Home Values

Massachusetts home sale prices and MA real estate market trends with a Franklin, MA emphasis

May 2, 2009

Franklin MA Home Sales Rise

A modest strengthening in the Franklin MA home market continued in April 2009, marking the second month in a row that Franklin home sales showed some […]
April 28, 2009

Massachusetts Real Estate Relatively Strong

The downtrend in Massachusetts home prices continued in February 2009, but at a much less severe rate than seen in most of the other major real […]
April 15, 2009

Supply of MA Homes for Sale Declines

The inventory of available single family property in Massachusetts declined 13.4% in April 2009 from year-ago levels.  This is good news for those seeking more stability […]
April 7, 2009

Signs of Life in Real Estate

Stocks are up 22% from their lows . . . February new housing sales were up 4.7% nationally . . . Existing US home sales rose […]
April 4, 2009

Home Prices Rise in Franklin, MA

Median home sale prices rose in Franklin, MA during the first three months of 2009.  Single family home prices in Franklin climbed 10.9% compared to year-ago […]
April 2, 2009

High-Low Sales Report Mar 2009

The Franklin, MA real estate market strengthened moderately in March 2009 after the sluggish performance turned in for February.  The top selling prices of single family […]
March 31, 2009

Case-Shiller Boston Home Price Index 1/09

Single family home prices in the Greater Boston metro region fell again in January 2009.  Values declined 1.5% from December 2008’s levels, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller […]
March 16, 2009

Market Leaves Some Sellers Happy, Others Not

This is a very uneven real estate market.  Some homes sell quickly while others can linger unsold for months.   So you have some happy, successful home […]
March 15, 2009

Absorption Rates March 2009

Single family home inventory in Massachusetts showed modest improvement in March 2009 compared to year-ago levels. The Franklin, MA real estate market experienced the least reduction; […]
March 13, 2009

Low Offers: Why They Don’t Work

Buyers will occasionally ask me whether they can make an offer of 20%, 30% or even 40% less than a listing’s asking price.  The expectation is […]
March 9, 2009

Home Buyers Active, Shopping Mall Packed

This is a report from the trenches of Franklin, MA real estate, a quick status snapshot of things as they were Sunday, March 8, 2009 in […]
March 2, 2009

High-Low Sales Report Feb 2009

There was a total of only seven single family home sales in Franklin entered on the MLS during February 2009.  This is an astonishingly low number […]