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 attempt to share what I k...

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 climate as it is, th...

While it’s only January and the prime spring market is still a couple months away, it’s NOT too early to be prepping for your home search if you’d like to bu...

Happy 2019! After enjoying some rare downtime during the holidays, I’m back in full real estate mode today, and like so many people out there, wondering what...

At the end of every spring/summer market I like to do a little recap / analysis on prices. This year, as expected, prices rose yet again across the board. If...

Buying a condo is 1/3 more complicated than buying a single-family home. That’s because when buying a home, the lender needs to vet you, to be sure your cred...

So you’ve just closed on a lovely condo in a brand new association – congratulations! Now it’s time to roll up your sleeves and take care of a few logistical...

Yes, the stories you are hearing in all the local media are true — the housing market is still going crazy, multiple offers are everywhere, contingencies are...

It used to be that when priced out of Cambridge, condo buyers could go to Somerville, but over the years, “The ‘Ville” has become more and more popular, and ...

Anyone who’s been involved — or even KNOWS someone who’s been involved — in a recent home sale or purchase in the Greater Boston area is likely well aware th...

As in, this month. Yep. We’ve been hearing this for a while now (years!) but Inman News, the top-rated real estate news site on the Web, lays out a case for w...

Over the past few weeks, my buyer clients and I have been EXTREMELY happy to see that each week, many new listings are coming on the market. In fact, Cambrid...

This is my final post of a three-part series for Cambridge / Somerville homeowners who want to sell their homes and buy new ones, but aren’t sure how to best...

This is the second of a three-part series on strategies for homeowners who want to sell their homes and buy new ones. Yesterday I wrote about selling your ho...

To buy or not to buy. That is the question. In the past couple years, many of my buyer clients have asked me my opinion, and while it’s hard to give an acros...

I can’t tell you how happy I was to receive an email today announcing that Leader Bank, a great local bank based in Arlington, is now going to be offering br...

There are many things along the course of a real estate transaction that can cause problems or even kill a deal: a bad inspection, issues with a condo associ...