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Buyer’s agent kind of drops the ball …

Whoa! This is a good one: From Inman News, by way of the Boston Globe: DEAR BOB: We had a sales contract to sell our house. The buyer was supposed to pay a deposit into a trust account with the realty office representing the buyer. We expected to close with no...

My advice: list everything

Boston real estate - buying a home

If you’re just getting started in the process to buy a home, you might not have thought about this potential problem. When you buy a home, you pretty much are buying the physical structure as well as anything nailed down or attached to the property. A...

The benefits of using an exclusive buyer’s agent

Boston real estate - buying a home

Most real estate agents work with both buyers and sellers. Not on the same deals, of course (although that’s allowed, it’s not preferred). I see nothing wrong with this. Some agents work only with buyers or sellers, either by design or by chance. I, for...

The best car for you is a 10-year old Buick

Boston real estate - buying a home

If you want to buy a home in the Boston area and you’re on a budget (aren’t we all?), you have a choice: go small or go elsewhere. My recommendation? Go small. At least that’s what I told the Globe, in an article posted today. It’s home buying...

The spring market

Boston real estate - buying a home

When are you supposed to use a capital “S” in spring? I never understood that. Anyway, it looks as though the number of properties coming on the market has increased during the past week. This is encouraging, because it means 1) buyers have more of a...

Better to rent or to buy?

Boston real estate - buying a home

Ah, the perennial question. In much of the country, including large parts of the Northeast, California, Florida and the Southwest, recent home buyers have faced higher monthly costs than renters and have lost money on their investment in the meantime. Itâ€™s...