If you are curious where commercial rates are on any given day in the Boston area, a good place to start is to head to FHLB and check out there rates for the Long-Term Classic Advance Rates for a 5 year loan (3.87% today) and then add a 2%-2.75% spread.

Speaking with manybuyers in the Boston area, a lot are unfamiliar with Boston's Residential TaxExemption.

If I have pick a year of comparison I would say we are at the end of '06 - sales are just starting to drop dramatically and prices are just reaching peak (I'm in Boston so a low supply market, so less downward pressure so far).

@Maurice Boston, are you willing to do a cash-out refinance and give up your current interest rate for most likely a higher rate?

Like it did in MIami and is in SF, NYC, LA, Boston and other high priced housing markets

Real estate-specific property management tools.I am closing on a rental property just south of Boston September 15th, 2022. 

I can help if you’ve any real estate needs in Massachusetts/ boston or Cambridge.

I live in Fort Lauderdale but originally from Boston and went to undergrad at BC so I am very familiar with your area.

And I'm in a similar high cost area (boston) and have been torched for similar daycare costs.We have lived this, good luck!

I'm looking to buy my first rental property and my market is daunting.I'm just North of Boston and feel like it could be a few years before I could save 20% I have about 20k available now.