By Bill Wendel

The Real Estate Cafe turns eighteen this year, and as the highlights below demonstrate, we’re coming of age.  But while perseverance may be the key to successful entrepreneurs, it may be costly for prudent homebuyers who sat out the last boom / bust cycle waiting for housing prices to “correct” only to see artificially low interest rates reinflating prices again.

Is it time for DIY homebuyers to persevere with conventional home buying practices or to be proactive?  What would Steve Jobs do?

By Bill Wendel

As rent day approaches and bidding wars continue, Real Estate Cafe invites existing and potential clients, particularly first-time homebuyers, to step back and assess what they’ve learned from the return of a “sellers market’ in Greater Boston, particularly after this blog post today on Boston.com:

Crazy price spikes in Lexington, other upscale towns

We’re eager to host a variety of table top presentations offline at convenient locations through the next 36 hours, and begin hosting webinars online to explore...

By Bill Wendel

Commenting on Boston.com’s recent post, “Bubble market comeback,” @thirtysomething Thanks for asking the question, “As long as people can actually afford their purchases, who are we to question the price they choose to pay?”

In September 2012, Karl Case and Robert Shiller, co-founders of the Case-Shiller Housing Index, spoke at the New England Mortgage Bankers Convention about the psychological factors underlying the last housing bubble. Speaking about price appreciation, they said homebuyers...