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

Boston Real Estate Now, Boston.com's real estate blog, had a post by exclusive buyer agent Rona Fischman about whether a Massachusetts buyer should use his or her own attorney or just use the lender's closing attorney. Below is the post in part."Here are the options: "Why hire a separate attorney...

I found this video on Inman.com. Alex Perriello, CEO of Realogy, gives advice to REALTORS® on what they can do to weather these challenging times. I think no matter what business you're in or what your life goals are, staying positive and associating with like-minded people is essential for succe...

I have been contacted over the past couple of days by several mortgage professionals I work with. The news is all the same. Interest rates have dramatically dropped in Massachusetts (and probably other states too) over the past few days.I am hearing quotes of 5.50 percent on a 30-year, fixed-rate...

Community Action, Inc. in Haverhill, MA has applications available for low- to moderate-income residents 55 years old or older to buy new construction condominiums for the reduced price of $209,100 and $220,913. The two-bedroom condominiums are part of The Fairways development located off Route 1...

Single-family home sales in Massachusetts increased nearly 14 percent in October compared to October 2007, the second consecutive month that sales increased in the Commonwealth, The Warren Group, a publisher or real estate data, reported November 25, 2008.Prices continued to fall, with the statew...

The Boston Metropolitan Area showed a 5.7 percent decline in home prices in September compared to September 2007, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, a monthly report that tracks U.S. home prices in 20 metropolitan areas. Only Charlotte (3.5 percent), Dallas (2.7 percent) and De...

Citigroup announced November 11, 2008 that it was placing a moratorium on foreclosures for most home loan borrowers, and that it would work with some 500,000 at-risk mortgage customers to help them keep their homes. The following are some key points from the Citi press release. Launches Citi Home...

Freddie Mac announced November 20, 2008 that it has ordered its national network of mortgage "servicers" and foreclosure attorneys to suspend all foreclosure sales and evictions involving occupied single-family and 2-to-4 unit properties with Freddie Mac-owned mortgages between November 26, 2008 ...

Historic Kimball Tavern, located in the Bradford section of Haverhill, MA, sold at auction Thursday November 20, 2008 for $190,000, less than expected for the more than 300-year-old structure.Built in 1690, community leaders founded Bradford College there in 1803. The property is located across f...

After seeing the median price of both single-family and condominium homes increase from January through September in 2007 compared to 2006,  the number of sales and median price in Andover, Massachusetts declined in 2008. The data comes from MLS Property Information Network, Inc., the multiple li...