What can I buy in Massachusetts with $500,000?
If you're unsure what town(s) you can afford, or where you can get the most house for your money, you need to check out Random Home in MA. This is…
Swipe Right: The First Match-Based Home Search Is Here
We're thrilled to introduce the all-new version of the Torii mobile app, featuring the world's first-ever, intelligent, match-based search! (Download it now for iOS or Android) Now, instead of combing through endless dots on…
Home prices and volume up slightly in November – Boston Real Estate Trends
Month-over-month, Boston area prices are up very slightly. In our October report, the median price was $565,500. In November, the median sale price was $575,000, or an increase of about…
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Now is the time to buy. Boston Real Estate Trends
Not long ago, we wrote about why buying in the winter is actually the best time of the year to buy in Boston. Need more proof? The newest Torii Monthly Market…
How much house can I afford?
How much house can I afford? We get asked this question a lot. Our buyers usually have some sense of their budget, but if they don't, we put them in…
Real Estate’s Dirty Little Secret
When you buy a home, there’s almost always a commission offered to your buyer’s agent (assuming you’re using one). The total commission amount is agreed upon between the seller of…
How to Survive a New Move
Scene: You’ve just bought a new home (hopefully with Torii ????) or maybe you just signed a new lease. In either case, you show up to the front door brimming…
The $64,000 Question…of Homebuying
If I asked you how to save $64,000 today, how would you go about it? Your first thought might be to break out your ol’ Calvin-and-Hobbesian cardboard box time machine…
Home prices down for second consecutive month — Boston Real Estate Trends
New month, new data. Prices are down again this month. Last month, we showed you how prices had come down in an unexpected way. Usually prices increase through August, but…
Home prices down in August — Boston Real Estate Trends
While knowing where the market is going to go is exceedingly hard to do, it’s always interesting to know where it has been. For the first time in several months,…