Jay's Blog

When you sell your home, who sets the price? How can you be sure the price is neither too high nor too low? As the homeowner, you set the price on your own house. Period. Your real estate agent you will provide useful information to help you decide on the price, but the final decision will be you...

Here's a report without the usual "spin" or "happy face" customarily displayed by those in our industry that refuse to face/disclose the facts.The following was reported in the Boston Globe's Business section on January 26th, written by Kimberly Blanton:Massachusetts house prices tumbled 5.4 perc...

Massachusetts single-family housing sales had their worst December since 1991, and the median sale price fell 8.1 percent to $310,000 in December 2006, the lowest monthly figure since March 2004, according to a report by the Warren Group, a Boston provider of real estate data and the publisher of...

Has the time come to make some tough decisions? If you've outgrown your present home, there are two questions to ask yourself:  Should I add on to my present home, giving me the needed extra room or amenities, and allowing me to stay where I am? Or should I sell and purchase another home that al...

Selling your home this year? Here are some simple but effective ideas for a successful showing:Leave the house during each showing. Buyers will not be comfortable bringing up objections with you around; let your Realtor® handle the showing and point out your home's best features.Turn on every li...

When it comes to buying a home, how do you choose a real estate agent? A spin of the wheel of fortune is one familiar method – making phone calls to many different real estate companies that advertise in the newspaper or that you find online. Each time you dial a number, you get a different agen...