Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is New England’s most comprehensive real estate services organization. My commitment and focus is to provide genuine one-stop shopping services to my clients and customers. Real Estate, Mortgage, Insurance, Moving and Relocation are now available. Please contact me today – I look forward to assisting you with your home purchase, sael and or relocation. Click here to search for a gay or lesbian real estate agent anywhere in the country.   Professional/Personal Distinctions: Member of the […]

I am very proud to represent and support the GLBT community, and also be a part of the Keller Williams Rainbow network of GLBT Realtors! Having spent 20+ years in the high tech/medical device industries, I bring very high level negotiation experience to your side of the table! Whether you are selling your home or buying a new one, this is critically important to ensure that you have an agent working for YOUR best interest. I believe being a Realtor […]

After reaching or hovering near all-time lows last week, fixed-rate mortgages edged up slightly during the week, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey. The 5-year adjustable-rate mortgage, however, hit a new all-time low of 2.78 percent this week. Here’s a closer look at average mortgage rates from Freddie Mac for the week ending April 19: 30-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 3.90 percent, with an average 0.8 point, up slightly from last week’s 3.88 percent average. A year ago […]

A gay-friendly affordable housing development is scheduled to break ground in the fall in Philadelphia, noted as one of the first of its kind to be financed completely with public money, according to media reports. “The housing development … calls attention to an increasing demand from members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community for affordable housing that will allow them to live as seniors free from fear of discrimination,” AOL Real Estate reports. “Affordable housing that dictates eligibility […]

From start to finish and after you move in…. i’m still there to help, guide and answer any questions you or your friends and family may have. Click here to search for a gay or lesbian real estate agent anywhere in the country.   Professional/Personal Distinctions: Member National Association of Realtors   Specialties: First Time home buyers, Commercial, Residential, Property Management, New Construction, Investment. You name it, I do it, and I do it well!     View Justin’s Complete Profile […]

The nationwide inventory of residential homes for-sale dropped 21 percent in March compared to a year ago, according to newly released housing data from Realtor.com, tracking 146 metro markets. In fact, all 146 markets posted a drop in their inventory, except for two — Hartford, Conn., and Philadelphia. The nationwide median list price in March also saw improvement, increasing more than 5 percent last month compared to last year at this time. The housing picture is much different than last […]

Home prices in Houston broke records in March as the city’s real estate market experienced a 10th straight month of rising sales, according to data from the Houston Association of Realtors. Single-family home median prices climbed 7.8% over March 2011 to $161,750, a record high for a March in Houston. Average prices increased 5.7% year-over-year to $227,270, also the city’s highest level for the month and only $70 below the all-time high reached in June 2008. Declining sales of homes […]

Fitch Ratings believes single-family housing starts will increase 10% in 2012, while new home sales will rise 8%, according to the firm’s latest U.S. homebuilding update. Still, the ratings giant sees an erratic homebuilding market after witnessing disappointing results for 2011. “Single-family housing finished well below expectations at the beginning of the year,” Fitch said in its update. “Single-family starts fell 8.5%, while new home sales declined 5.9%. Existing home sales, meanwhile, improved 1.7%.” Despite challenges in the housing market […]

Wells Fargo CFO Timothy Sloan said the health of the housing market won’t be clear until “we look in the rearview mirror a few months from now,” but did say he felt it was getting a little better, in a televised interview on CNBC. Credit quality for consumers is improving, which Sloan said indicates that “the consumer overall is doing a little bit better.” Though the hardest hit are still  unemployed, the rest of consumers are “doing OK.” The mortgage […]

Ginnie Mae issued $29.2 billion in mortgage bonds in March, up roughly 21% from the same month last year. Ginnie packages Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Affairs home loans into securities and guarantees timely payment of principal and interest to investors. The Ginnie Mae II single-family pools increased to $21.5 billion in March from $15.8 billion last year. Single-family Ginnie Mae I securities dipped to $5.3 billion from slightly more than $6 billion in March 2011. “Ginnie Mae has been […]