School’s out next week for April Vacation, and while it feels like we might be turning a corner with the pandemic, we still need to exercise caution with our travel plans. That shouldn’t mean you miss out on the fun though! We’ve come up with 5 fun places to visit in our local towns - one for each day of the week - so check out our list and [...]
If you are a follower of real estate news you can’t have failed to notice the huge buzz around the housing market. If there ever was a “seller’s market” then this is it - there is a drastic shortage of available inventory and interest rates are historically low, leading to a surplus of buyers all eager to jump on or jump up the housing ladder. The result is an increase in house prices in virtually all our towns - up 25% year-to-date in Lexington and up 16% in Concord. Speed is also of the essence - on average, houses are spending just 15 days on market in Acton before an accepted offer. So, while you might be thinking of taking advantage of this extremely active market and listing your home, you may also be hesitant to jump in if you don’t know where you are going to move. If your home sells quickly, how do you make sure you don’t end up with nowhere to go? What if your ideal home comes on the market before you’ve closed on your own place - how do you make your offer look competitive against others?
Introducing Buy Before You Sell, one of the White Glove services offered by Barrett Sotheby’s International Realty. This unique service gives you the opportunity to use most of your home’s value, enabling you to move forward with the purchase of your new home without having to make an offer contingent on your own sale. You can also lock in the current low interest rates for your next home purchase. Unlike a bridge loan, there are no additional monthly payments and no impact on your credit rating. This concierge service can also take care of preparing and staging your home for sale, ensuring you achieve the maximum price for your greatest asset.
Purchase the home you want before you sell the home you have. Talk to one of our experienced agents today about whether the Buy Before You Sell program is right for you.
If you are worried your home is not yet ready for sale, ask about our White Glove pre-listing prep service. Refresh, Renovate and Stage enables you to get your home looking its best with repairs, decorating and staging AND defer payment for services until after closing.
Spring has arrived, the sun is shining and the whole of New England wants to be outside! Enjoying your outdoor space is top of mind right now as we thaw out from another cold winter and embrace the warmer temperatures. Whether you have a patio, deck or veranda, it’s a bonus to have some room outside to relax or entertain. There are [...]
It’s now over a year since our part of the world shut down in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then we’ve seen many peaks and troughs in the battle against the virus, but after an initial pause, the housing market has remained steadily on the up. During the lockdown in March and April, when businesses were closed and real estate [...]
Outdoor space has never been more important than during the past year. As we all scramble to find safe ways to meet family and friends, or just to escape our four walls for a short while, our yards, patios and gardens have taken on a new significance. Whether you are an aspiring vegetable gardener, enjoy outdoor entertaining, or hanker for [...]
Boston is a great city to settle down in - or outside of! Living in the Boston suburbs provides the best of both worlds. You can have access to the hustle and bustle of the city, including the booming job market, while still being able to come home to a yard and a driveway with plenty of parking. Picking which suburb to settle down in can be [...]
Wallpaper is enjoying something of a renaissance in home decor. No longer an unwelcome reminder of the 80s, modern patterns and styles are featured on home styling blogs and Pinterest is full of inspirational wallpaper designs. As well as updated patterns, this time around wallpaper is being used in different places, for example on the [...]
It might not feel like spring when you step outside, but as far as the real estate market goes we are in full bloom! Our agents are reporting an uptick in activity in the past month, with long lines at open houses and multiple offers with very competitive terms. Taking a look at the standard metrics we measure, we can see a continuation of [...]
Breakfast - the most important meal of the day. Especially on the weekend, when breakfast can be taken at a more leisurely pace, a sit-down occasion to be savored rather than a grab and dash affair. This is when a breakfast room comes into its own - a place to enjoy a cup of coffee and a plate of pancakes and contemplate the day ahead. [...]