Hope Springs Forth for Housing Market
Brokers’ and agents’ hopes are springing to life after a tough holiday season like the snowdrops popping up among the dead leaves across Massachusetts this month thanks to an unseasonably warm winter.
Community Good Works
Somerville-based Naveo Credit Union employees dressed up in costumes on Monday, October 31 and raised over $160 for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society during their Costumed for a Cure event.
Personnel File – No. 304
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: it’s The Personnel File.
Brokers Weigh Spending on Tech for Agents
The cooling real estate market will likely mean an era of cost-benefit analysis on what technology works best for agents and for clients.
For Mass. Remote Workers, Life’s a Beach
Homebuyers looking to retire early or work remotely from more bucolic surroundings continued to flood Cape Cod towns and some South Shore this spring, pushing median sale prices to astounding heights. These towns saw the most price growth.
Brokerages Reevaluate Space Needs Post-COVID
Like most other employers across the state, local real estate leaders are mulling how much office space they’ll need for agents and other operations after the COVID-19 crisis fully recedes and the economy slowly returns to a new normal.
Agents Thrive Amid Extreme Seller’s Market
Massachusetts’ incredibly tight market has challenged real estate agents competing for listings and clients, forcing some part-time agents to step back from the market even as others have seen their businesses grow.
iBuyers Have Arrived in Greater Boston. But Will They Thrive?
RedfinNow, Redfin’s iBuying service, recently entered the red-hot suburban Boston housing market. But the move’s biggest impact, for now, could be to boost the discount brokerage’s market share among open-market home sales.
Community Good Works
Banks, Realtors and commercial landlords gave back to their communities with time, money and expertise in recent weeks.
Local Brokerages Offer to Pay for Home Renovations
The launch of HOMERedi makes Jack Conway part of a growing cohort of real estate brokerages, including Compass and Coldwell Banker, willing to temporarily foot the bill for home improvements that keep housing stock moving and fetching higher prices.
Community Good Works
Banks and real estate agents gave back to their communities in many ways in recent days.
Few Real Estate Brokerages Received for PPP Loans
Only a few of the state’s best-known real estate brokerages received Paycheck Protection Loans earlier this year as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the Massachusetts housing market.
Personnel File
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: it’s The Personnel File.
Community Good Works
Members of the building trades, the banking industry and the real estate industry donated their time and money in ways big and small to their communities recently.
Community Good Works
Members of the banking and real estate industries were hard at work this holiday season giving back to their communities in many ways, from toy donations to monetary gifts and volunteer time.
Personnel File
Members of the banking and real estate communities have been on the move as of late. See who’s been promoted and hired in this week’s Personnel File.
Jack Conway & Co. Buys Brighton Brokerage
Jack Conway & Co., the largest independent real estate brokerage based in Massachusetts has bought Vanguard Realty, a Brighton-based real estate firm.
Focus on Philanthropy
Every year, Banker & Tradesman rounds up a snapshot of good deeds performed by industry professionals in the finance and real estate fields to commemorate the holiday giving season. As 2018 wraps up, Banker & Tradesman is pleased and proud to acknowledge some of the fine work done by volunteers in industries and communities across the commonwealth.
Community Good Works
Banks and companies in the real estate industry from around New England gave back to their communities in many ways this month.
Community Good Works
In this week’s roundup of Community Good Works, banks, credit unions and real estate agencies are volunteering, feeding and building homes in their communities.
