Vacation Home Real Estate Market on the Rise!

Budge Huskey, president and chief operating officer of Coldwell Banker Real estate, appeared last night on Fox Business News. Budge explained how the increase in interest of second homes is a good sign of a rebounding housing market.


Call a Coldwell Banker Upton-Massamont Agent today, we host a great 2nd home market right here in the Berkshire foothills.

REALTORS Helping Homeowners

"Doing what we can to help homeowners, says Brian Sears member of the REALTOR Association of Pioneer Valley."

Trees are still being planted in tornado damaged areas: wwlp.com

Housing Market Recovering? Good Question!

Coldwell Banker sees signs of housing recovery.  Fox Business News interviewed Budge Huskey and discussed the outlook of the housing market and the signs of recovery. 

Keeping up with the news on the housing market you have to ask yourself, what are we looking for that will tell us the market is recovering?  In the confusion of all the numbers presently shared by professionals, which one will tell us if the housing market is turning around? 

". . . higher prices won't be the sign that tells us there's a real recovery under way. Rather, the recent pick-up in sales is what we should pay attention to."  Read more  . . . 

The American Dream in the Pioneer Valley

In 2011 we saw 1,572 single family and condominium sales in Franklin & Hampshire County with 704 of those sales under $200,000.  With so much talk about home affordability, it is great to see that almost half the homes sold are in the first-time home buyer range.  The average sale price for 2011 in Franklin County was $187.764 and in Hampshire County $263,866. 

YES, the American Dream is still available here in the Pioneer Valley.  Join the 74% of home buyers who use the internet to search for their home. 

Click HERE for Single Family Homes in Franklin County
Click HERE for Condominiums in Franklin County

Click HERE for Single Family Homes in Hampshire County
Click HERE for Condominiums in Hampshire County

Call one of our award-winning agents to assist you in your search today.

TREE RECYCLING IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

As we look at the first full weekend of 2012, we find ourselves working on New Year's resolutions and taking down the holiday decorations. This is a great time to expand recycling habits.

The live Christmas tree may be recycled and many towns offer this service to residents, earth911.org contains a list of towns.

Mass.gov offers some good information about tree recycling, answering questions like:
Why recycle your Christmas tree?
How can I recycle a Christmas Tree?
Where can I get more information?

Whether you consider recycling this year or next, check out this available information.

Real Estate Safety

KITCHEN SAFETY. . . .
Whether you own or rent your home Coldwell Banker Upton-Massamont REALTORS wants to share these home safety tips with you. This is a great video on "How to Childproof Your Kitchen".  For the majority of us the kitchen seems to be the gathering place of choice, safety matters.

Massachusetts Real Estate Market Levels?

The Boston Globe reported, Massachusetts home sale market is up for the first time in 6 month.  The article written by Erin Ailworth uses sources like Banker & Tradesmen (The Warren Group) and the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS to report on the state of our real estate market.  Cory Hopkins of the Warren Group stated in the article, “Maybe [the median price] has found its level a bit and people can be more confident that what they’re buying won’t dramatically decrease in value,’’.  All encouraging news for Massachusetts homeowners.  Read More . . . 

This Week in Real Estate News

This week real estate headlines focused on July sales.  The article linked below offers good information about who most active buyers are and points out some of the causes for transaction failure.  If you are wondering if you should be searching for real estate, the article below will give you an in depth look into today’s climate.

"Existing-home sales declined in July from an upwardly revised June pace but are notably higher than a year ago, according to the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. Monthly gains in the Northeast and Midwest were offset by declines in the West and South.  Read more . . .