The New York Times continues its 400-part series on renting vs. buying with yesterday’s article on renting vs. buying.
You know, it’s cheaper to ride a bike to work than to drive your car. I’m just sayin’ …
David Leonhardt, The New York Times
The thought has occurred to just about everybody who owns a home in a […]
Below is a report of sales and listing activity for the past week. Information is derived from LINK, the online database that is used by most Boston real estate agents.
New listings: 280
Back on market (listings that went under agreement but deals fell through): 11
Price changes (almost always downward, but some go up): 261Under agreements: 83
Off […]
Below is a report of sales and listing activity for the past week.
Information is derived from LINK, the online database that is used by most Boston real estate agents.
New listings: 266
Back on market (listings that went under agreement but deals fell through): 19
Price changes (almost always downward, but some go up): 165
Under agreements: 82
Off market […]
Each week, The Herald’s Nena Groskind answers real estate questions.
This week, a seller writes in:
I bought my house almost 20 years ago and have remodeled it slowly over the years (adding a kitchen, full bath, half bath, bedroom, etc.).
I’m confident I did the work competently and in compliance with local building codes. However, […]
The Wall Street Journal put up some links today to some great online resources that can help first-time homebuyers (or anyone looking to move) decide whether to buy or rent.
Included: tips on buying & selling, affordability calculators, and risks to buying in an overheated market, among other things.
So, economists, analysts, and the media have all jumped on this idea that housing costs MUST decrease, because the cost of buying vs. the cost of renting has diverged. I’m in the minority who think there is absolutely no logic in this thinking.
Comparing renting to buying makes sense to some, because, they figure, people have […]
Below is a report of sales and listing activity for the past week.
Information is derived from LINK, the online database that is used by most Boston real estate agents.
New listings: 334
Back on market (listings that went under agreement but deals fell through): 40
Price changes (almost always downward, but some go up): 120
Under agreements: 56
Off […]
Forbes recently came out with an article stating the pros and cons of buying a condo if you are a college-bound student.
Boston (and the metropolitan area) ranked sixth out of 300 cities as best suited for buying, based on home sales price appreciation and its abundance of colleges and universities.
Sara Clemence, Forbes
…Jeff Groper, president of […]
A must-read article. How is it possible for a first-time homebuyer, or for anyone, for that matter, to afford buying a condo or co-op in New York City? Again, this article is about NYC, but works for anyone trying to buy a home in Boston, as well.
By Anna Bahney, New York Times
How do people do […]
Yeah, I know I post a lot of articles about the New York City real estate market, but that’s only because they have lots more stories about real estate.
Here’s a great little article about a father who decided to buy a condo for his college-bound daughter. While we might not all be so lucky as […]
