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Homes Spend Less Time on Market as Inventory Shrinks #Homebuyer #RealEstate #BuyerAgent
Homes Spend Less Time on the Market as Inventory Shrinks Listed homes are selling at a significantly faster pace thanks to an evaporating housing inventory, according to the latest Realtor.com’s Weekly Recovery Report. For the week ending August 22, the average time...
#HomeBuyers Frustrated By Lack of #HomesForSale #BuyerAgent #RealEstate
Buyers ‘Frustrated’ By ‘Lack of Homes For Sale’ Looks like new homes are creeping back into the market with a boost in home seller confidence, translating into a near recovery edging back up to levels seen last year, according to Zillow's Weekly Market Report. That...
#HomeSales breaking records in #Massachusetts #HomeBuyer #HouseHunting #BuyerAgent #MA
Despite the economy, home sales are up and home prices are breaking records in Massachusetts The numbers do not suggest a mass exodus to the suburbs. In Greater Boston, however, sales are down and prices are up. How is your community faring? Continue reading at...
Home of the Week: Lincoln contemporary with dedicated crafts room
The family room has an expansive brick fireplace that matches the brick on the floor. Lincoln logs ... The lower-level features a cabin-like lower level with a stone fireplace and a built-in desk. | realestate.boston.com Selecting the Right Homebuyer's agent Unlike...
#FHA #Fannie #FanieMae #Freddie Extend #Eviction and #Foreclosure Bans #Homebuyer #HomeOwner #RealEstateInvestment
FHA, Fannie, and Freddie Extend Eviction and Foreclosure Bans UPDATE: The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and HUD announced, shortly following FHFA's similar announcement, the third extension of its foreclosure and eviction moratorium through December 31, for...
#Lawrence #MA isn’t the #HousingBargain it used to be #Homebuyer #RealEstate #Agent
Call it mill city momentum, but Lawrence, MA isn’t the housing bargain it used to be "“This city is, and always has been, a magnet for immigration of all kinds." They say a rising tide lifts all boats. In Lawrence, it’s also raising rents. While this former industrial...
Beware the Spotted Lanternfly Could Spell Bad News for #Homeowners #HomeBuyers #RealEstate
Beware the Spotted Lanternfly, the Latest Pest That Could Spell Bad News for Homeowners So far this year, we’ve seen the arrival of murder hornets, EEE-carrying mosquitoes, and zombie cicadas. Now, there’s another pest to add to your radar: the spotted lanternfly....
#HomePrices climbed 3.5 percent in June #HomeBuyer #RealEstate
Report: US home prices climbed 3.5 percent in June In more good news, the Commerce Department reported last week that construction of new homes surged 22.6 percent last month. Boston experienced a 3.5 percent year-over-year increase, but these three cities led the...
#Fannie #FreddieMac extend #foreclosure suspension until end of the year
Fannie Freddie Mac extend foreclosure suspension until year's end The eviction suspensions don’t apply to tenants living in homes that have not been foreclosed upon, Fannie and Freddie said. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will extend their suspension of mortgage...
Fueled by #HomeBuyer demand and low inventory #HomePrices continued to climb in June #RealEstate
Fueled by buyer demand and low inventory, home prices continued to climb in June The housing market continued to demonstrate relative strength amid a weakened U.S. economy, as home-price appreciation rose again in June. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city price...
#NewHomeSales Surged to Highest Level Since 2006 in July #homebuyer #realestate #buyeragent
New Home Sales Surged to Highest Level Since 2006 in July, but Builders Could Soon Face Headwinds The numbers: Sales of new single-family homes increased markedly for the third month in a row, rising to their highest level since 2006. Sales of new single-family houses...
What Is Belgian Modern Design? #HomeBuyer #HouseHunting #BuyerAgent #Massachusetts
What Is Belgian Modern Design? A Modern Farmhouse-Hygge Mashup What is Belgian modern design? This offshoot owes some of its popularity to Scandinavian chic (hygge, anyone?), while others call it a mashup of modern farmhouse and minimalism. “Belgian modern design is a...
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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).