Warren Residential Group Blog – Boston Real Estate Blog

See if your town is one of the top 10 Mass. towns bucking current real estate trends and reporting an increase in home sales amidst a tough real estate market.

In the Boston real estate market, which is more valuable to a home buyer; a property’s ‘potential’, or its location?  A recent boston.com article explores the tradeoffs between prime location and sacrificing key property features.
‘Potential’ is all about maximizing your investment dollar and is measured largely by foreseeable changes that will make the area more [...]

According to an article in the Boston Business journal, there is great news for the Boston real estate market. Single-family home sales in the Bay State surged 37% in May. Citing a report done by the Warren Group, the year-over-year increase is the fourth month in a row with double digit increases in percentage.
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According to an article released by the Boston Globe on Tuesday, the Massachusetts housing market started more foreclosures this past April than it did in 2009. This occurred despite the fact that the housing market is in fact improving.
There is reportedly a whopping 21% jump in foreclosure petitions – which are the first step in [...]

If you’re buying a home right now, things are looking good: Interest rates are low, and housing prices around Boston, while not total bargains, are overall considerably lower than they were at their peak in 2005.
I thought that with the sales season under way, that I would share some tips for home purchase and ownership:
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Here’s some good news for people who’ve had to give the deed on their house back to the bank because of financial problems, or who have done a short sale to avoid foreclosure: You may not have to wait the typical four or five years to re-qualify for financing to buy another home.
Instead, it could [...]

Is the Massachusetts housing market officially in recovery? In a recent article by Jenifer B. McKim of the Boston Ledger, she indicates that the numbers seem to say yes.
Median sale prices for single-family homes increased 8.4 percent in February, marking the third consecutive month of higher prices compared with the same three months last year, [...]