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.
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From the category archives:
A slowdown in MA home sales coupled with an increase in the number of homes for sale caused home inventories to rise in Massachusetts in October. The bulge in the inventory of homes on the market in MA reflects a drop off in the number of ready, willing and able home buyers. A general weakening [...]
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If you’re thinking of buying a home or refinancing your current mortgage, you may have a once in a lifetime opportunity! 30 year fixed rate mortgages have reached shockingly new lows. Mortgage rates are so low now that they may justify your taking on mortgage debt in a strategic move to lock in today’s minuscule [...]
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Home sales in Massachusetts fell 18.9% in September compared to sales in September 2009, according to data maintained by the MA MLS (MLSPIN). The decline in MA home sale volume came despite recent rises in Greater Boston home prices, record low mortgage rates, and improvements in important sectors of the MA economy. Third monthly decline [...]
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In keeping with the approach of Halloween and the fall’s increasingly dark and dreary weather, we may soon see a lot of gloomy (and possibly even downright frightening) headlines about the real estate market this fall. Real estate news headlines to get scary? We already have been treated to some scary monthly home sale headlines [...]
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July saw yet another increase in Greater Boston home prices. This is the fourth consecutive month that single family residential home values in the metro Boston area have risen. Modest rise Standard and Poors released its Case-Shiller Index for metro Boston today showing a 0.6% uptick in Boston home prices during July. The Index publishes [...]
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Just in case you missed it last week, there were two upbeat economic news reports in the media worth noting. Taken together, these reports demonstrate why the outlook for real estate in Massachusetts may be better than some may currently think. MA economy adds jobs The jobs picture in Massachusetts is far from rosy. But [...]
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The inventory of single family homes for sale in Massachusetts climbed 8.6% this month compared to year ago levels. This marked the second month in a row that the supply of single family homes for sale in MA rose compared to 2009 figures. Trend developing? Housing analysts often cite a rising supply of homes for [...]
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In the face of exceptionally weak MA home sales in July and August, Massachusetts home sellers and buyers alike may be wondering what the fall 2010 real estate market will bring. While some of the recent market stats seem a bit daunting, there are plenty of reasons for optimism about home sales in Massachusetts as [...]
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Today was the first day of school for the public school system in Franklin, Massachusetts. The weather was clear and warm, more like the middle of summer instead of September 1. Video of student arrivals for first day of school Below is a short video of how the day started at the Helen Keller Elementary [...]
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In data released today, Standard and Poors reported that Greater Boston single family home prices rose 1.2% in June. This was the third month in row that the S&P Case-Shiller Index for metro Boston showed an increase in Boston home values. 4.2% rise from March’s lows The 157.83 June reading represents a 4.2% rise in [...]
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