New Housing Characteristics

THEY’RE GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER

According to the Census Bureaus’ Characteristics of New Housing report for 2007, the average square footage of homes is currently at a historic high.

On average, a completed single-family home had 2,521 square-feet, up 2.1% from 2,469 square-feet in 2006.

Additionally, the report provides characteristics on indoor and outdoor housing features. Data from …

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Weichert Forecasts Housing Market on the Rise

Real estate pioneer calls the bottom of the market and expects home sales to begin showing modest, steady increases

As president and founder of Weichert, Realtors, one of the nation’s largest privately-held real estate companies, James M. Weichert has seen his share of market shifts. In fact, Weichert has become quite efficient at predicting changes by …

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Do Wellesley Buyers Prefer One Stop Shopping?

You’ve just signed an Offer to Purchase on your new dream home. Your energy level is at an all time high, and if you had your way, you’d close on the transaction tomorrow. But what does your Realtor do? Does he/she hand you a list of lawyers, mortgage lenders and other service …

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Renting? Now’s a Great Time to Buy !

Renters Plan to Buy Homes

According to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive for the National Apartment Association, one in five renters plan to buy a home in the next year, and most said they expected to make the move to homeownership within five years. Cumulatively, 41 percent of renters said they no longer expect to …

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Home Staging Can Give You More Bang For Your Buck

What’s the fuss with “home staging”, and why is everyone talking about it? Well, for a small up front investment, it can pay off handsomely when it comes to home selling. If you’d like to discuss home staging ideas in greater detail, contact me at 781-237-3102.

Self-proclaimed “creator of home staging,” Barb Schwarz estimates that about …

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Blog Probes Real Estate Models

www.REALonomics.net is a blog that is asking serious questions about where the real estate industry is going. More specifically, REALonomics poses challenges to the broker/owners to adopt models that will allow their organizations to become more transparent.REALonomics.net advocates that the industry open up the property information portals to consumers and …

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Hospitals and Physicians

When someone relocates they often seek information about physicians, specialists, hospitals and other types of health care, such as extended care. Is there a resource in Wellesley for health care information?

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