Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® Press Room
The MAR Press Room is designed for members of the media seeking information on Massachusetts housing reports, home sales statistics, press releases from MAR and information on the REALTOR® Association.
Members of the media should direct all requests and inquiries to MAR Communications Director
Eric Berman at 781-839-5507.
| Brewster Broker Installed as Secretary-Treasurer of the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® |
| 12/5/2012 |
| Waltham, Mass. – November 28, 2012 – Anne Blatz, a broker-manager at Kinlin Grover Real Estate in Brewster, was installed on November 28, 2012 as the Secretary-Treasurer of the 19,000-member Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) for 2013. The event took place at the Nantasket Beach Resort in Hull, Mass. and included the installation of the MAR Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Blatz’s term officially begins on January 1, 2013. |
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| Newburyport Broker to Serve on the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® |
| 12/5/2012 |
| Waltham, Mass. – November 28, 2012 – Trisha McCarthy, broker with Keller Williams Realty in Newburyport will serve as immediate past president of the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) in 2013. |
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| Increase in October Home Prices Biggest in Over Two Years |
| 11/27/2012 |
| Home sales up for the 16th straight month
WALTHAM, Mass. – November 27, 2012 – The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) reported today that October single-family median home prices had their biggest monthly increase since June 2010, the last month of the home buyer tax credit. The number of closed home sales was up again for the 16th straight month compared to the year before. Both condominium prices and sales were also up from October 2011. |
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| REALTOR® Price Confidence Index Hits another All-Time High in October |
| 11/20/2012 |
| Overall confidence in the market continues to be up
WALTHAM, Mass. – November 20, 2012 – The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) today announced that for the fifth time in eight months the *REALTOR® Price Confidence Index (RPCI) hit an all-time high in October. Confidence in the overall real estate market also continued to be positive as the *REALTOR® Market Confidence Index (RMCI) rose for the 15th straight month. Because Massachusetts was generally spared the destruction suffered elsewhere by Hurricane Sandy, the majority of REALTOR®-members asked felt that people in the middle of the buying and selling process were not impacted by the storm.
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| Homes Put Under Agreement in October had Second Largest Year-over-Year Increase |
| 11/14/2012 |
| Pending home sales have gone up 18 straight months
WALTHAM, Mass. - November 12, 2012 – The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) reported today that pending home sales in October experienced their second biggest year-over-year increase since MAR began tracking this data. Condominium pending sales have also gone up significantly compared to the year before. Pending sales figures (also called homes under agreement) are a leading indicator of actual housing sales in Massachusetts for the following 2-3 months.
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