I just read a very interesting article about the biggest asset class in the world. I share my comments on what I see happening and how it may impact you. Click to watch: <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> Prefer to read? Here’s the transcript: Hi. It’s Ruth. I’m in […]
Continue readingIt can be a tough market for selling a home, but those conditions can get even worse if sellers aren’t careful. While a seller doesn’t control the real estate market, their actions can significantly contribute to how long and how much their home is sold for. Underestimating Cleaning Up: It may seem obvious, but I […]
Continue readingToday’s market can be a difficult one for many sellers to navigate. While your real estate agent can advise you, the ultimate decision of what offer to accept is entirely up to you. This decision can come with quite a bit of pressure. Even in the most favorable of markets this can be a difficult […]
Continue readingWest Roxbury’s real estate market is not known to be “hot”, but prices have risen steadily. The chart below shows median house prices for the past three years in West Roxbury. You see the obvious dips during the slow winter months. Compared year-over-year, this past week median listing price was $442,000, and $424,000 on the […]
Continue readingChestnut Hill MA houses come in a wide variety of styles and prices. The most obvious reason is Chesnut Hill is not a municipality, but a zip code including parts of several towns: Pieces of Brookline, Newton, West Roxbury and a nibble of Brighton. Houses in West Roxbury will be priced lower than Brookline, even […]
Continue readingStop your home search, start your buyer agent search! If you are not getting results, find a better agent. In the seller’s market, working with a hard working competent buyers agent is necessary in order to buy a property at the right price. Yet many buyers are failing at securing a home, and buyers are […]
Continue readingBrookline MA real estate didn’t suffer as much in the downturn as the majority of communities. Still, we see a substantial pick-up in the condo market. Brookline MA‘s condo market is known to be spread over a wide price range. The condominiums in Brookline come in a variety of styles, settings, types of buildings and […]
Continue readingBrighton MA real estate picked up steam in 2012, and here are the numbers to prove it. Below notice how both the number of sales and prices in Brighton MA have gone up, while the average days of market sank by nearly 40%. The average sale price to list price ratio is also up, meaning […]
Continue readingOne of the best examples of a self-fulfilling prophecy is in the seasonality of the Boston real estate market. Every year, as Thanksgiving approaches, home sellers ask me, “Does it make sense to put the home on market now? There are no buyers looking.” From potential home buyers I hear, “ Should we wait until Spring to buy? […]
Continue readingNewton real estate is in high demand and in analyzing the market for Newton houses; you find almost across the board, the market is favoring sellers. Inventory of houses on market in Newton is just meeting demand or falling shy of it in some price ranges. The price range with most pressure is the $800,000-$899,999 […]
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