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It’s time again for the Chicopee Fest Of All at Szot Park.  The Fest Of All is a place the entire family can enjoy.  If you’re looking for a place to find great food, live  music and events through out the day.  This is the event for you.  The Fest Of All is open today from 10:00 to 11:00 PM.    This evening is also the night of the fireworks at 9:30 PM.

Morgan Stanley knew early on that New Century's practices were unsound, Martha Coakley said.

A victory was won today for home owners across the Commonwealth.  Attorney General Martha Coakley office discovered that Morgan Stanley was funding New Country Financial Corp.   Allowing New Country Financial Corp to write subprime loans in 2005 through 2007.   Coakley said, “Morgan Stanley knew that New Century was making predatory loans, but continued to provide the lender billions of mortgage dollars by buying the loans to turn them into securities.” The $102 million settlement from Wall Street’s Morgan Stanley & Co.,is going to  help more than 1,000 Massachusetts homeowners who are in foreclosure or saddled with unwieldy subprime mortgages through New Country Financial Corp.

Will the Real Estate market stay strong without the first-time home buyers?

…a NAR practitioner survey shows first-time buyers purchased 44 percent of homes in March, up from 42 percent in February. Investors accounted for 19 percent of transactions in March, unchanged from February; the remaining sales were to repeat buyers. All-cash sales remain elevated at 27 percent in March, the same as in February.

see full information via Realty Times – Chicopee, Massachusetts Real Estate Market Conditions.

I will keep you informed as the post tax credit market unfolds this summer.

The Tax Credit has really helped push the market forward.  The Single family home sales have slowly been increasing since July of 2009.  The numbers for March show a 28% increase in Single family home sales in Massachusetts. The Move Up Buyers and First Time Home Buyers  that wanted to take advantage of the Tax Credit really have been keeping us busy this past few months. With April being the last month to qualify for the tax credit the urgency of finding the perfect home started to increase.  This past week has been a flurry of showings at our Listings and our Buyers looked at every possible home out there.  For a few  of our clients it came down to the wire.  We signed 4 Purchase and Sales agreements yesterday so that they could qualify for the credit.  We know just have to make sure the closing happens by June 30th.

National Open House Weekend

This weekend is the National Open House weekend.   Massachusetts Association of Realtors has made it nice and easy for us all to search for the Open House for all of Massachusetts.  This is a great opportunity for all the First Time Home Buyers and Move Up Buyers that are still looking for a home a chance to see many homes this weekend.  Remember you only have 15 days left to find a home and have your offer accepted in order to sign a P & S by the April 30th deadline.

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This charming home has been loved by it’s current owners. This home has many updates, new windows (2000), new driveway (2007) and new roof (2003). Home has a large custom kitchen, deck off of kitchen, above ground pool in a fenced in yard and a large family room.
For more information please see this the custom listing page.

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The Tax Credit for this year is only available for the next few months.  The home that you are purchasing has to be under agreement by April 30th and the closing must be done by June 30th.  If you are interested in purchasing a home and taking advantage of this great credit.  Don’t wait until the last minute to find a home.  You should start looking now.  We are still finding many homes that are bank owned or short sales on the market.  If you are interested in purchasing a home that is owned by a bank or going through a short sale.  You have to be patient with the banks.  They are dealing with hundreds if not thousands of deals.  That’s why it is so important for you to start looking know.  Give yourself extra time to find the right home and if it does need to have

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