All Posts Tagged With: "starter investments"

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Bay State Rents: Good News for Landlords

Bay State rents are on the rise according to two different sources.
The Boston area saw a 3.3% increase in rents over 2007 according to data compiled by Investment Instruments and their online application, rentometer. This is inline with what we would normally expect or hope for but in fact for several years rents were [...]

15Apr2008 | Brecht Palombo | 0 comments | Continued
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Boston.com Reports That “Homes May be Nearing the Bottom” - Multis Too?

Applebaum (not to be confused with Papelbon) of the Boston.com and the Globe reports that
Sales of single-family homes in Massachusetts remained in a deep rut in February, 19 percent below sales in the same month last year, but in a sign that the worst may be upon us, the depth of the rut did not [...]

26Mar2008 | Brecht Palombo | 0 comments | Continued
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Existing Home Sales Surprise

What do you want first the good news or the “other” news? OK, the good news first.
The good news is that existing home sales were reported to be up in February for the first time in 7 months as reported by the NAR today at 10AM. Purchases increased 2.9% to an annual rate of 5.03 [...]

24Mar2008 | Brecht Palombo | 0 comments | Continued