A Buyer’s Guide to a Multiple-Offer Situation In this fast paced, high demand, short supply market, navigating a multiple-offer situation as a buyer can be complicated and stressful. If you’ve been on the losing end of a multiple-offer situation in the past, the chances are you spend a great deal of your day watching…
Navigating Your Way Through a Home Inspection Getting your home inspected is a necessary step in the home-buying process, but it can be one of the most daunting. Houses which appear perfect from the curb may be hiding quite a few flaws. As you navigate your way through the home inspection process, keep these six…
Finding Your Perfectly Imperfect Home You may have dreamed up the black shutters, landscaped lawn, and white picket fence, but finding the “perfect home”, in truth, is as elusive as finding the perfect job or the perfect spouse. Perfection doesn’t really exist. Unfortunately, many buyers disagree, and as they become paralyzed by the idea of…
How to Prepare Your Home for an Open House Once you’ve decided to put your home on the market, you’ll want to set up an open house. Hosting an open house can leave an undeniable and unforgettable impression on potential buyers. Here are two important things to consider as the process gets underway. Presenting your…
When we talk about the spring market in real estate, we are not necessarily referring to that time of year when the first buds appear on the trees and the first flowers are peeping through the hardened ground. Spring, in the real estate universe, can start as early as late January. In truth, a lot…
When does the peak of the market come? Unfortunately, we never know until we start to slide down the other side. The same is, of course, true of the bottom of the market. Until prices start to climb and demand for properties increases, we don’t recognize that the bottom of the market has come and…
Real estate transactions are full of ups and downs. There is the excitement and energy of the home search, the nervous anticipation of submitting your offer, the joy at hearing your offer has been accepted. And then comes the home inspection, when you realize your perfect home isn’t perfect in every respect. There is the…
We all go to open houses. Some people are serial open house attendees, approaching them with the focus and thoroughness of an Army drill sergeant. Others take a more casual approach, wandering in on a whim. But no matter how you approach them, if you’re really looking for a home, it’s best to go into…
Why Cash Isn’t Always Best Very little would happen in the world without credit, but in real estate, just like everywhere else, cash is king. And when you put your house on the market, being told by your agent that you have an offer coming from a cash buyer is very good news, indeed. After…
Do You Really Know Boston? Boston is a city of neighborhoods, and because each one is so distinct—the North End’s old world charm, the South End’s Greek Revival architecture, the contemporary steel and glass of Downtown’s new high rises—it’s easy to fall in love with the one you call home. The hazard is, of course,…