The latest AP article by Stevenson Jacobs mentions that this bailout plan can only begin to succeed if home prices stabilize. Jacobs states that experts indicate “home prices must stop falling…sending a signal to banks that the worst has passed and it is safe to start doling out money again.
Franklin, Massachusetts has definitely [...]
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*156 single family homes for sale
*128 days on the market is the average time it takes to sell
*$494,450 is the median sales price
*$503,686 is the average sales price
*homes are selling [...]
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Lately the real estate world has had some much needed encouraging news. The other day the Wall Street Journal reported that the “housing crisis is over.” Managing partner of the hedge fund firm, Traxis Partners LP, Mouelle Berteaux, reported that it now “takes 19% of monthly income for the average home buyer and 31% [...]
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Okay so as a Realtor I have not put alot of faith in the home values on Zillow.com but I realize that many people do believe the values to be fact. I was checking around on Zillow and noticed their newest (new to me) feature called “Make me Move” which frankly boggles my mind. [...]
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Okay. Don’t get me wrong because anyone who knows me knows that I am a bargainhunter when it comes to most things. However, when it comes to services I certainly have found out that those services that are offered for a bargain are NO BARGAIN! The painter that was such an unbelievable price [...]
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Well the real estate market had been like a switch was shut off suddenly in mid 2007 but about 2-3 weeks ago it seemed the switch was back on! Could this be true or is it all an illusion brought on by too much winter, too many sleepless nights, wishful thinking or all of [...]
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Okay, so Boston was just ranked third in the country for Road Rage according to an AutoVantage survey but at least we are not the worst ragers in the country as Miamians are. With recent gas prices topping $3.10 per gallon for regular gas we may be less inclined to drive and more likely [...]
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The following results were recently released from the 2007 Member Profile for Massachusetts. The study is conducted by the National Association of REALTORS® every two years on both a national and state level.
Here are some interesting facts from the Massachusetts Association of Realtors (MAR) most recent survey:
*60 percent of MAR members are female and [...]
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I have to take issue with Sperling’s Best Places recent study as reported in Business Week. They found that although the Northeast has typically been viewed as unaffordable, there are actually many towns that have great schools, low violent crime rates and relatively low median sales priced homes. They included nearby Sharon, MA [...]
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