The Case-Schiller Index is a widely quoted estimate of residential real estate trends in over 20 metro areas. It was developed by Karl Case and Robert Shiller, who were frustrated with the accuracy of the "median prices" for housing that were …
View MoreEach year, I end up having a number of conversations about renting to own. Renting to own is a situation where a buyer desires to rent a particular property, and then, at some point in the future, to buy that property from the landlord. Oftentimes, these queries are asked by …
View MoreI'm often surprised, and occasionally amused, at the conventional myths that many people cling to in Real Estate. How many of the following do you embrace?
Myth #1 - Foreclosures are a good deal.
Let's define a good deal. A good deal is buying a house for …
I've been dying to write a discussion the last couple of days about the economy and the stock market. When the stock market dives like this, I find it hard not to watch MSNBC and the like. Although brutal, watching a train wreck in slow motion (or not so …
View MoreJust some commentary on this article in the Globe this week!
How tight is the rental market? REALLY tight. A week or so ago I had a call off the blog for someone who was interested in renting one of our houses for sale …
View MoreFull disclosure: I still think a full PC is the best way to begin a real estate search on the net. But if you're just perusing listings on your iPhone, these are worth a look.
Trulia.com Iphone Real Estate App
Trulia can do GPS based searches, as can …
View MoreI have come across numerous people who get very excited about buying FSBO's: For Sale by Owner Properties. I'm not sure why, but basically what I've gathered is that there is a urban myth out there that the best deals are FSBO's. After all, the seller …
View MoreA huge question is looming out there in the markets. Let's take a look at where things stand.
QE2 is short hand for the Quantitative Easing that the Fed is doing. I won't bore you with how it actually works, but suffice to say …
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Time for an update on a very popular subject here on the blog. Here is the latest chart on where the hottest selling areas are in Metrowest. Here …
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OK. Been wanting to do this for a while, but hadn't worked out the Methodology and data sets yet. But, I'm close enough*, so wanted to get it out to …
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