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Ninety Nine Percent Of Local Homes Are TOO Pricey For The Typical Bostonian #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Ninety Nine Percent Of Local Homes Are TOO Pricey For The Typical Bostonian MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent In twenty eight cities across the nation, the typical local family can afford less than one percent of for-sale properties. Among...
FHFA Expands Access to Liquidity for the Federal Home Loan Bank System #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
FHFA Expands Access to Liquidity for the Federal Home Loan Bank System MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has published a final rule designed to improve access to liquidity for the Federal Home Loan...
Happy Lunar New Year! #MABA #MaBuyerAgent #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeBuyers
Happy Lunar New Year! MABA MaBuyerAgent MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeBuyers Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival in China or Tet in Vietnam, is one of the most significant celebrations in many Asian cultures. It marks the beginning of a new year based...
HUD Streamlines Affordable Housing Regulations #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
HUD Streamlines Affordable Housing Regulations MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) has published a Final Rule in the Federal Register to modernize and strengthen regulations for the...
Boston launches new tools to help residents build accessory dwelling units #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Boston launches new tools to help residents build accessory dwelling units MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent The city of Boston has released new tools to assist residents in building accessory dwelling units (or in-law apartments) on their...
State Supreme Court rules MBTA Communities Act is constitutional, can be enforced #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaByerAgent
State Supreme Court rules MBTA Communities Act is constitutional, can be enforced MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaByerAgent The state’s Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that the MBTA Communities Act is constitutional and can be enforced, however,...
Boston ranks among top Ten high-end buyer markets for 2025 #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Boston ranks among top Ten high-end buyer markets for 2025 MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Boston has been named one of the top ten high-end markets for buyers in 2025. Housing market research company Zonda’s 2025 list focuses on wealth...
Measuring U.S. Home Price Growth #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #MaBuyerAgent #FirstTimeHomeBuyers
Measuring U.S. Home Price Growth MABA MassachusettsRealEstate MaBuyerAgent FirstTimeHomeBuyers The CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI) and HPI Forecast for November 2024 have been made public by CoreLogic. Gains in home prices in the U.S. have not increased since...
Housing Affordability Stabilizes #MABA #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent #MassachusettsRealEstate
Housing Affordability Stabilizes MABA FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent MassachusettsRealEstate According to a new study from Redfin, a household making a median U.S. income of $83,782 in 2024 would’ve had to spend forty one point eight percent of their earnings on...
South Boston Waterfront office building to become housing #MABA #MaBuyerAgent #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers
South Boston Waterfront office building to become housing MABA MaBuyerAgent MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers The Boston Planning & Development Authority has approved a project that will convert a South Boston Waterfront office building into housing. An...
Examining 2024 Home Price Trends #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #MaBuyerAgent #FirstTimeHomeBuyers
Examining 2024 Home Price Trends MABA MassachusettsRealEstate MaBuyerAgent FirstTimeHomeBuyers The October 2024 results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices were issued today by the S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). In October 2024, the leading...
Window Treatment Ideas for Bay Windows: Enhancing Elegance and Functionality #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyersAgent
Window Treatment Ideas for Bay Windows: Enhancing Elegance and Functionality MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyersAgent Bay windows are a stunning architectural feature that adds character, natural light, and a sense of space to a home. However,...
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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).