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Cambridge named Boston’s most in-demand suburb #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Cambridge named Boston’s most in-demand suburb MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Cambridge has been named the number one most in-demand suburb in the Boston metro area by moveBuddha. It’s not only the top in-demand suburb in the area, it...
Home prices drive up down payments in December #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Home prices drive up down payments in December MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent As home prices rise, down payments are also getting bigger. In December, the average down payment was sixteen point three percent of the purchase price of a...
Happy April Fool’s Day!! #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Happy April Fool's Day!! MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent April Fools’ Day is a day dedicated to pranks, hoaxes, and playful deception. Its origins are somewhat unclear, but one popular theory links it to the 16th century, when France...
The Best Veggies and Herbs to Grow Indoors: A Fresh Garden All Year Round. #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
The Best Veggies and Herbs to Grow Indoors: A Fresh Garden All Year Round. MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Not everyone has the space for an outdoor garden, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy homegrown vegetables and herbs. Indoor...
All-American Selections’ Best Plants for 2025 #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
All-American Selections' Best Plants for 2025 MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Each year, All-America Selections (AAS), a respected non-profit organization dedicated to testing and promoting superior garden plants, announces its top picks...
How to Plant and Grow Creeping Thyme #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
How to Plant and Grow Creeping Thyme MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent If you're looking for a vibrant, hardy, and low-maintenance ground cover to enhance your landscape, creeping thyme is an excellent choice. This aromatic perennial not...
Ready to revamp your interior design? #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Ready to revamp your interior design? MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Your home should be a reflection of your personality, lifestyle, and aspirations. Whether you’re looking to modernize your space, increase functionality, or simply...
The Evolution of POS Technology #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
The Evolution of POS Technology MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent This article originally appeared in the March 2025 edition of MortgagePoint magazine, online now. It’s always interesting to watch how market conditions intersect with...
Homebuyer Affordability Slips Again in January #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Homebuyer Affordability Slips Again in January MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent The national median payment that purchase applicants sought for rose from $2,127 in December to $2,205 in January, indicating a deterioration in homebuyer...
Ending single-family zoning among key recommendations in housing crisis report #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Ending single-family zoning among key recommendations in housing crisis report MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent A new report recommending ways to address the Massachusetts housing crisis includes the possibility of eliminating...
Localized Events Impacting Home Price Growth Nationwide #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Localized Events Impacting Home Price Growth Nationwide MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) has released the December 2024 results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, which found that U.S....
U.S. Homebuyers Putting More Down #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
U.S. Homebuyers Putting More Down MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent As inflation continues to impact the wallet of Americans, potential home buyers are being impacted as well. Whereas ten percent of the price of a home was the standard...
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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).