It’s been a dramatic month in the local Boston real estate market. We’re seeing things happen that we haven’t seen in years… Namely, much higher interest rates. Most of the action in the market is being driven by a turbulent economy and the aforementioned rising...
With student housing costs and monthly rental prices through the roof, students (and their parents) may be interested in how to calculate the delta between buying and renting a home. Let’s take a look at the different options that young adults have in Boston to avoid...
Is it a good time to buy in Boston? As we pass the midpoint of another year, the questions around market dynamics seem as pressing as ever. The momentum across markets points toward an economic recession while housing markets nationally have begun to see changes,...
Across the nation, articles bemoan the lack of real estate inventory. While typically we encourage our Boston luxury real estate clients to de-emphasize, or even disregard, national housing headlines, this year the themes locally and nationally align: a very limited...
Even before we had a Presidential election for the ages, 2020 has been a year of the utmost uncertainty. We know how the pandemic shifted the real estate market (Q3: State Of The Market) earlier this year but today’s topic has to do with the recent election and how it...
Well, we’re moving quickly(??) through our third week of social distancing and quarantine in the Boston area. I’m trying to remember what “normal” used to be while also trying to triangulate what normal can and will be. I’ve heard a reference to this timing...
If you follow the housing and/or the financial markets, you’ve probably heard that the Federal Reserve reduced the Central Banks’ lending rate by 0.25% during its late July meeting. Amazingly, this was the first time that the Fed reduced its borrowing rate in 11 years...
The Fed finally raised rates at their December meeting – as most everyone knows, it was the first time they had done so in nine years. For at least the last two years, pundits and real estate agents have opined that a rate increase could quickly soften hot housing...
