Rescue Bill Announcement Update
Within the Economic Recovery Act HR 3221 signed into law, there is a tax credit up to $7,500 for first-time homebuyers purchasing homes between 4/9/2008-7/1/2009.
What is the definition of a first-time homebuyer?
The law definition is a buyer who has not owned a principle residence during the a 3 year period leading [...]

Here is a guest post from David Silverman, mortgage broker and Senior Vice President of Sherwood Mortgage Group.
Sherwood Mortgage has been in business since 1981. They have several local branches, including one at 437 Columbus Ave, in Boston’s South End neighborhood.
Mortgage loans remain available for those with strong credit
Starting in 2002, when mortgage rates [...]

You can still find a loan if you’re looking to buy a home.
From Realtor.org:

Just because low- and no-down-payment conventional loans are hard to come by doesn’t mean home buyers with little cash can’t get a deal.
Two lesser-known federally-sponsored mortgage programs are still available for home buyers with steady jobs, but no savings.
The U.S. [...]

Yeah, the following post on the Redfin blog is biased in favor of using a real estate agent when you sell, but it doesn’t mean it’s not true what they say. It’s about selling your home without an agent, as well as buying a home, directly from the owner.
I used to think that “for [...]

Living in a condo can cause problems. For that matter, so can living in a single-family home or apartment building.
The Globe’s Kimberly Blanton has a fun story in today’s paper about people moving into newly-constructed buildings instead of the typical “brownstone”.
Brownstones and brick row houses - Boston’s signature architecture - are losing their cachet [...]

Thinking of buying a home sometime in the near future, say, sometime during the next three months?
No doubt, you’re hearing from friends or family that you should tread carefully. Or, put your plans off, entirely.
Maybe you’re heading to a Fourth of July party, next weekend, and want some arguments to make in your own [...]