Overall, last week was a great week in real estate. All of the major economic directional signs that can affect the real estate market were pointing in a positive direction. Pending sales jumped back up in December after a slow November month i…

The National Association of Realtors® reports that beginning Feb 1st, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will provide mortgage insurance for some purchases in which the seller bought the property and held it for fewer than 90 days. The agency…

Attorney and Realtor Rich Rosa posted an article today on the Boston Globe’s Real Estate Blog. Rich was asked to take a legal look at the matter of procuring cause disputes, a phenomenon that often occurs between cooperative real estate agents behin…

Massachusetts Association of Realtors says single-family homes in Massachusetts under sales agreements have increased 8 percent since last year. It has been seven straight months since January that both single-family and condominiums sales increased…

According to the Salem Gazette, the old Salem Jail, at the corner of Bridge and St. Peters Street in Salem, MN, will likely be transformed into 23 condo units (which may be first available as apartments), a restaurant and a small museum devoted to…

The National Association of Realtors came out with the pending sales numbers for the month of January this week. January was the seventh straight month in Massachusetts which pending sales of single-family, multi-family, and condominiums all rose co…