It’s a practice that since 1996, has been commonplace in Real Estate. You’re a buyer looking for a house. Maybe you’ve connected with an agent that has dropped you on their mailing list to keep you up to date with new listings that come on the market. Maybe one has even shown you a couple houses. Either way, you’ve also […]
Boston Area Real Estate Interest Rates and Affordability
Recent trends have seen Boston area real estate interest rates rise slightly over the past couple of months. While prospective home buyers may feel disillusioned by rising rates, let’s take a look at what it may mean for them and the possibility of becoming homeowners.
Boston Area Real Estate Outlook: Millennials on the Move
The Boston area real estate outlook includes an update on what millennials have been doing lately. In recent years, millennials have been largely thought of as a generation of renters. They’ve unfairly received this moniker because of a number of factors, none the least of which is that home prices throughout the U.S. have consistently grown faster than wages. However, […]
Boston Area Real Estate Trends: A Look at New Home Building
In examining Boston area real estate trends, at first glance some statistics are difficult to understand. For example, when it comes to homebuilder confidence in the December report recently released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) the number reflects the highest confidence level since 2005 – a period of 11 years! In addition, the one-month move was cited […]
Is the Boston Area Real Estate Seller’s Market Over?
Much of the real estate news over the past 12-18 months has centered around an improving U.S. housing market that’s finally on the way to recovering from the last recession. Sales prices and home values have grown steadily during that time, while home inventory levels have been near historic lows. New home construction, though brisk, has struggled to keep pace with […]
