Buying a Home in Massachusetts

Top 8 Most Popular Posts of 2017

As we approach 2018, we reflect on this year’s most talked about posts.  After reviewing all of the posts from 2017 we have compiled a list of the ones that have reached the most people and and had the largest response! See below for our Top 8 Posts from 2017 that reached more than 1,200,000 people! Click each […]

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FANNIE, FREDDIE, FHA Loan Limits Raised for 2018

The Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) requires that the conforming loan limit is reevaluated each year to reflect the average U.S. home price.  Home prices have increased 6.8% in the 3rd quarter of 2017 when compared to the same time period in 2016.  With housing prices rapidly increasing, this has allowed the Federal Housing

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You Bought a House, Now What?

Congratulations on the purchase of your new home! Home ownership is a big step for anyone, regardless if this is your first home or your third.  There’s always work to be done and tasks at hand to ensure your biggest asset is properly maintained. Below are some of the first steps you should take as

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Myth Buster…Homes DO sell during the holidays!

Quite often, too often in fact, Realtors hear home sellers say that they want to take their home off the market for the holiday season.  Their concerns usually stem from the misconception that buyers are not looking during November and December because they’re halting their search for the holidays.  In many cases, this is not

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4 Reasons to Buy in the Beginning of October

Over the last few years, the fall marks a market slowdown and this year is no different.  As agents we run into the same thing, inventory goes up, so buyers have more to choose from and more time to think and sellers get frustrated. This makes for the very BEST time of year for Buyers. 4

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It’s a Buyer’s Market… For Now.

It’s finally that time of the year, albeit later than usual, when the market is shifting into the buyer’s favor.  Though on a grander scale inventory as a whole is lower in 2017 than it was in 2016, the past few weeks exhibited a spike where the number of homes listed was higher than the

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