If you want to know when the market will hit bottom, look in the rear view mirror. According to all ways of measuring it, the downward slide of home prices in the Greater Boston area is over. Most likely…
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Overall, since the recession, buyers have felt that the time was not right to buy a house. They were not confident about their jobs and income, they were having a harder time amassing a down payment and they also didn’t believe…
Wondering how the fiscal cliff will affect your real estate transactions in 2013? On Jan. 1 both the Senate and House passed H.R. 8 legislation to avert the “fiscal cliff.” The bill was signed into law by President Barack…
I am publishing this for those of you who wonder when the height of the market in the Boston area was and where home prices are in relation to the height. The height was in 2005. The bottom was…
By Michelle J. Lane The article below, supplied by MSN real estate, outlines how the aging of baby boomers will change the real estate market. I read a very prophetic article about 20 years ago that…
That’s all it takes for most buyers to form a first opinion of yur house. It is an emotional decision that is made pretty quickly. Not much different from the process of deciding whether or not you are attracted…
The Internal Revenue Service has some important information to share with individuals who have sold or are about to sell their home. If you have a gain from the sale of your main home, you may qualify to exclude…
According to the National Association of Realtors, the uptrend in existing-home sales continues, with January sales rising for the third consecutive month with a pace that is now above year-ago levels. Existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include…