Metrowest Hazardous Waste Days
April 5th, 2010
Spring is here and cleanouts have begun! Time to plan for getting rid of all that hazardous waste around your home.
The Metrowest Boston area has special days set aside for homeowners to rid the house of waste.
Holliston Hazardous Waste Day -
July 24th, 2010 9-noon at Adams Middle School
Natick Hazardous Waste Day -
May 15th, 2010 from 9-noon - Natick District Court
Limited: Only 300 cars, so pre-register here
Framingham Hazardous Waste Day -
October – Town site for all recycling info
I will post more details from other area towns as they become announced.
The Metrowest Boston area appreciates that you dispose of your household chemicals at these special days that are offered.
Ed Daniels of Remax Executive Realty serves the Metrowest area towns. If considering a move, the MAhome Team would love the opportunity to help. Contact them at 508-341-7880 and Ed@MAhome.com
Categories: Events in Community, Framingham, Holliston, Natick
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Real Estate Internet Traffic
April 3rd, 2010
National real estate web sites are constantly attempting to get new visitors. All of them seem to tout themselves as #1.
Click here for report on National Website Traffic.
Realtor.com has been on the scene for a long time and has consistantly reported more traffic than all other sites. Here is a report out that lists the top websites dealing with real estate. Are you listed there?
Being a home seller in today’s marketplace requires you to be found on most of these.
Because the MLS data is shared with almost all of these sites, just by getting your home listed on MLS will cause it to be found on most of them.
Do you get added exposure on these sites when you list with your agent? This includes additional pictures, attaching a virtual tour, links to your listing agent, floor plans, etc.
Ed Daniels of Remax Executive can be found at www.MAhome.com, which just misses the number 1 spot of 7 M unique visitors per month!
Categories: Market Conditions, Real Estate
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Your Home Will NOT Be in the Paper
April 3rd, 2010
You just put your home on the market for sale. Excitement builds, the sign is in the yard. Everyone is asking about the price and wishing you the best of luck!
You are still frantic getting ready for the first open house. Looking over the Massachusetts homes for sale on MLS has been a pasttime of yours for at least a month.
Boy, you are practically famous… your home is there in the real estate section of the local paper. Thousands of readers are going to be viewing your beautiful home!
Sorry, Reality here!
The majority of Serious buyers are NOT looking in the real estate section of the newspaper.
Want to hear the top 3 people looking at the real estate section:
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Home sellers
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Real Estate Agents
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Moms of home sellers
If you are serious about hearing where the Home Buyers are coming from, there is one main source to turn to. The National Association of Realtors conducts a survey each year and compiles the results in a Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. Over 9,000 buyers and sellers of the past year responded to the survey.
The results of this survey:
3% of home buyers used newspapers and buying guides as their first step taken in the buying process.
47% of buyers researched on-line for homes or home buying information.
In response to additional questions about what information sources were used in their home buying search:
90% Internet
87% Real Estate Agent
59% Yard Sign
46% Open House
40% Print Newspaper advertisement
So, as a smart businessman, when I am given the job of marketing your home for sale, where do you think I invest all my time and energy? Getting a home in the best possible position on the internet and with the local Realtor community is my main focus!
Great pictures, virtual tours, staging of a property, Featured internet exposure, and broker tours are the ticket to selling a home!
Of course it is nice to see your home in the newspapers, but unfortunately, it is not even close to being as important as presented well on the internet!
Ed Daniels of Remax Executive Realty can be reached at 508-341-7880 or Ed@MAhome.com. The MAhome Team works with buyers and sellers of real estate in the Metrowest region of Boston, Masschusetts.
Categories: Market Conditions, Real Estate
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Very 1st Step for Buying a Home
March 8th, 2010
Most buyers of a new home will be financing that home with a mortgage. Since this will be likely your largest debt, doesn’t it make sense to get the lowest interest rate?
I participated in a website tool today that could get you started down the right path!
Credit.com offers a tool to consumers to “grade” their credit report. Best yet, it is FREE, no detrimental ”inquiry” is created, and I completed it in 8 minutes!
Go to the Credit Report Card on www.Credit.com
The site will give you a score of A+ thru F on several scoring categories used by credit scoring firms. They also describe what to do and not to do in trying to fix the issues.
Also review my past blog post on credit reports and your score. MetrowestHome.com Blog Post on Credit Scoring
The Money Magazine article I found this in also recommends www.CreditKarma.com as a 2010 recommended website. It will show you how changing one factor might affect your credit score.
Ed Daniels, of Re/Max Executive Realty in Hopkinton, Massachusetts can be reached at 508-341-7880 with any MA real estate questions. Covering the Metrowest Boston real estate market, the MAhome Team has served clients in buying and selling homes since 1998.
Categories: Mortgage Updates, Real Estate
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The Bounce of Zillow
February 25th, 2010
I picked out a few of the Metrowest Boston towns to display price graphs. Check out this tool to see how your MA home value has been doing the past few years.
The real estate market peaked around June of 2005, so swallow hard and check out your Massachusetts hometown!
Categories: Real Estate
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Holliston Water Failing in Only 2 Ways?
February 15th, 2010
Holliston Aquaduct?
In reading the Holliston TAB the other day I came across the following article:
Five of Six Holliston Wells Have Significant Problems
As a citizen in town who likes to keep up with how the town is managed, I was amazed to hear this news.
Even more disappointing was the early quote in the article from Larry Weise, Chairman of the Board of Water Commissioners. Mr. Weise was reported to say the town has two issues threatening the town’s water supply: Quantity and Quality.
WHAT? That sums up water supply… Quantity and Quality! There is nothing else.
Categories: Holliston, Hopkinton, Medway, Town Hall Info
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Holliston Company – Limbs for Soldiers
February 8th, 2010
A Holliston company, Liberating Technologies , was brought to my attention by a Metrowest Daily News article. I wanted to share it as a great local company that is using our federal funds well, plus doing a service for our brave soldiers.
Over the past 4 years, $8.8 million has been secured to work on the prostheses needed for lower limbs. This company also works on technology for arms and hands, but the leg technology has more challanges to get right.
Categories: Holliston, Preferred Business, Real Estate
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2009 Review of Massachusetts Housing
January 26th, 2010
The Massachusetts Association of Realtors released the year end numbers for Massachusetts this morning.
Statewide the single family home sales increased 4.1% over 2008.
Single family median selling prices fell 6.8% compared to 2008, falling from $311,000 to $290,000.
MAR separates out these reports into “regions”. Metrowest area of Massachusetts falls within the region of Greater Boston. This region saw the following results:
- A 2.6% increase in sales over 2008
- Median prices declined 3.6% compared to 2008
- Median price is $434,000 in this region
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Metrowest Election Results for Senate
January 20th, 2010
The election results are IN for Senator in Washington. The Metrowest region had a great turnout and for that we can all be proud that democracy is working!
Below are results from each Metrowest MA town and the vote counts for either Scott Brown (R) or Martha Coakley (D):
Categories: Ashland, Bellingham, Framingham, Grafton, Holliston, Hopkinton, Local Communities, Marlborough, Medway, Milford, Natick, Southborough, Town Hall Info, Westborough
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Holliston MA Market Review Jan 2010
January 13th, 2010
Would I be surprising you if I made the statement that it is a Seller’s Market in Holliston MA right now? The Median Sales Prices have remained steady compared to the year earlier, which should be considered a WIN for homeowners in this economy.
Here is a quick bullet of Holliston’s Marketplace:
- Average selling time over the past year has been 122 days on market.
- Median price is $350,000 over the past 12 months. Same as previous year.
- There are currently 36 Active single family homes on market.
- Holliston has 3.2 months of inventory currently – Under 4 months is considered a Seller’s Market
- Sellers are getting 95% of Listing Price over the past year. 91% of Original Asking Price.
Just so that I am not coming across those readers that think I am a typical Realtor reporting only the “positive” stats, I have reported Median prices as opposed to Average prices. This is because Average prices create a higher weight to the higher end priced homes and Median prices do not.
That being said, the average prices for the past 12 months were $388882, down from the 12 months previous of $396328. This results in a 2% decline in average prices in Holliston.
I have a buyer currently looking to spend up to mid $500K in Holliston, Medway or Hopkinton. I just mailed a postcard to 400 Holliston households asking them if they were considering a move. In 12 years as a Realtor, I can say I have never done this before.
I believe this type of low inventory will result in upward price pressure for Holliston housing stock in 2010.
Ed Daniels of Remax Executive Realty is on the MAHome Team serving Metrowest Boston. Contact him at 508-341-7880 with any questions about Holliston’s real estate market.Categories: Holliston, Market Conditions, Real Estate
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