March 2020

Buying and selling a home during a pandemic

  This is a thought that we are sure has hung heavy on the minds of many who were considering buying or selling real estate in 2020. You planned for months, prepared, saved, and searched but now what to do?  Should you put your house on the market?  Should you continue your home search and…

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Executive Order Covering Smoke, CO Detector Inspections in Massachusetts

On March 20th, the Governor of Massachusetts along with the State Fire Marshall issued an emergency executive order regarding licensing and inspections. The inspections information is what we want to highlight in this post, as it will effect real estate transactions during this time. Here is the exact wording from a memorandum issued by the…

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Fed Rate Cut vs. Mortgage Rates

  Last week, in our Journey Home newsletter we included our first, of hopefully many more, Partner Corner section. This Partner Corner featured content shared by RMS Mortgage on their social page about the fed rate cut and what this means for mortgage rates. Something that confused many, including me I’ll admit. Our friends at…

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CMA: Discovering a Home’s Value

We are continuing to see home values in the Greater Newburyport area of Massachusetts and Seacoast area of New Hampshire increase. If you are thinking of selling your home this year, or buying a home, how do you determine market value? You can look at homes currently on the market and the list price. You…

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Strong Start for Housing Market in 2020…What’s Your Next Move?

Let’s start at the end, or “bottom line” as Keeping Current Matters (KCM) calls it in their blog. In the sites recent post, “Real Estate Is Soaring, But Not Like 2008,” from March 4, 2020 they state: “The year has started off very nicely for the residential housing market. If you’re thinking of buying or…

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