The inventory of Massachusetts single-family homes as of December 31, 2012 decreased 28.1 percent from December 2011 (25,073 listings in 2011 to 18,021 listings in 2012), according to the Massachusetts Association of Realtors.

Jan 29, 2013 11:30:00 AM
The inventory of Massachusetts single-family homes as of December 31, 2012 decreased 28.1 percent from December 2011 (25,073 listings in 2011 to 18,021 listings in 2012), according to the Massachusetts Association of Realtors.
Topics: Real Estate Market, Massachusetts Association of Realtors
Jan 26, 2013 8:30:00 AM
A total of 1,617 single-family home sales were bank-owned properties, representing 3.4 percent of all single-family sales in 2012. The number of foreclosed homes sold decreased from 2011, when bank-owned properties accounted for 3.8 percent of all single-family home sales in Massachusetts, according to The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman.
Topics: Real Estate Market, Foreclosure News, The Warren Group
Jan 25, 2013 5:05:00 PM
The Massachusetts year-end real estate sales numbers are out, and the results are no surprise to real estate professionals and home buyers working in and buying real estate in 2012.
Topics: Real Estate Market, The Warren Group
Jan 20, 2013 9:50:00 AM
Homeowners aren't the only people to benefit from a tax break for forgiven mortgage debt that was set to expire December 31, 2012, but was extended by Congress and President Obama when they narrowly averted the “fiscal cliff” crisis.
Topics: Home-buying Tips, Mortgage Rates & News, Short Sales
Jan 17, 2013 5:53:00 PM
Massachusetts home buyers, and home buyers around the country, still have super low mortgage interest rates available to them for the purchase of a home.
Topics: Mortgage Rates & News
Jan 14, 2013 5:30:00 PM
After three straight weeks of declines, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported last week that U.S. mortgage applications increased 11.7 percent.
Topics: Mortgage Rates & News
Jan 13, 2013 8:21:00 AM
US home prices rose in most major cities in October compared with a year ago, pushed up by rising sales and a decline in the supply of available homes, Time Magazine reported December 26, 2012.
Topics: Real Estate Market
Jan 11, 2013 9:02:00 PM
More affordable prices, low mortgage interest rates and maybe some pent up demand resulted in Massachusetts home buyers signing many more purchase and sale agreements in 2012.
Topics: Real Estate Market, Massachusetts Association of Realtors
Jan 9, 2013 6:24:00 PM
With data available through November, 2012 will go down as a record year for favorable housing affordability conditions, and a great year for home buyers who could obtain a mortgage, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).
Topics: Real Estate Market, Real Estate Misc., National Association of Realtors
Jan 4, 2013 12:56:00 PM
There are many arguments for and against renting a home as opposed to owning one, but above all else the numbers have to work for a potential home buyer.
Topics: Real Estate Market, Home-buying Tips
Jan 3, 2013 8:15:00 AM
The number of foreclosure deeds, the last step in the foreclosure process in Massachusetts, declined again in November, marking the sixth straight month of year-over-year declines in completed foreclosures, The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman, reported January 2, 2013.
Topics: Foreclosure News, The Warren Group
Dec 31, 2012 9:30:00 PM
The inventory of single-family homes in Massachusetts as of the eond of November 2012 decreased 25.9 percent compared to November 2011, the MA Association of Realtors (MAR) reported December 27, 2012.
Topics: Real Estate Market, Massachusetts Association of Realtors
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