Author: Mike Hunter
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Raised Ranch is a house style, not a salad dressing.
There really is a simple way to distinguish a raised ranch: you enter at ground level outside and are standing on a landing leading to a full-flight of stairs. Read more
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What’s the most confusing kind of house style … multi-level.
Buyers tend to look at multi-level house style as a throwback to their parents’ or aunt and uncle’s house in the suburbs. Yes, they might be that, but they’re actually much more and should be considered by buyers in all age ranges. The multi-level house style is a wonderful, deliberate house style that modern architects… Read more
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Buy or rent? A dilemma is facing homeowners today.
Buy or rent? It seems that buying is more costly & time demanding than renting a home. However, if you can comfortably afford to do so, and you have plans to stay at your location for a while, buying a home has significant advantages. Financially, owning a home is often promoted as a better choice… Read more
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IT’S A GREAT TIME TO BE A SELLER IN SUDBURY!
First off, let’s look at the Supply of Inventory, which is currently at 1.86 months. This tells us how long (based on the current pace of sales) it would take for ALL the current homes on the market to sell. A low number like 1.86 indicates a seller’s market, where demand is high and inventory… Read more
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Sudbury Market Today – Feeling Great!
Here are some charts and graphs to illustrate a couple of points. Data for the following is from MLSPIN and for the middle of the local market (from $1.3m to $2.3m). Data also goes back 3+ months and each data point is a sale, arranged from low to high It seems like these median homes… Read more
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What are some tips for Selling a home in this market?
The market is the entity that dictates everything. And you aren’t selling a home in a vacuum, buyers are looking in the dozen surrounding towns as well. Get to know the ‘local’ market and don’t focus on ‘national’ trends. What’s happening to home prices in Austin or New York doesn’t apply in Sudbury. The same… Read more
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What makes the Garrison Colonial House Style different?
The Garrison Colonial house style is a distinctive sub-category of the colonial house style, found throughout the MetroWest Boston area but not very typical for other parts of the country. The origins of the garrison home can be traced back to England, where this style of house was called a “two-story English overhang” – because… Read more
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Is Dutch Colonial House Style a thing?
The short answer is Yes and No. Gambrel is more a roof style than a house style, but is often applied to homes hence the Dutch Colonial House Style. These homes typically include a gambrel roof with a double slope on each side of the building, and often look like what often is called a… Read more
