New Listings week ending March 12

Just a smattering of New Listings this week: (more…)

Open Houses weekend March 13/14

Here are this weekend’s Open Houses. Be aware that with such low inventory, many new listings receive offers before the weekend Open Houses.
This list will be updated on Sunday morning (because of the quirks of MLS some of the Sunday Open Houses don’t show up on Saturday.) (more…)

New Listings mid-week March 10

A still small number of new listings:

New Listings (more…)

Where have all the sellers gone?

As I read this New York Times article: Where have all the houses gone? my mind went to Yogi Berra’s line of “it’s deja vu all over again” as I checked my files and discovered that this will be my 5th article with this title – and the first was written in 2013.

Let’s look at the what and the why.

First, the what. This chart shows that inventory has plummeted across the country:

Housing Inventory (more…)

Open Houses on my brother’s birthday

As usual, a few more Open Houses than were in yesterday’s list: (more…)

Goodbye sub 3% mortgages

It was only last July that the 30-year Fixed Rate Mortgage (FRM) dropped below 3% for the first time and this week it moved back above 3% again, following the direction of the 10-year Treasury Note (10T).

Mortgage rates (more…)

2020 Market Reports: Town by Town Reviews

Market Reports for all 34 cities and towns in Essex County are now available on the website.

This is the link to that page: 2020 Market Reports by Town (more…)

Open Houses weekend March 6/7

Here are this weekend’s Open Houses. Be aware that with such low inventory, many new listings receive offers before the weekend Open Houses.
This list will be updated on Sunday morning (because of the quirks of MLS some of the Sunday Open Houses don’t show up on Saturday.) (more…)

New Listings week ending March 5

A few more New Listings this week:

(more…)

New Listings mid-week March 3

A few more new listings: (more…)