--- title: Massachusetts Homebuyers Regret Waiting Too Long to Prepare to Buy description: The number one home-buying regret is that homebuyers wish they started the process sooner and were more prepared for the home-buying journey. image: http://info.buyersbrokersonly.com/hubfs/images/couple%20grass%20house%20background.jpg --- (978) 835-5906             [![Search Icon](https://info.buyersbrokersonly.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Search%20Icon.png?width=30&height=30&name=Search%20Icon.png)](https://info.buyersbrokersonly.com/search-results-page) [![Buyers Brokers Only, LLC – Real Estate Buyer Agents](https://info.buyersbrokersonly.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20BBO%20Logo%20800x170.png?width=1600&height=340&name=2023%20BBO%20Logo%20800x170.png "Buyers Brokers Only, LLC – Real Estate Buyer Agents")](https://www.buyersbrokersonly.com/) # Massachusetts Home Buyer Guide ![smaller-dotted-line.png](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/298849/file-263826832-jpg/true_gray_line_websites.jpg?width=1175&name=true_gray_line_websites.jpg "smaller-dotted-line.png") ## [Massachusetts Homebuyers Regret Waiting Too Long to Prepare to Buy](https://info.buyersbrokersonly.com/blog/homebuyers-regret-waiting-too-long-to-prepare-to-buy) Dec 6, 2021 4:45:00 PM An unfortunate scenario repeatedly occurs every weekend in the Greater Boston area.  It plays out something like this.  ![Happy Homebuyers Who Planned Their Home-buying Journet](http://info.buyersbrokersonly.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/couple%20grass%20house%20background.jpg?width=500&name=couple%20grass%20house%20background.jpg "Happy Homebuyers Who Planned Their Home-buying Journet")A wanna-be homebuyer decides buying a home and building equity makes more sense than writing rent checks to a landlord, paying off the landlord's mortgage, and funding the landlord's retirement.  **So far, so good**.  So the home buyer takes what seems like the next logical step. The homebuyer [searches for homes for sale online](https://info.buyersbrokersonly.com/home-listings).  **Reasonable**.  Next, maybe the Massachusetts homebuyer steps into their large bank and speaks with a "customer service specialist" about mortgage interest rates.  **Not the best approach**.  Then it's off to [open houses without professional representation](https://info.buyersbrokersonly.com/blog/home-buyers-open-houses-and-too-much-information), without experienced advice about the current real estate market, and a pre-qualification likely not worth the paper it was printed on.  **Now the home-buying plan begins to go off the rails**. After all, the agent or agents conducting the open house have a fiduciary responsibility to the seller.  In other words, if they are doing their job, they want a potential homebuyer to pay the highest price for that home with terms most favorable to the seller. **Your hope for a successful home-buying outcome has officially been derailed**.  The number one regret of homebuyers surveyed by Zillow for its consumer housing trends report a few years ago was not starting the home-buying process soon enough. In other words, they did not carefully think through and did not plan their [home-buying journey](https://info.buyersbrokersonly.com/blog/is-there-a-right-way-to-buy-a-home-in-massachusetts) before taking the plunge. Whether they are willing to admit it or not, many of these regretful homebuyers wish they prepared for navigating the home-buying process in the often turbulent Boston area housing market or wherever they were buying a home. **Don't be that homebuyer**. Buying a home in Massachusetts does **not** have to be stressful, but like any other important decision in life, it's not what you don't know; it's what you don't know you don't know. Homebuyers have a lot to consider, including understanding the roles and [types of agents](https://www.buyersbrokersonly.com/buying/boston-buyer-agent-realtor) and who pays those agents and how; financing a home and the many [mortgage programs](https://info.buyersbrokersonly.com/blog/how-much-cash-do-massachusetts-first-homebuyers-need) available; critical [steps to buying a home](https://info.buyersbrokersonly.com/guide-to-the-home-buying-process-massachusetts), from searching to the closing; and what the [real estate market](https://info.buyersbrokersonly.com/blog/topic/real-estate-market) is like where you want to buy. **Informed homebuyers get better results**. 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