Archive for December, 2010
What’s being said in the media: November 2010 home sales
Here are the articles that appeared in response to the release of the November 2010 housing numbers yesterday. We’ll update this post as additional articles come in. However, feel free to let us know what you’re seeing in the market place. Happy Holidays from all of us at the Mass. Assoc. of REALTORS. Friday, December 24, [...]
Sales down as median prices continued to go up in November
Today we issued our November 2010 housing numbers and for the 13th straight month median prices continued to go up. While prices were up, sales of both single-family homes and condominiums were down compared to the year before - for the 5th straight month. However, before I get to the numbers, I wanted to point out one factor to keep in mind [...]
What’s being said in the media: November 2010 REALTOR(R) Market Index
Here are the articles that appeared in the media in response to the release of the November 2010 REALTOR(R) Market Index and REALTOR(R) Price Index. We’ll update this post as additional articles come in. Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Realtor Market Index declines Telegram.com (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) Survey: Realtor [...]
Mass. Realtor Price Index up from October
Today we issued the results of our November 2010 REALTOR® Market Index(RMI) and REALTOR® Price Index (RPI). The positive news is that on a month-to-month basis, the November RPI was up over October. This is the third month-to-month gain. The less-than-positive news is that the RMI was down compared to the month before after an increase in [...]
The housing market needs the mortgage interest deduction – and you can help!
A couple of weeks ago, The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (a non-partisan group created by President Obama via executive order back in February 2010) released its report titled “The Moment of Truth” The goal of this report was to identify ways to improve the country’s fiscal situation. Unfortunately, one of the [...]
