Credit Scoring Impacts Foreclosure vs Short Sale »

Original article source: Credit scores short sale vs foreclosure
It is probably safe to assume that most consumers like to work with folks they know can be trusted. In Real Estate, like some other businesses there are those that can always be counted on for delivering great advice and others that only care [...]

Home Equity Mortgage Loan Options »

Original article source: Massachusetts Real Estate Blog
When looking to take money out of an existing home or other Real Estate borrowers often have a decision to make on what is the best method to do so.
There are basically three financing options that are available to home owners. These include a cash out re-finance, [...]

Buying a Home After Foreclosure or Short Sale »

Original article source: Massachusetts Real Estate Blog
As a Realtor who has been heavily involved closing Massachusetts short sales over the last five years, one of the questions that I get asked quite often from home sellers is how long will it take before I will be able to [...]

The Benefits of a 203k Rehab Loan »

Original article source: Massachusetts Real Estate Blog
Guest blogger Michael Dunsky from Guaranteed Rate Mortgage is back to take to help review a popular mortgage program known as the 203k rehabilitation loan.
The landscape of the housing market all over the country has changed drastically over the last few years. Foreclosures and short sales have [...]

Fixing a Basement Water Problem! »

Original Source: Massachusetts Real Estate Blog
Working as a Massachusetts Realtor for almost twenty five years, I can say without question that one of the greatest fears of any home owner is having a water problem in their basement!
When buying a home, the uneasiness of having a water issue will be magnified ten [...]

How to Save Energy in Your Home »

Original Source: Massachusetts Real Estate Blog

It is no secret that energy prices have been a big part of every Massachusetts home owners budget for the last few years.
As we head towards Winter there are some fairly easy and inexpensive things you can do to save additional money and conserve energy. Some [...]

Home Improvements With The Worst Return on Investment »

Original Source: Massachusetts Real Estate Blog
One thing I have learned over the years while working as a Massachusetts Realtor is that many folks do not realize the correlation between making improvements to their home and what the corresponding return on investment will end up being.
So many people blindly assume that every improvement [...]

Getting The Best Home Mortgage For Your Needs »

Original Source: Massachusetts Real Estate

Getting the best mortgage home loan for your particular needs is all about doing the proper research so you can hand pick the program that works for your situation in life. There are numerous loan programs available to savvy home buyers.
The most common loan programs are the conventional [...]

Staging a home for sale to achieve the maximum sale price! »

Original Source: Hopkinton MA Real Estate

Back in the boom times of the Real Estate market from the mid 1990’s until the mid 2000’s getting a Massachusetts home truly ready for the market was far less important than it is today. Every home seller today is in stiff competition with the next guy [...]

How NOT to Sell a Home! »

Original Source: Milford MA Real Estate

Every week on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) you see countless homes that come up “expired”. For those that are not familiar with the term, an expired listing is a home that did not sell. When looking over the possible common denominators of why some homes do [...]