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WALTHAM, MA - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) reported today that the number of single-family homes put under agreement in April was up 25 percent over the same time last year, while condominiums were up 22 percent. April is the tenth straight month that the number of both single-family homes and condominiums put under agreement had increased over the year before.

SPRINGFIELD, MA - July 29, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tuesday, July 28, 2009 – As part of the Patrick-Murray Administration’s Massachusetts Recovery Plan to secure the state’s economic future, Governor Deval Patrick today announced the initial group of approved lenders for the MassHousing First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Loan Program. The program, unveiled in Boston earlier this month, will allow first-time homebuyers to borrow up to $8,000 in advance of their federal tax credit for homes purchased with a MassHousing loan before December 1, 2009.“It’s a great time to buy,’’ said Governor Patrick. “And we now have a network of lenders in place to help homebuyers put their federal tax credit to work now to buy their first home

BOSTON, MA - April 27, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — As part of his Massachusetts Recovery Plan to secure the state’s economic future, Governor Deval Patrick today announced today that the latest series of free “Opportunity Knocks’’ regional homebuyer fairs and open houses to promote affordable homeownership opportunities in Massachusetts will held on Saturday, May 2, and Saturday, May 9, at 10 shopping malls across Massachusetts.