Home Buyer Tips
December 29, 2010
In choosing which city or town in which to live, many prospective home buyers don’t analyze one important demographic: the educational achievements of the community’s residents. […]
October 19, 2010
If you’re thinking of buying a home or refinancing your current mortgage, you may have a once in a lifetime opportunity! 30 year fixed rate mortgages […]
September 30, 2010
In keeping with the approach of Halloween and the fall’s increasingly dark and dreary weather, we may soon see a lot of gloomy (and possibly even […]
September 24, 2009
You’ve finally found a home for sale in Massachusetts you really like. Your next step is to make an offer; but before you can, you need […]
March 13, 2009
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 […]
February 22, 2009
Buying a home at foreclosure auction or from a lender post-foreclosure is a very hot topic these days. And where there’s widespread popular interest in a […]
February 19, 2009
When I looked on-line today, there were over 61,600 search results in Google about the search phrase “$8,000 tax credit for first time home buyers”. There’s […]
February 17, 2009
The Internet is a great source of information and makes it easy to compare products, services and prices. But you can encounter a hidden risk when […]
February 3, 2009
There’s seems to be some confusion about what the phrase “as is” means in practical terms in a real estate sale. You’ll see “as is” with […]
January 30, 2009
There are many “short sales” listed on the MLS in Massachusetts. Some buyers hear “short sale” and assume they’ll get an outrageously advantageous sale (as suggested […]
January 30, 2009
You don’t need 20% down to buy a home, even with today’s tight credit standards. FHA loans (administered by the US Department of Housing and Urban […]
