What the NAR settlement means for homebuyers and sellers
Last October I gave a rundown on the legal battles in the real estate industry around how commissions are paid, and a few potential...
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Lara
- Sep 10
Cambridge & Somerville home values in 2024
Years ago I used to do annual blog posts on the relative value of homes in our market year-over-year, but it's been a while since I've...
Lara
- Jun 3
YTD condo sales down in Cambridge & Somerville
This is a quick update to a post I ran in April, on the subject of "wow -- things are slow for peak spring market." Activity seemed to...
Lara
- Apr 18
It really IS as slow as it seems
So here we are on April 18, squarely in the middle of what is traditionally "peak" spring market. And yet things feel really slow. I've...
Lara
- Jan 4
When a realtor buys a home...
Here's the problem with working in real estate: you fall in love with a lot of houses. Or at least I do. And it always bums me out when a...
Lara
- Nov 15, 2023
State of the market -- fall 2023
It's hard to make sense of the current market. REALLY hard. I keep reading things in the news about home sale prices going down, more...
Lara
- Oct 26, 2023
Real estate commission drama & what it means for you
I assume by now that most of you have at least passing knowledge of the current law suits over commissions in the real estate industry,...
Lara
- May 20, 2023
What happened to the spring market?
As Memorial Day approaches, we are entering what is typically the real estate summer doldrums. But perhaps this year no one will notice...
Lara
- Jun 17, 2022
Mortgage rates vis-a-vis the Fed rate hike
I'm sure it's news to no one that this week, the Fed made the largest interest rate increase since the early 90s in an attempt to rein in...
Lara
- Apr 22, 2022
Spring 2022: real estate so far this year
This spring, there are three major housing market themes in Cambridge, Somerville, Greater Boston, and Massachusetts generally -- low...
Lara
- Mar 22, 2022
Here comes the sun... and another spring market
Now that we're solidly into March, it's officially spring and inventory is starting to pick up. That's the good news. The bad news (for...
Lara
- Feb 1, 2022
2022 is looking like more of the same
... or maybe even a crazier real estate market than 2021, if you can imagine. Apparently we just wrapped up the hottest January of real...
Lara
- Oct 28, 2021
Market status and predictions
It's so funny that 90% of the time before someone asks me what is going to happen with the market in the coming year, they precede it...
Lara
- Sep 8, 2021
Summer's over -- back to real estate!
After more than a year of the ridiculously busy COVID real estate market, I gave myself the summer off. Making the decision felt a bit...
Lara
- Feb 12, 2021
Spring has sprung -- at least for real estate...
In case you're wondering how real estate is going so far in 2021, let me share a few anecdotes: Last weekend I showed some clients a...
Lara
- Oct 22, 2020
It's a great time to buy a condo!
It may be a crazy-scary-bad time for our country and the world, frankly, but there is a little glimmer of a silver lining for one segment...
Lara
- Sep 28, 2020
Home buying & selling in a COVID world
Things have evolved since I first wrote on this topic back in March. Open houses are back, though not entirely, we all know the drill for...
Lara
- Sep 26, 2020
Crazy times -- Fall market update
The last time I wrote a blog post of substance was back in March, just after we’d gone into lockdown mode for the coronavirus. At the...
Lara
- Mar 20, 2020
What COVID-19 means for Cambridge & Somerville home buyers and sellers
Updated March 29, 2020 This is now the third version of this post, which I've been revising as I learn more and things evolve and I...
Lara
- Jan 30, 2020
It may be only January but the spring real estate market is here!
As a realtor, the question I always get is "how's the market?" And you might expect that going into an election year, with the political...
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