Massachusetts Real Estate- Merrimack Valley
Real Estate in Essex and Northern Middlesex Counties, Massachusetts
One thing a home buyer loves is a well maintained home. A great habit of any homeowner is to document the work you have done on the home. It helps give your home a pedigree. So what is the definition of a pedigree? "The background or history of a person or thing, especially as conferring distinction or quality." Doesn't that sound great? Of course it does and what home buyer wouldn't love that. Over the years I have had homeowners that have saved and organized … Continue reading...
On the Market- Showing start 8am on Saturday April 7th! Price- $365,000 Living Area- 1344sqft Acreage- .92 acres Bedroom- 4 Bath- 1 Full Taxes- $4841.14 1st Open Houses April 7th and 8th 1-3pm About 85 Foster Road Tewksbury MA 01876 85 Foster Road is a home for sale in Tewksbury. Located just off the downtown the home is centrally located to all of the shopping along route 38. It is also gives its new owners easy access to all the major highways in the … Continue reading...
I am going to wrap up the article with the 13 do's and dont's of a home search. But first I am going to give some context by going thru the typical home buying search cycle. Hopefully by understanding the search cycle it can maximize your search efforts in finding just the right home. And prevent you from wasting valuable time. Right now we are in a strong to very strong sellers market. It is possible to see a $350,000 house appreciate $2-3000 or even more for every month … Continue reading...
At some point during the decision to sell your home there will be the thought to maybe sell your house on your own as a For Sale By Owner or FSBO. This is where a home seller bypasses a real estate agent and tries to sell their house with out the experience and representation of a real estate agent. So, is it possible to sell your house on your own? The answer is yes it is possible to sell your house as a for sale by owner. The #1 reason a home seller … Continue reading...
Today's home buyer is very different than even 15 or 20 years ago. As a home seller or even a real estate agent understanding today's home buyer is critical in helping to get your home sold. We are going to talk about one segment of the home buying population, the Millennial home buyer or generation Y. The Millennial home buyer is shaping the real estate today and will for years to come. So why are we talking about the Millennial home buyer? … Continue reading...
We have all heard about curb appeal and how important it is when it comes time to sell real estate. Basically curb appeal is the attractiveness of your home from the street. But in this day in age its more important to ask does your home have "web appeal"? Or how attractive does your home appear on the web! Web appeal is not all that different than curb appeal. It is about first impressions. What impression are you giving that internet buyer on their very first peek at … Continue reading...
For Sale- 15 james Street Tewksbury MA 01876- $320,000 Status Under Agreement- Closing January 2018 Rooms 5 Bedrooms 2 Bath 1.5 Living Area 1100 sq feet Lot Size 4824 sq ft Taxes $3708 Check out this Tewksbury home for sale!! Centrally located on a side street right off Route 38 15 James Street offers you easy access to shopping, the downtown and all the major highways and both the Boston and Manchester … Continue reading...
If you are buying a home, eventually somewhere along the way you will hear the term Private Mortgage Insurance or PMI. Most first time home buyers deciding to buy their first home and start the mortgage process do not know they may need to get Private Mortgage Insurance to get a home mortgage. It ends up being one more added expense when purchasing a home. What is Private Mortgage Insurance? As a borrower who puts down less than a 20% down payment for a home loan you will be … Continue reading...
We are in a red hot seller's market here in the greater Boston area. Inventory is low and market times are blazing fast. Yet you might be left wondering why some houses sell so fast why others linger on the market forever. First let me start off by saying you only hear about the real estate success stories, not the real estate stories that have gone bad. Seriously, when is the last time you heard someone bragging that their house has been on the market for 6 months with out an … Continue reading...
I have a term for when home buyers waste valuable months searching for homes that don't exist, but have no clue they are involved in an impossible or near impossible task. I call searching for homes that don't exist chasing unicorns. Just like the mythical creature that doesn't exist neither does some home buyer's dream homes. Home buyer's that don't have a handle on existing markets conditions and the available inventory will waste months or even longer, while getting more and … Continue reading...
