Home Buyer Tips and Advice

Through the Internet, home buyers can access a nearly infinite amount of home buying guides and how-to-buy-a-home advice.  The sheer volume of home buyer tips and advice can be overwhelming!  And all that information may not really help you in your particular situation and sometimes is downright contradictory.

What most Massachusetts home buyers need is a good Massachusetts Realtor® to guide them through the home buying process and put the all the variables of home buying into the context of their own individual needs as purchasers.

Whether you’re a first-time home buyer, are selling your current home and buying another, or are a relocation buyer moving to Massachusetts, you’ll benefit greatly from having a trusted real estate advisor on your side who has a sound understanding of the steps ahead of you.

Having a good Massachusetts Realtor® for professional guidance and expertise will help you make the right home buying decisions.

The following posts will give you an overview of current “hot topics” in the Massachusetts real estate market from the point of view of the home buyer. 

You can get answers to any questions you have free for the asking  . . . simply use the “ask a question” widget in the column at left or click the “Contact” button in the top navigation bar.

Happy Home Hunting!

From the category archives:

For Buyers

35 Townline Road, Franklin, MA home for sale

by Warren Reynolds on May 31, 2010

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Home prices in the metro Boston region have been falling for seven straight months, according to the Case-Shiller Home Price Index for Boston issued monthly by Standard and Poors .
However, the Boston Index was basically unchanged in March 2010, perhaps signaling the end to the recent downtrend.
The Boston Index is published with a 2 month [...]

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The Town Common in Franklin, MA plays an important role in the Franklin community.  If you’re thinking about buying a home in Franklin or just want to learn more about the area, there’s no better introduction to the special quality of life in Franklin, Massachusetts than getting the know what goes on at the Common.
Beautiful 4 [...]

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Franklin, MA real estate continued to strengthen in May 2010 in terms of what’s called its “absorption rate”.  At 7.5 months of standing inventory, the supply of Franklin homes for sale this month is 33% lower than the 11.5 months of housing inventory in Franklin one year ago.  
Broader markets in Massachusetts also showed a similar [...]

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The Franklin, MA Historical Museum officially opened last Friday at its new location at 80 West Central Street in Downtown Franklin.  The former site of the Senior Center, the previously neglected but now beautifully refurbished antique building provides another boost to on-going efforts to revitalize Franklin’s Downtown area.

An impressive new Museum
It’s fantastic that a town with [...]

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Experts wrong as mortgage rates stay low

by Warren Reynolds on May 15, 2010

Back at the start of the year, there was widespread alarm in the media that mortgage interest rates were poised to rise steeply in early 2010. Despite the dire predictions from many financial experts, rates today remain near record lows.
Don’t rely on the experts for your near-term plans
That goes to show that it’s risky to [...]

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The $4.7+ million King Street and Route 495 Exit 16 ramp improvement project that has been underway for some time in Franklin, MA is finally showing substantial progress.

You can now get a good idea of how much of a difference it will make for drivers using what had become over recent years a dangerous and [...]

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Franklin, MA single family home sales shot up a stellar 45% in April 2010 over year ago levels.  According to MLSPIN, the regional MLS system in Massachusetts, the sale surge in Franklin easily outdistanced the 35% increase in home sales experienced across Massachusetts last month.

Franklin, MA real estate has best April since 2003
The 29 single [...]

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What direction is Massachusetts real estate headed in 2010?  To judge from the conflicting statistics published this week by two highly-respected real estate tracking firms, the current state of home sales in MA seems highly confused. 

But the apparent muddle in MA real estate stats may derive from the different data sets being reported on by the [...]

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Opening day for the boys’ baseball and girls’ softball leagues is an annual rite of spring in Franklin, Massachusetts.  The day’s events involve literally 1,000s of Franklin residents.  These festivities speak volumes about the high quality of life offered by this Massachusetts community of approximately 31,000. 

Family-focused event with terrific support
Here’s a YouTube video on opening day events, including [...]

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