There is a great blog you should read every day. There’s a link, below, plus I copied a whole entry into my journal, so you can see how good he is. You should add this to your “Favorites” folder. It’s useful advice…and where else are you going to get that on the Internet?
Mortgage Matters — [...]

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: 82
Back on market (listings that went under agreement but deals fell through): 13
Price changes (almost always downward, but some go up): 42
Under agreements: 171
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: 203
Back on market (listings that went under agreement but deals fell through): 9
Price changes (almost always downward, but some go up): 67
Under agreements: 136
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: 175
Back on market (listings that went under agreement but deals fell through): 13
Price changes (almost always downward, but some go up): 66
Under agreements: 127
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: 157
Back on market (listings that went under agreement but deals fell through): 9
Price changes (almost always downward, but some go up): 56
Under agreements: 148
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: 157
Back on market (listings that went under agreement but deals fell through): 10>
Price changes (almost always downward, but some go up): 64
Under agreements: 129
Off [...]

People thought they’d make some money investing or working at Internet start-ups. Now they think they’ll make some money from investing or working in real estate. We’ll see.
From the New York Times:
The New York Times | Business | Trading Places: Real Estate Instead of Dot-Coms

Real estate-crazed Americans have started behaving in ways that [...]

10 Steps to Prepare for Home Ownership (courtesy of National Association of Realtors)
1. Find out how much home you can afford.
(Contact a lender – NOW. This is the number-one step to make sure your home-buying experience is relaxed and stress-free.)
2. Develop a wish list of what you’d like your home to have (maybe 10 [...]

I saw some cool lofts today in downtown Boston, on Beach Street. The interiors were done quite nicely – the flooring is especially well-done (maple), and the kitchens were done with great maple cabinets, GE Profile appliances, and nice granite counter tops.
However, an issue came up which I think is important to address. It has [...]

All about Lynn.
There’s a lot going on in Lynn. If you’re not from Massachusetts, you might not have ever heard of Lynn. It used to be quite a popular city, I think mostly manufacturing and mill work. General Electric was big there, and still is, to a certain extent. The downtown, however, is like "no-man’s [...]