Gary Dwyer's Real Estate Blog
Insight and Information on the Greater Boston Real Estate Market
RECENT BLOG POSTS
Around a week ago, I wrote about how some sellers may be wondering why their homes are not getting as much traffic as they thought they would and how the pictures, or lack of thereof, may contribute to buyers not wanting to even view the property. Once a client visits a house, I am often surprise...
03/30/2010
Boston area housing costs can be some of the highest in the nation. Many times, first-time buyer are pretty strapped for funds to do renovations / updates after they have scrapped together funds for the down payment, closing costs and beer for their friends for helping them move. A program that ...
03/30/2010
Just about ever property owner (or renter) in Boston has had an encounter with a green "Code Violation" ticket given by Boston's Inspectional Services Department (ISD) for improperly disposing of trash, failure to shovel snow on the sidewalk, etc. Many people disregard them because there was no r...
03/26/2010
Are you a first-time home buyer? Are you just starting your home search? Is your home search within the Greater Boston area? If you have answered YES to these four questions, Buyer Agents of Boston and HGTV is looking for you! We have been contacted by the producers of HGTV's "My First Place" to ...
03/23/2010
If you are a homeowner that has defaulted on your mortgage or home equity line of credit - watch out! You may be getting a call from a collection agency that is looking for repayment. Here is a recent article from RISMEDIA that is must reading if you are in default. That's because lenders have ...
03/23/2010
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There has been a lot of talk lately about interest rate hikes - here is an update from RISMEDIA - RISMEDIA, March 20, 2010-(MCT)-As the spring real estate season kicks in and the tax credit deadline for sale agreements approaches, the government is ending a program that has kept interest rates lo...
03/20/2010
The National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents (NAEBA) expresses support for legislation recently introduced by Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY17) that would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 eliminating the so called "marriage penalty" from the Home Buyer Tax Credit. The current gui...
03/18/2010
One of the most asked questions I get is "Do you know what such-and-such property sold for?" It is sometimes asked by a buyer that saw it and may or may not have been interested in it but is curious about how close it sold to asking price. Sometimes neighbors just want to get a feeling for what...
03/16/2010
One of the most asked questions I get is "Do you know what such-and-such property sold for?" It is sometimes asked by a buyer that saw it and may or may not have been interested in it but is curious about how close it sold to asking price. Sometimes neighbors just want to get a feeling for what...
03/16/2010
As an exclusive buyer agent working at an exclusive buyer agency real estate firm (this means that neither myself nor my firm work for home sellers), home buyers hire me to help them find and evaluate homes that meet their criteria. In today's real estate market, technology plays a huge role in a...
03/15/2010
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Gary Dwyer is Broker / Owner of Buyer Agents of Boston, LLC and an exclusive buyer agent serving all of Boston's neighborhoods, including Back Bay, South End, Beacon Hill, Waterfront, South Boston, Dorchester, Roxbury, and Jamaica Plain as well as Quincy, Arlington, Cambridge, Medford, Malden, Somerville, and Winchester.