The Boston Globe real estate reporters throw data at their readers without enough explanation. That’s where I come in. Larry Edelman packed a lot into his recent article, “Where Mass. home prices are hot – and not.” Here is the translation for buyers in Spring 2023. These data sets are year over year – last
All eyes are on the real estate market, in an effort to guess what will happen when the snow stops falling and real estate spring market begins. The Boston Globe is no exception. Andrew Brinker published an article in mid-January, subtitled “For the first time since 2018, home prices here fell in December on a
Journalists will be journalists. Their job is to attract eyes to the story and keep subscribers coming back for more. Even journalists in business publications, like the well-regarded Inman News. That paper is the go-to for many real estate brokerages. Even real estate agents need to keep their eyes open and read between the lines
The most common mistake that consumers make when setting up an MLS search is to limit their search too much or too little. The ideal search yields properties that are closer and closer to the goal. Bad searches yield either too few options or properties that don’t work, in the same way, over and over.