Massachusetts Home Buyer Guide - For MA Home Buyers, By An Exclusive Buyer Agent

The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (otherwise know as maybe the most bloated and ineffective part of Massachusetts Government) Board last week gave initial approval to drastically raise tolls, effectively doubling the charge for cars at the Sumner and Ted Williams tunnels from $3.50 to $7. The ...

National Public Radio (NPR) reported October 14, 2008 that several states are seeing an increase in homelessness due to the foreclosure crisis. Apparently, Massachusetts has a law that requires sheltering every homeless person, but officials are struggling to meet demand due to the rising number ...

As part of a plan to slow the wave of foreclosures, JPMorgan Chase & Co. will not put any loans into foreclosure over the next 90 days, the Associated Press reported November 3, 2008. JPMorgan is the latest major bank to beef up its mortgage modification efforts, as the government also considers ...

Want to know whether the house or condominium you're considering buying is in a walkable location?Below I used 24 Washington Street in Downtown Haverhill, MA. The location ...

Business Week recently named Malden, MA the best place to raise a family in Massachusetts, The Boston Globe reported November 13, 2008. "Reviewing data from communities with more than 50,000 people and median household incomes between $40,000 and $100,000, the magazine weighed school performance,...

What, declining prices and low interest rates are not good enough reasons to buy a home? Need another reason to break up with the landlord and buy your own place? Boston Area rents increased 4.2 percent over the past year, The Boston Globe reported October 29, 2008. It was the largest increase in...

The Boston Sunday Globe on October 26, 2008 published an article discussing the difficulty in finding foreclosure listings. The article also mentioned the fees some Web sites charge for the listings. The Globe reporter obviously did not know about MassForeclosed.com, which provides consumers with...

Comparing the first nine months of the year, the median price for a single-family home in Haverhill, Massachusetts declined about 10.75 percent in 2008 compared to 2007, but home buyers taking advantage of bargains gave home sales a boost.Through September 30, 2008, single-family home sales incr...

I just got off the telephone with a mortgage professional I respect and trust, and he tells me the news on the home loan front is not pretty. Mortgage interest rates have spiked over the past few days. Consumers that could have locked in their rate last week at around 6.25 percent for a 30-year f...

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