Volume 6 Issue #5
May 1, 2022
Hickman-Coen Home Team
at William Raveis Real Estate
www.hickman-coenhometeam.com
617-416-8173

Washington, DC– AFIRE, the association for international real estate investors focused on commercial and multi-family property in the United States, released its 2022 International Investor Survey Report, underwritten by CBRE and Holland Partner Group. Austin, Atlanta, and Boston emerge as the top three cities for planned global investment in 2022, according to the report.


A 4.5-minute read.
University Station in Westwood, a few blocks from the Route 128 commuter rail station, is the sort of new development that would be encouraged under new rules requiring towns served by the MBTA to zone for denser multifamily housing.THE BOSTON GLOBE/GLOBE FREELANCE

Everyone should do their part.
That was the thinking behind the ambitious housing legislation that Massachusetts lawmakers passed just over a year ago.
The basic idea: require suburbs where the single-family home reigns supreme to do more to help address the housing shortage. The legislation mandates new multifamily zones in 175 cities and towns, known as “MBTA Communities” because they have a subway, commuter rail, bus, or ferry station, or neighbor a town that does. It sets the stage for potentially hundreds of thousands of new apartments and condos to be built across Eastern Massachusetts in the coming years.

A 7.5-minute read.

ONE+Boston will offer the lowest fixed interest rates available for a 30-year mortgage. It will also provide access to downpayment and closing-cost assistance.

A 1-minute read.

The National Association of Realtors is fighting a court ruling that says homeowners who post floor plans of their homes on websites could be open to copyright lawsuits.

At the Hickman-Coen Home Team, we support the NAR in this endeavor. Our clients like and use the floor plans we post to help them calculate how existing furniture would fit in the space.

A 3-minute read. You can also listen to the article (5-minute listen).
Hickman-Coen Home Team
April Activity!

Under Agreement
17 Upham Ave. Dorchester
54 Chesbrough Rd. West Roxbury
5170 Washington Street 302,
West Roxbury

For Sale

Sold
8 Bowditch Rd., Moss Hill, JP $974,000
768 Turnpike St., Canton $460,000
13 Worcester Sq #4 South End $960,000
7 Cass St. #9, West Roxbury $390,000


FOR RENT
32 Potomac St., West Roxbury (Rented)

For More Information...
Call or Text our Team Leaders: Karen Hickman, 617-821-1665 or Helen Coen, 617-416-8173
Myths have Consequences
  • If you’re planning to buy or sell a home today, it’s important to be aware of common misconceptions.
  • Whether it’s timing your purchase as a buyer based on home prices and mortgage rates or knowing what to upgrade or repair before listing your house as a seller, it takes a professional to guide you through those decisions.
  • Let’s connect so you have an expert to help separate fact from fiction in today’s housing market.

It's essential to know what experts are saying about today's rising mortgage rates. Let's connect so we can discuss why making your move sooner rather than later could be your best plan.
March 2022 Neighborhood Local Market Insights and Local Housing Data

Choose your neighborhood and review last month's Unit Sales, Median Sales Price, Inventory, Median Sales Price Per Sq Ft., Days on Market, Months of Supply, and Sold % of Listing Price.

Simply click on the neighborhood below that interests you! At the link, you can choose from Single Family, Condominium, or Multi-Unit.



Local Market Insights and Local Housing Data are
automatically updated by the 7th of each month!

Every 20 seconds. That’s how often a burglary happens in the U.S. Here are nine tips to keep your home safe!

A 1.5-minute read.

Let’s face it—some of us need all the good fortune we can get. So what if we were to tell you that you could step up your success with even the simplest of decor decisions?

That’s the essence of feng shui, the ancient Chinese philosophy of living in harmony with your surrounding environment. 

A 5-minute read.

Real estate is a cooperative industry. You won’t survive long in this business if you can’t get along and work with other real estate agents. That doesn’t mean agents don’t have their differences about how to do their jobs well!

There’s no one-size-fits-all way of working with clients. For every way one agent goes about getting their clients the best results, there’s an equal and opposite approach another agent firmly believes in.

Let’s take a look at 10 things that agents tend to be divided into two different points of view on, and give you a little perspective on why there’s such a divide.
Karen & Barry Hickman 617-821-1665
Helen & Jim Coen 617-416-8173