If this January is any indication, the seasons are shifting in Boston area real estate. Usually between December 15 and January 15, no one is contacting us about buying a house. This year, prospective clients started calling and writing right after Christmas. Winter buyers: Some clients were looking to get on the road, heeding my
2022 was the kind of real estate year we could be happy with every year. First and foremost, because we continue to attract the kind of clients we love to work with. The team in 2022: 2022 was the best year ever for our office as a community. Our team of four were taking care
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
Three weeks ago, I wrote about how to make offers below asking price without “lowballing.” Today, more on foreclosures and short sale properties. They are relatively uncommon in our market despite hysterical headlines. So, if you are getting excited about buying a foreclosed house for a bargain, calm down. The foreclosure rate is returning to
With the market changing, should you prepare to lowball and get a bargain house? Putting in a low offer without the research is futile and likely to ruin your credibility as a buyer. If you are thinking about making an offer well below asking price, there are some things you need to find out first.
If you are confused about the state of the real estate market, welcome to the club. A big part of why you are confused is bad reporting. There is so much of it! Every week, I am running across real estate headlines saying that real estate is about to crash and also that prices are
A few times a year, a real estate headhunter calls me to ask if my team wants to join their designated agency company. (I’ll explain “designated agency” later). Recruiters are mostly very good at their job, not just reading a script. Their job is to get my team to move with me to their company
Q: Last week, the stock market turned downward by twenty percent. If we are headed into a recession, how does that affect real estate? A: Let's look at some recent trends, and then talk about it from a buyer's perspective. June 2020- April 2022: The real estate business has been feeling like it couldn’t get
It was only last August when WBUR published this story about home-buying. I critiqued it here. In short, the story encouraged buyers to do five things (in bold). A summary of my critiques is in italics after the “advice”: Prepare To Waive Contingencies. No, no. no, no, never. Check The Basement! Seller says you have
The first week of February is too early for the annual “scare the buyers” article from The Boston Globe. I guess it was a slow news cycle in the real estate division. This annual tradition of throwing together statistics without context usually occurs a bit later in the year. In 2017, it was at the