This is all food for thought if you are thinking of buying a home because waiting for a dramatic decrease in mortgage rates might not make sense.

Rescue the Runway was held August 17, 2014. All proceeds went to support the work of 4 very deserving MA based animal rescue organizations.

This latest Market Rewind report contain detailed data for the condo and single-family home markets for the second quarter of 2014 in GBAR's region 1 area.

For homebuyers relocating to metro Boston its always a shock to discover how expensive housing costs are in our area. For whatever reason real estate markets like San Francisco, New York and Seattle always seem to grab the headlines when it comes to surging prices and housing market performance.

Won't you join us in attending Rescue the Runway: Featuring Boston's Finest, a charity event in support of 4 Massachusetts based animal rescue organizations

49 Revere Street #1 is a great, well laid out lower level studio unit with almost 9 foot ceilings built for a king (bed that is). Renovated granite and stainless kitchen with dishwasher, gas cooking and two full windows.

Low interest rates and improving job market kept buyer demand high, but shortage of homes for sale resulted in a drop of closed sales in June 2014. Prices continued to move up because demand for available homes to buy outpaced supply.

Closed sales were up +5.7% Median prices were up +13.3% Inventory of Homes for Sale were down -23.6% Months Supply of Home for Sale were down -26.3% Days on market until sale were down -24.3% Percentage of original list price received were up +1.5% New Listings were up +0.3%

In case you've missed it, there's been a long simmering debate about how to bring the historic Boston neighborhood of Beacon Hill and its curbs into compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

Our handy metro Boston home buying / selling timeline shows the typical milestone for the home buying and selling process in our two step offer environment.