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Available Down Payment Programs Rise in Q3 #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Available Down Payment Programs Rise in Q3 MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Down Payment Resource (DPR) has released its Q3 2024 Homeownership Program Index (HPI) report which found the number of national homebuyer assistance programs...
Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum buys adjacent $22.8 million apartment building #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum buys adjacent $22.8 million apartment building MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has purchased a sixty two unit apartment building right next door in a twenty...
Single-Family Rent Growth Slows Year-Over-Year #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Single-Family Rent Growth Slows Year-Over-Year MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent CoreLogic has released the latest Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI), which examines changes in single-family rent prices across the U.S. and in major cities. New...
Massachusetts named one of the safest states in America #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Massachusetts named one of the safest states in America MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent For the third year in a row, Massachusetts has been named one of the ten safest states in the U.S., according to WalletHub’s 2024 Safest States in...
Today We Honor Our Veterans Thank You To All That Served. #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Today We Honor Our Veterans Thank You To All That Served. MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Veterans Day, observed annually on November 11, is a federal holiday in the United States dedicated to honoring all military veterans who have...
FHLBanks Assist 65,000 Households Through Key Programs #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
FHLBanks Assist 65,000 Households Through Key Programs MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent The Federal Home Loan Banks’ (FHLBanks) affordable housing and community development support grew significantly last year, as earnings improvement...
Mortgage rates tick higher for the third straight week #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Mortgage rates tick higher for the third straight week MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent The average thirty year year fixed mortgage rate climbed to six point forty four percent this week, Freddie Mac reported. Rates dipped to their lowest...
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...
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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.
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