Boston Condos for Sale and Apartments for Rent
Boston condo buyers on the fence like “scared cats”
“Marry the house, date the rate.” That truism is so present with Boston condo buyer circles, who have now heard the pitch from more than one prospective Boston condo agent.
But like any cliché, it carries a hint of truth — unlike your Boston condo, you can always refinance your mortgage in a few years if rates go down. This nugget is so prominent right now because, as spring buying season heats up in downtown Boston, rates are the primary deciding factor for most Boston condo buyers and sellers.
Many Boston condo buyers right now who are pre-qualed, ready to go, are sitting on the fence like scared cats just watching.
Boston Condo Buyers
Each Spring, Bostonians start to buy Boston condos for sale in greater numbers. The Boston condo buyers continues thru the summer season, wraps up around Thanksgiving, at which point holidays and travel picks up, and temperatures make moving seem like an exercise in self-immolation in New England.
Agents and the industry are quick to say that conditions this year are not as bad as people (the media) are making them seem. Boston brokers are busy, and the market is moving at a much healthier pace than the media makes it.
