller Index shows that August housing market trends saw a huge shift from previous years. The demand for homes in August was high and price growth soared in most cities. Although sales volumes...
Expect Fall #HomePrices to Rise #RealEstateMarket #HomeBuyer
Expect fall home price gains, but 2021 could see a cooling real estate market Summer was the new spring for homebuyers, with demand up in August from buyers who delayed their decision to buy because of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the S&P CoreLogic...
Need Cash? How To Tap Your #HomeEquity #HomeBuyer #RealEstate
Need Cash? 3 Ways To Tap Your Home Equity—and Which One’s Right for You You need to come up with some cash, fast. Maybe you have a leaky roof that desperately needs fixing or you need help paying for your kid’s first semester of college. But where do you turn? If...
Must-see open houses happening this weekend #OpenHouse #HomeBuyer #Boston #MA #Pembroke #Cambridge
12 must-see open houses happening this weekend (Oct. 31 – Nov. 1) From a two-bedroom condominium in Pembroke for $465,000 to a three-family in a highly coveted Cambridge neighborhood for $1,800,000. If you want to jump into the house hunt, look at these 12 must-see...
What is Not Covered by Home Insurance Do You Know? #HomeBuyer #BuyerAgent #Massachusetts
9 Surprising Things Home Insurance Doesn’t Cover: Do You Know Them All? Whether your home is hit by lightning, hail, or some other calamity, you’ll be awfully glad you have a home insurance policy in place to help foot the cost of repairs. Yet while homeowner...
Almost Half of All Americans Are Working From Home #HomeBuyer
The pandemic has completely changed the way many people across the country are able to work and working from home is quickly becoming mainstream. According to a survey from LendingTree, 47% of those who responded to the survey claim they are now working remotely. The...
Existing #HomeSales Soared in September 7 in 10 Homes Sold in Less Than a Month #HomeBuyer #HomeBuying #RealEstate #BuyerAgent #BuyerBroker
Existing Home Sales Soared in September 7 in 10 Homes Sold in Less Than a Month The numbers: Existing-home sales increased for the fourth consecutive month in September, as the U.S. housing market benefitted from low interest rates. Total existing-home sales rose 9.4%...
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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).