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Residential #Refi Refinance #Mortgages Rose 100 Percent in a Year #HomeBuyer
Residential Refinance Mortgages Rose 100% in a Year According to results posted from the most recent ATTOM Data Solutions second-quarter 2020 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report, residential refinance mortgages are more popular than ever. In fact,...
Shrinking #RealEstate #HomeInventory Results in Rising #HomeValue #HomeBuyer #Refi #RealEstateAgent
Shrinking Home Inventory Results in Rising Home Value July 2020 continued to be a sellers’ market thanks to an evaporating inventory and a surplus number of buyers, according to the latest Zillow Real Estate Market Report. Last month, Zillow found the average home...
Most #HomeBuyers Will Exceed Budget for Perfect Home #RealEstate #BuyerAgent #Homebuying #HouseHunting
Most Home Buyers Will Exceed Budget for ‘Perfect Home’ It looks as if lenders may be in luck, as more and more home buyers will most likely be needing to take out larger mortgages than they had first anticipated. According to a recent report from real estate experts...
#HomePrices Still Shooting Up #HomeBuyer #BuyerAgent #RealEstate
Home Prices Are Still Shooting Up, but Is This a Bubble About To Burst? The nation’s surging home prices don’t seem to care about the recession the country is mired in. They can’t be bothered by the deadly coronavirus pandemic or the double-digit unemployment that’s...
Home of Week: For $874,900, a 5-bedroom smart home in #Winthrop #MA #HomeBuyer
The owner suite offers views of the ocean and Boston skyline. The contemporary Cape features smart appliances and light switches, as well as recessed lighting and speakers.| realestate.boston.com HOMEBUYERS BEWARE! Book Review This book is an excellent first step in a...
Existing #HomeSales in July soar past pre-pandemic levels #HomeBuyer #RealEstate
Existing-home sales in July soar past pre-pandemic levels Marking two straight months of gains, existing-home sales continued to rise in July, according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors. Total completed transactions, including single-family...
Existing #HomeSales Soar at a Record Pace in July #Home Buyer #RealEstate #BuyersAgent
Existing-Home Sales Soar at a Record Pace in July as Americans Make Up for Lost Time—but Two Big Caveats Remain The numbers: Sales of previously-owned homes in the U.S. rose 24.7% between June and July to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 5.86 million, the National...
#Melrose #MA and #Worcester #Massachusetts make list of hottest ZIP codes in 2020 #HomeBuyer #RealEstate #BuyerBroker
Melrose, MA and Worcester, Massachusetts make list of hottest ZIP codes in 2020 Worcester, Massachusetts Millennial homebuyers are moving away from urban centers to find affordable prices and space to raise a family, according to Realtor.com’s 2020 Hottest ZIP Codes....
#Boston #MA falls behind nation with 1.2 Percent decrease in #RealEstate #HomePrices #homebuyer
Boston, Massachusetts falls behind nation with 1.2 Percent decrease in Home Prices The median sale price for luxury homes listed on Redfin nationwide rose 1.2% year over year for the three months ending July 31, to $825,000, according to a report released earlier this...
#Home #Builder confidence reaches record high in August #NewConstruction #HomeBuyer #RealEstate #BuyerAgent
Home Builder confidence reaches record high in August Builder confidence for newly built single-family homes matched its record high set in December 1988, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. The index jumped six...
How To Fight an #Eviction During the Coronavirus Pandemic #RealEstateLaw #RealEstateAgent #Homebuyer
How To Fight an Eviction During the Coronavirus Pandemic Eviction may soon become a reality for millions of American renters. In March, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act prohibited landlords from evicting tenants for nonpayment of rent in...
Why I Still Need Mom to Co-Sign on My #Home #homeloan #mortgage #homebuyer
Why I’m Grown-Up and Employed, but Still Need Mom to Co-Sign on My Home When I got my first apartment after college, I needed my mom to co-sign my lease. The landlord required proof that I made three times the rent, but since I wasn’t making nearly enough, I called...
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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).