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Lack of Inventory Continues to be the Challenge for MA Home Buyers

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

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Topics: Real Estate Market, Massachusetts Association of Realtors

Fewer Massachusetts Foreclosed Homes Sold in 2012

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.  

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Topics: Real Estate Market, Foreclosure News, The Warren Group

MA Home Buyers Make 2012 Best Since 2006, Sales and Prices Increase

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. 

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Topics: Real Estate Market, The Warren Group

Home Prices Show Continued Housing Recovery in Boston, Nationally

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.

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Topics: Real Estate Market

MA Pending Home Sales Up in December and All of 2012

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.

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Topics: Real Estate Market, Massachusetts Association of Realtors

2012 Most Affordable Year For U.S. Home Buyers

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).

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Topics: Real Estate Market, Real Estate Misc., National Association of Realtors

Rising Rents Provide Incentive For Greater Boston Home Buyers

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. 

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Topics: Real Estate Market, Home-buying Tips

Massachusetts Real Estate Inventory Declines November 2012

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.

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Topics: Real Estate Market, Massachusetts Association of Realtors

Homebuyers Push Massachusetts Home Sales Up 38% in November 2012

Dec 27, 2012 10:55:00 AM

Massachusetts homebuyers bought more single-family homes in November than any November since 2005, Boston.com reported December 27, 2012. 

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Topics: Real Estate Market, The Warren Group

Will Less Inventory And Higher Prices Attract MA Home Buyers?

Dec 23, 2012 10:37:00 AM

It is very likely that 2012 will be remembered as the year the real estate market turned around in Massachusetts. Not every community saw brisk home sales, but many Greater Boston Area and Eastern Massachusetts cities and towns saw good homes in good locations sell fast, many times within a few days. 

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Topics: Real Estate Market, Home-buying Tips, Massachusetts Association of Realtors

Mortgage Applications Up, Home Buyer Loan Requests Hit YTD High Point

Dec 12, 2012 9:30:00 PM

U.S. home loan mortgage applications rose last week, with home loan purchase applications hitting the third straight high point on the year, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported December 12, 2012.

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Topics: Real Estate Market, Mortgage Rates & News

Massachusetts Pending Home Sales Up November 2012

Dec 12, 2012 8:59:00 AM

Both single-family and condominium pending home sales in Massachusetts increased in November compared to November 2011, marking the 19th straight month that pending home sales increased, the Massachusetts Association of Realtors (MAR) reported December 11, 2012. 

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Topics: Real Estate Market, Massachusetts Association of Realtors

   

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