Anticipated Home Trends for the Coming Year As homeowners opt to stay in their current residences for longer durations amidst rising interest rates, the real estate market is poised to witness several noteworthy shifts and trends in home design and functionality. Here's a glimpse of the home trends expected in 2024 homes: Home is more than just a place to live 1. Sustainability: With an Continue Reading
Ski Towns Budget Friendly
Winter has arrived, bringing with it the much-anticipated ski and snowboard season. Not everyone dreams of a beach house; some prefer a mountain home, envisioning skiing or snowboarding. Preferences vary with what draws them to mountain energy. It could be mountain tranquility or a slower pace. Individuals may think owning a home in a ski town is just out of reach. The good news is that not Continue Reading
Quarterly Market Report
Quarterly Market Reports can show us all where the market has gone and the direction we might be heading. We are in the final quarter of 2023, and this post compares how each quarter has performed and which neighborhood experienced its strongest quarters. Back Bay Condo Back Bay: So, if you look at the 1st Quarter Back Bay, the strongest Quarter has been the first Quarter Continue Reading
Commission Changes in Real Estate
In the evolving world of real estate, significant changes are on the horizon, and they will impact how agents are compensated and more transparency to buyers and sellers. These changes may appear distant from your buying or selling experience but will affect you soon. Before delving into these forthcoming adjustments, it's crucial to understand the current state of the real estate Continue Reading
Top Five US Cities rents will continue to rise
Rents at the Start of the Pandemic and where we headed Wasn't it nice in 2020-2021 folks saw a break in rents? Now we are closing out 2022 and rents this past year soared to new levels. At one point most areas of the country had rental action competing with sales-level activity. Best and final, open house with 25 deep of people. Agents with their clients with paperwork completed in hand. No time Continue Reading
Changing Seller Beliefs
Whoever says I welcome change. Most of us do not like change, and if you have been a Seller for the last decade you are not going to love this change. Sellers' beliefs must change because The Real Estate Market is changing. Anyone in the Selling or Buying market does not panic. The real estate market is not going to take a complete nose dive with rising interest rates, but gone are the days you Continue Reading
Shifting Marketplace
Shift In The Real Estate Marketplace We are officially into fall, and like season change with cooler temps so does the market. For over a decade Sellers have been Kings and Queens. Buyers did have low-interest rates, but it came at a big cost. Homes were overvalued Fast forward to the last quarter of 2022 and we are seeing higher interest rates. On top of higher rates, Continue Reading
New Hampshire Real Estate Report
New Hampshire Real Estate in 2021 was red hot; in 2022, it doesn't show signs of cooling off. In 2020, buyers were coming from Connecticut, Massachusetts to New Hampshire, and there was a decent amount of inventory. The next year, agents faced inventory shortages, becoming a buyer issue. In 2022, high demand is set to persist as a major concern for buyers. In 2021, home sales Continue Reading
4 Sign Its time to Stop Renting
Buying a home in New England is not a cheap activity. Buying a home in Massachusetts or New Hampshire is not easy. Many graduates of our many Universities and colleges stay in the neighborhood to begin their next phase called working in the real world. When you enter the workforce you often make a decent living, but not enough where roommate life is normal. I wish when I lived with roommates Continue Reading
How the Market?
Throughout the year I get the question How is the market? What do you predict the market will do? It's a common question experts have to answer and in the new year the question comes up a lot. I was catching up with a college friend in Florida she wonder if she and her husband should sell their fully renovated home in Florida. I wondered what brought on this question. Naturally, I had Continue Reading
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