Archive for October, 2010
What’s being said in the media: September REALTOR Market Index
Here are the articles that appeared in the media in response to the release of the September 2010 REALTOR(R) Market Index and REALTOR(R) Price Index. We'll update this post as additional articles come in. Friday, October 15, 2010 Lowell Sun Mass. Association of Realtors market index falls again Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Banker [...]
Mass. Realtor Market Index Down again in September
Today we issued the results of the Massachusetts REALTOR® Market Index (RMI) and Price Index (RPI). For the 4th straight month the RMI was down compared to the month before. While the RPI was also down for the 3rd straight month, it was up from August. The September “hot topic” question asked REALTORS® about the amount of change in [...]
What’s being said in the media: Sept. 2010 pending sales
Here are articles the appeared in response to the release of our September 2010 pending sales numbers. We'll update this post as additional articles come in. Tuesday, October 5 Banker & Tradesman Pending home sales continue to slide in September Boston.com Little immediate relief in sight for housing market Boston Business [...]
Federal sales tax on homes to pay for health care? Not exactly.
Here at MAR we have received dozens of calls and emails from members that start off like this: “I read on the Internet that a provision in the new federal health care law will put a new 3.8% sales tax on the sale of all homes. Is that true?” No. It is not true. An email has been circulating for months (and you may have even [...]
Pending sales continue to go down in September
Today we released the pending sales numbers for September and for the 5th straight month they have gone down compared to the year before. While the pending numbers "are what they are" as Coach Belichick might say, I still think it is important to take into consideration what we are comparing. We are currently in a post-tax credit market. [...]
