June Home Sales Plummet as Median Price rises
The state’s median single-family home sale price for June rose 4 percent year-over-year while there were only three-quarters as many home sales in the state in the same period, according to new data from The Warren Group, publisher of The Registry Review. The state...Fewer Appraisals Are Mandated, But They’re Still a Good Idea
Some homebuyers are about to catch a break, courtesy of the Federal Reserve Board and other banking regulators. As long as the price tag on their new homes is below $400,000, these lucky purchasers will no longer have to pay for a mandatory appraisal. But the other...
NAR Votes to Cracks Down on Pocket Listings
The National Association of Realtors’ board on Tuesday voted on a measure intended to crack down on the practice of “pocket listings,” where a real estate agent declines to list a sale on a multiple listings service, and instead markets the sale...Words Matter in Home Listings
Long ago, comedian George Carlin made a name for himself with a bit about the seven words that could not be said on television. Nowadays, you can hear all of those words on cable, and many of them on broadcast TV. But some real estate professionals say there are...This Week’s Paper: Digital Edition
