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

The Boston Herald reported September 6, 2007 that foreclosure notices sent to U.S. homeowners over the spring hit a record. The Mortgage Bankers Association released the data for April through June 2007. It was the third straight quarter that foreclosure notices broke the previous record.There's ...

The rural Town of Carlisle, MA is a predominantly residential community located approximately 22 miles northwest of Boston. According to the town's official Web site, Carlisle has more than 30 percent of its land under some form of conservation restriction. The follow is some research I did on b...

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released data showing that mortgage applications in the U.S. increased 5.5 percent compared to the previous week, the second week in a row that applications rose, USA Today reported September 12, 2007. Applications were up 12.5 percent compared to the same p...

Rona Fischman posted on The Boston Globe's Boston Real Estate Now blog about the state of the real estate market through the eyes of buyer agents (like myself). She reports business is good for agents that focus on buyers, not sellers. It has been an excellent summer for us at Buyers Brokers Only...

Only one Web site is authorized to take requests from consumers for the free annual credit report you are entitled to under law. That Web site is AnnualCreditReport.com. Other Web sites that claim to offer “free" credit reports, credit scores and credit monitoring are not part of the legally mand...

The average interest rate for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage in the U.S. fell to 6.45 percent from 6.52 percent, the lowest level in about three months, Forbes.com reported August 30, 2007. The same rate stood at 6.42 percent the week of May 31, 2007, and it was at 6.44 percent a year ago. These ...

The housing market offered a glimmer of hope to those praying for a rebound in home sales in the Bay State. The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) reported August 20, 2007 that the number of single-family homes sold in July was up 6.0 percent compared to the same time last year, with me...

According to RealtyTrac, Inc., Massachusetts ranks 9th in the country in foreclosures filings. Massachusetts saw a month-to-month increase of 48.64 percent in July 2007. New Hampshire ranks 34th and actually saw a decline in foreclosures in July 2007 compared to June 2007.  On a month-to-month ba...

According to Commerce Department data, sales of new homes in the United States rose 2.8 percent in July, CNN Money reported August 24, 2007. Prices were down 3.4 percent in July compared to July 2006."Even with the unexpected rise, the pace of sales only looked good by comparison to very weak sal...

Foreclosures across the United States rose 93 percent in July compared to July 2006 and increased 9 percent compared to June 2007, the Houston Chronicle reported August 21, 2007."There were 179,599 foreclosure filings reported during July, up from 92,845 during the same period a year ago, Irvine-...