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,…
Torii 101: How to Avoid Closing Costs
When you’re thinking about buying a home, it’s easy to become obsessed with calculating your mortgage. You’re constantly tweaking the numbers after every open house, trying to understand what you…
July home prices flat, but market still hot — Boston Real Estate Trends
In the newest Torii Monthly Market report, you’ll see that Boston real estate is hotter than your ill-advised mid-day run on the Esplanade. The median sale price for homes in…
The Simplest Way to Buy a Home
This week we’re very excited to debut our #SoSimple campaign. Back in May we worked with the incredible Boston-based production company, Sleep | Walk | Films to produce a video…
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First-Time Homebuyers Workshop [7.26.18]
Let’s be real. Homebuying for most people is a painful, frustrating, and scary process — but that doesn’t have to be the case. Next Thursday (July 26th), we’re offering a workshop for…
Property Picks — 7.12.18
BIG is the keyword to describe this week’s hand-selected property picks. Two of these big friendly giants come to us from the regularly-featured Lynn and Brockton, while the others come…