RENT CONTROL DEBATE In 2000, I moved to Boston and what brought me here brought a lot of people to Boston: a job. Also, it's a fantastic city, but it's not exactly a cheap city. I was led to believe New York City was the only east coast city that was expensive. I was wrong. Many people from Connecticut and New York have this belief. Affordability is also a topic that news and politics 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
Pandemic Move
The Pandemic Started in 2020 and only seems right that in 2022 we start to see change for the better. Masks are coming off, people are traveling more and the boss is no longer making remote work the status quo or you are tired of living at home and feel it's safe to move back into the city. In 2021 I really encouraged folks to move back into the city. Many of my clients listened, 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
Things Clients do that annoy Real Estate Agents
In every industry, there are things a consumer do that well annoy them. Real Estate is no different. Prospective Buyers, Renters, and Sellers do things that annoy real estate agents and the general community. Sometimes people might not have any idea why they annoy us, and sometimes they do and just don't care. I hope to know the things that annoy or frustrate real estate agents that maybe Continue Reading
New Year Resolutions Home
New Year Resolutions. I have never been a fan of New Year Resolution. What I am a fan of is intentional goals. Intentional goals are goals where you ask why you want to do that goal. Example: You are tired of your space. However, do you know why you are tired of your space? Does the space not work for you? Many folks in 2021 moved because they realized they need to work from home. Continue Reading
Job Seekers Top 10 cities people moving to
The Great Resignation. Workers all over the country are either burnt out, fed up, or are just saying it's time to call this quits and move on to something else. When I look at the change I think it's more a reshuffle. Americans no longer feel tied to where they live and a lot of people in the job market will travel to the job. Remote work has played a role. Job seekers no longer need to be as Continue Reading
Inflation and Home Prices
The last time inflation was as high was in 1982 where the rate was 6.2% and interest rates got as high as 20%. My parents bought their house in New Hampshire around that time. Many folks thought it was crazy, but he said to me I had a very small mortgage so it wasn't so crazy. Fast forward to 2021 where we have an inflation rate of 6.8%. You might be wondering what that translates into your Continue Reading
2022 Real Estate Market Forecast
2022 Real Estate Forcast 2021 has been a wild ride in the Real Estate world, and we are now in the final month of 2021, and our minds are thinking about what will 2022 bring in real estate. Many housing experts have used the phrase the housing market will normalize. What does that mean? Does that mean prices will take a nosedive? Does it mean buyers and renters will have the upper Continue Reading
Putting your home on market in Covid Era
Putting your home on market in Covid Era I have been in real estate since 2005 and been in Boston for about twenty years. I started my career when everyone was buying, and no one wanted to rent, and then in 2007-2008 I experienced the sub-prime mortgage prime crisis, and Boston and the metro area felt those effects but compared to other parts of the country we recovered. Setbacks in Continue Reading
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