Lamacchia Named GBAR Realtor of the Year
The Greater Boston Association of Realtors named Anthony Lamacchia as the recipient of its 2024 Realtor of the Year award.
Lamacchia Realty Buys NAR President’s Brokerage
The state’s largest independent residential real estate brokerage now owns the home base of National Association of Realtors President Kevin Sears.
Mortgage Rates Hurt Sellers, Not Just Buyers in 2022
The big drop in home sales last year wasn’t a sign the market is crashing It was a sign Massachusetts was coming off an unsustainable two years. Here’s what that means for the market in 2023.
Market Rocketed Up Despite Pandemic Fears
The real estate market defied the pandemic by becoming more fast-paced and chaotic than ever, creating the 2020 version of a historic time for the real estate industry. And this story isn’t unique to Massachusetts: It’s happening nationwide.
Buyers Flood Markets in Delayed Spring Season
Sellers stayed home, buyers swamped markets statewide, the Cape posted record sales figures and urban condos kept selling. What didn’t happen in the spring-turned-summer real estate market?
Summer 2020 Market Correction Proves This is Not 2008
Although COVID-19 has certainly caused a massive slowdown in the market, mainly due to a lack of home sellers listing their homes, assuming that this will turn into a replay of the 2008 crisis is likely inaccurate.
New Listings Dropped 11 Percent as Virus Hit
New home listings in Massachusetts dropped over 11 percent year-over-year in March, according to data provided to Banker & Tradesman by the state’s largest multiple listings service.
Spring Will Be a Seller’s Market – If Sellers Don’t Blow It
The Massachusetts real estate market is poised for another seller’s market across large swaths of the state this spring – as long as sellers keep their expectations in check and don’t ask for overly high prices, market-watchers say.
Class Action Suit Could Change Real Estate Commissions
In what could be the most far-reaching antitrust lawsuit for the real estate market in decades, the National Association of Realtors and four of the largest realty companies have been accused of a conspiracy to systematically overcharge home sellers.
What’s in Store for Residential Real Estate in 2019?
2019 will be the best year to be a homebuyer in about four years. This will be especially true in the spring when bidding wars usually peak. There are four key areas both buyers and sellers should be aware of going into 2019.
