Kevin Vitali, Massachusetts REALTORS Blog Resource

If you have been thinking about buying a home in the past year or two, it has been a rollercoaster ride for many looking to buy a home.  First, home prices were appreciating so fast, and then by the spring of 2022 interest rates started to rise on home loans. 

Most home buyers need a mortgage to buy a home.  Getting a mortgage can be quite a daunting task.  You will have a whole set of mortgage terms being thrown around.  One of which is debt to income ratio.  So you may be left wondering what is debt to income ratio.

In the past, springtime has always been thought of as the optimal season to sell your home.  Over the past 15 years, the idea that spring is the perfect season to sell your home has slowly been changing.  Listing your home during other seasons is becoming just as popular as

The thought of saving a real estate commission when selling a home in Massachusetts can certainly be a tempting one. And make you wonder how to sell a house without a Realtor in Massachusetts. With list-side commissions of 2-4% on a median house price of around $560,000 in Massachusetts that

As a seller, you have probably put solar panels on your home thinking it will increase the value of your home.  And, you didn’t give much thought to how homebuyers will perceive them. But the underlying fact is a solar installation may or may not be an improvement that adds

When it comes to land, there are many different sizes and variations of acreage. But what exactly is and how big is an acre of land? While there are many different meanings of the word “acre” depending on the context, most people use the word when talking about a measurement

It is important your home is equipped with properly working Smoke Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Detectors. Doing so provides a level of safety to the members of your household from fire and equipment malfunctions. Many states like Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island require a certificate of compliance prior to a

Last night I wrapped up a property showing with a buyer client of mine. During the showing, we discovered there was an easement with the property. As a home buyer, it may be more common than you think to find an easement on a property. It is also not uncommon

When deciding to list and to price your home, a home seller must remember that their home is competing in the real estate market with other similar homes. Yes, sellers, you are competing for a real estate buyer’s attention.  As the red hot seller’s market of 2021/2022 is cooling down,