Real Estate Tips

Angie's List of DIY Do's and Don'ts

alt tag

New homeowners are often overwhelmed by the compiling costs of renovations and maintenance. Angie’s List cofounder Angie Hicks made a guide for deciding when it’s worth it to DIY, and when outsourcing is a better move...

Click Title for Full Article
 

The Average American's Dream Home

alt tag

A survey conducted by Digital Third Coast using Amazon Mechanical Turk platform polled 2,000 Americans from all parts of the country and across different age groups to learn more about the "average American's" views on homeownership and what their ideal home would look like and [...]

Click on Title For Full Article

Home Prices on a Steep and Steady Rise

alt tag

Home prices across the country have risen by a total of 6.9% as of April of last year, and an additional 1.2% when compared to last month, according to CoreLogic’s Home Price Index ...

Click Title for Full Article

Existing-Home Sales See Increase

alt tag

 

For the second time this year, existing-home sales have strengthened, building on the gains in February, as reported by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). March saw an increase of 1.1 percent to 5.6 million, and inventory has seen increased of 5.7 percent up to 1.67 [...]

Good News for Boston/Massachusetts Real Estate Markets!

alt tag

Boston Real Estate Market in 2018

The housing market in Metro Boston is back on track and looking healthy for 2018.  A number of factors are driving this recent growth. The prediction is that prices will rise in 2018 as they will in most of the U.S. housing market.

The reason for the unusual late season surge is due to a big pent up demand from homebuyers and plenty of foreign real estate investors. Low mortgage rates, a strong economy, and the inventory of homes for sale is bolstering sales.

WalletHub Study Ranks Massachusetts As The Best State To Raise A Family!

alt tag

Massachusetts edged out Minnesota as the best state to raise a family, according to a study conducted by WalletHub.

The personal finance website looked at five key categories — family fun, health and safety, education and child care, affordability, and socio-economics — using 42 metrics.

Luxury Market Lags Behind General Market in 2017

alt tag

 

According to a report on realtor.com, luxury real estate lagged behind general market growth in 2017, despite that million-dollar homes now make up more than seven percent of the real estate market, a significant increase from [...]

Women: A Budding Home-Buying Market

alt tag

 

With the new trend among women being later marriages, higher education, and increased presence in higher-paying jobs, the era of women homeowners has become a new market that real-estate agents need to be better prepared to serve. To do so, it is imperative to recognize women’s power as a buying pool and understand the meaning of [...]

1121-1134 of 1,416 Posts