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Boston, Worcester, Springfield named hottest U.S. markets in September #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Boston, Worcester, Springfield named hottest U.S. markets in September MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Three Massachusetts cities – Boston, Worcester and Springfield – were named among the top twenty hottest markets in the U.S. in...
Home Seller Profit Margins Slide in Q3 #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Home Seller Profit Margins Slide in Q3 MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent ATTOM has released its Q3 2024 U.S. Home Sales Report, which shows that homeowners earned a 55.6% profit margin on typical single-family home and condo sales. That...
Update Your Bedroom for Better Sleep #MABA #MassachsuettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyersAgent
Update Your Bedroom for Better Sleep MABA MassachsuettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyersAgent If you’ve been struggling to get a good night’s sleep, it might be time to take a closer look at your bedroom setup. Believe it or not, your surroundings play a huge...
‘Extra Stale’ Listings Linger On Market as Home Sales Slip #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Recent Rate Drop Drives YoY Surge in Rate-and-Term Refi Activity MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent The largest percentage for any August since 2019 is found in nearly half (forty eight percent) of all listings that have been active for at...
Recent Rate Drop Drives YoY Surge in Rate-and-Term Refi Activity #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Recent Rate Drop Drives YoY Surge in Rate-and-Term Refi Activity MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent In its September 2024 Market Advantage mortgage statistics report, Optimal Blue revealed that rate-and-term refinancing activity increased...
Don’t Forget Daylight Saving Time Fall Back! #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Don't Forget Daylight Saving Time Fall Back! MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Daylight Saving Time (DST) is the practice of moving the clock forward in spring and back in the fall to make better use of natural daylight. The transition...
Wishing Everyone A Happy Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life and Memory #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Wishing Everyone A Happy Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life and Memory MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent The Day of the Dead (or Día de los Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated annually on November 1st and 2nd, coinciding with the...
Catch-22: When You Have Millions of Vacant Homes But Also a Housing Shortage #MABA #MaBuyerAgent #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers
Catch-22: When You Have Millions of Vacant Homes But Also a Housing Shortage MABA MaBuyerAgent MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers In wake of the Fed’s recent rate cut last month, hesitant Americans are becoming open to the idea of entering the market to...
Happy Halloween #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Happy Halloween MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Halloween is celebrated on October 31st each year. It is known for activities like trick-or-treating, where children go door-to-door collecting candy. Many people also enjoy dressing up in...
Buying a starter home is more affordable; first annual drop since 2020 #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Buying a starter home is more affordable; first annual drop since 2020 MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent It’s cheaper to buy a starter home today than it was a year ago. A new Redfin report found the amount a homebuyer needs to earn to...
First residential building in Suffolk Downs redevelopment opens #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
First residential building in Suffolk Downs redevelopment opens MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent The first residential building in the Suffolk Downs redevelopment project in Revere is officially open. A grand opening ceremony was held for...
Economic, Political Uncertainty Fuels Record Low Home Turnover #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Economic, Political Uncertainty Fuels Record Low Home Turnover MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent According to a new Redfin analysis, in the first eight months of 2024, only twenty five out of every one thousand U.S. homes changed hands,...
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