Your home will be one of your most important investments you will ever make in your life—it’s only natural that you develop a lot of questions, as you should! Purchasing a home requires lots of research and careful decisions, and as you dive in, you may find many parts of it foreign and somewhat confusing.

You’re not the only one scratching your head. Here are some common FAQs we hear a lot about buying your first piece of Boston real estate (plus the answers our expert buyer’s agents give!)

How long is the purchase process once I pick a Boston home?

There are lots of variables that contribute to the timeline. It can honestly be as short as two weeks or as long as two months from the time the offer is accepted to the day the papers are passed. If

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices is expanding internationally in 2016––and to kick this off, www.BerkshireHathawayHS.com is now available in 10 different languages and currencies! Global consumers will be able to search real estate on the website in any state and city serviced by our franchisees!

What they will be able to find is not available on any of our competitors websites: full MLS data containing ALL listings in their search area, not just our in house listings. This provides a better experience for our international customers and more leads generated for our agents!

To compliment our website going international, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices has also partnered with Worldposting, and will soon be sending all of our listings to 5

There are few things that stress me out more than moving. Coordinating movers, lifting boxes, and sorting through all of my belongings––it’s never an easy feat.

And to add fuel to the fire, it’s even more stressful if you’re relocating to a new city, especially one as massive and busy as Boston!

That’s why we want to provide you with a practical guide and how-to when it comes to relocating to Boston.

From the first steps of narrowing down your desired area all the way to the finer points of local tips and tricks, we’ve put together a guide of what you need to know if you are relocating to Boston.

First Steps

The very first thing you need to do is figure out where you want to live. While Boston is technically a single city, it is comprised a