• Should You List Your Boston Home This Fall or Wait?,Tyler Smith

    Should You List Your Boston Home This Fall or Wait?

    Should you list your Greater Boston home this fall or wait until spring 2026? If your plan was to wait for lower mortgage rates, the data no longer supports it.  The 30-year fixed averaged 6.76% the week of September 10, 2026, even reaching 7%, and both Fannie Mae and the Mortgage Bankers Associatio

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  • The Pricing Mistakes Costing Greater Boston Sellers the Most Money,Tyler Smith

    The Pricing Mistakes Costing Greater Boston Sellers the Most Money

    What's the biggest pricing mistake Greater Boston sellers make? The most common mistake is overpricing at list to "leave room to negotiate," which causes a listing to sit unnoticed through its first two weeks, exactly when buyers watch most closely, and then forces a price cut that reads as a red fl

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  • Selling a Home With Leased Solar Panels in Massachusetts,Tyler Smith

    Selling a Home With Leased Solar Panels in Massachusetts

    Can you sell a house in Massachusetts with leased solar panels? Yes, but the lease has to be resolved before you close, and you have three paths: transfer the agreement to your buyer, buy out the remaining term, or pay a termination fee to have the system removed.  Buyouts commonly run $20,000 or mo

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