Archive for January, 2011
What’s being said in the media: December 2010/Year-end home sales
Here are the articles that appeared in response to yesterday's release of our December 2010 and year-end Massachusetts housing data. As always, we'll update this post as more articles come in. Wednesday, January 26, 2010 Mass. housing market held steady for 2010 The Boston Globe Tuesday, January 25, 2010 Local real estate industry [...]
Mass. home sales up to close out the year in December
Today, we released the December 2010 and Year-end housing numbers and we closed out the year with positive news as home sales went up in December. This is the first time that year-over-year monthly sales went up since June, which was the final month to close on a home and qualify for the home buyer tax credit. The other news is that December [...]
Mortgage Interest Deduction update: resolution introduced
Back in December we wrote a post titled "The housing market needs the mortgage interest deduction and you can help". The article’s intent was to let you know that a suggestion was made to modify or eventually repeal the mortgage interest deduction (MID), one of the most important tax incentives for home ownership for over 80 years, as a good way [...]
Results of the 2010 Mass. Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers report released
In case you missed it last week (multiple snow storms can do that), we issued the results of our annual Massachusetts Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers Report. While you need to be a member of the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® to access the report, here are a few interesting facts that we wanted to share. To see more, click here to [...]
What’s being said in the media: December 2010 Realtor Market Index
Here are the articles that appeared in response to the release of the December 2010 Realtor Market Index (RMI) and Realtor Price Index (RPI) that we issued on Tuesday. We’ll update this post as additional articles come in. Tuesday, January 11, 2010 Mass. Realtors Less Optimistic About Housing Market Banker & [...]
