This is the time of year I am asked by clients, friends and basically anyone who knows I'm in real estate to pull out my crystal ball and...

Last October I gave a rundown on the legal battles in the real estate industry around how commissions are paid, and a few potential...

Years ago I used to do annual blog posts on the relative value of homes in our market year-over-year, but it's been a while since I've...

This is a quick update to a post I ran in April, on the subject of "wow -- things are slow for peak spring market." Activity seemed to...

So here we are on April 18, squarely in the middle of what is traditionally "peak" spring market. And yet things feel really slow. I've...

It's hard to make sense of the current market. REALLY hard. I keep reading things in the news about home sale prices going down, more...

I assume by now that most of you have at least passing knowledge of the current law suits over commissions in the real estate industry,...

As Memorial Day approaches, we are entering what is typically the real estate summer doldrums. But perhaps this year no one will notice...

This spring, there are three major housing market themes in Cambridge, Somerville, Greater Boston, and Massachusetts generally -- low...

Now that we're solidly into March, it's officially spring and inventory is starting to pick up. That's the good news. The bad news (for...

... or maybe even a crazier real estate market than 2021, if you can imagine. Apparently we just wrapped up the hottest January of real...

It's so funny that 90% of the time before someone asks me what is going to happen with the market in the coming year, they precede it...

After more than a year of the ridiculously busy COVID real estate market, I gave myself the summer off. Making the decision felt a bit...

Things have evolved since I first wrote on this topic back in March. Open houses are back, though not entirely, we all know the drill for...

The last time I wrote a blog post of substance was back in March, just after we’d gone into lockdown mode for the coronavirus. At the...

Updated March 29, 2020 This is now the third version of this post, which I've been revising as I learn more and things evolve and I...

As a realtor, the question I always get is "how's the market?" And you might expect that going into an election year, with the political...

Happy 2019! After enjoying some rare downtime during the holidays, I’m back in full real estate mode today, and like so many people out...

It’s good to be a seller in a sellers’ market. That said, it’s still critical that you hire a list agent who will understand your...

Don’t worry about Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction of six more weeks of winter — that doesn’t mean you have to wait to sell  your home…...