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The Profiles of a Massachusetts Home-Buyer

The following are excerpts from the Massachusetts Association of Realtors Study:
The median income of buyers was up to $94,800 compared to $88,100 in 2007 and higher than the $73,100 national median income. Fifty-nine percent of home buyers were married couples, 15 percent single females, 14 percent single males, and 12 percent unmarried couples. [...]



Newton, MA ranked one of the highest-income cities in U.S.

The Great Recession certainly took its toll on cities across the United States. But even with high unemployment rates and declining wages, some communities have done very well for themselves. Portfolio.com surveyed 420 of the largest cities and Newton, MA came in second for highest income.
Excerpts from Portfolio.com: Rich City, Poor City
Newton. MA ranked 2nd.
Median [...]



Over 50% MA Real Estate Sales – 1st Time Buyers

According to a new study 50% MA home buyers in 2009 were made by first-time buyers.
February 10, 2010 – A new study on Massachusetts home buyers and sellers found that over 50 percent of all homes purchased in the Bay State in 2009 were made by first-time home buyers (compared to 47 percent nationally). [...]



Buy Groceries, Shop For Real Estate

Okay, tell me what you think of this idea. Natick-based RE/MAX of New England and The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. of Quincy have partnered to develop “micro real estate offices” in local supermarkets.
This is the first time a major real estate brand has teamed up with a large consumer retailer to house real estate [...]



Bay State Home Sales Climb 3 Percent In 2009; Median Price Drops Below $300,000

Reversing a four-year trend of sliding sales, single-family home sales in Massachusetts crept up 3 percent in 2009 from 2008, according to new data from The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman.
Median home prices, however, dipped 6.6 percent from 2008 and were almost 20 percent lower than the market peak in 2005.
An excerpt [...]



Stakes are high as government plans exit from mortgage markets – Washington Post

An interesting article from today’s Washington Post regarding the federal government’s plans to exit the mortgage markets: “For more than a year, the government pulled out the stops to revive home buying by driving down mortgage rates. Now, whether the housing market is ready or not, the government is pulling out.” But apparently not [...]



MA Real Estate Foreclosures

The number of foreclosures initiated in Massachusetts jumped 28.1 percent in 2009 to 27,928 from 21,804 in 2008 but was 5.5 percent below the level in 2007, according to the latest report from The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman.
The number of completed foreclosures, meanwhile, declined 25.4 percent to 9,269 last year from 12,430 [...]




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