Related: Sunday Globe Special: House Hunting in Boston
"House seekers play all angles in tight market; Strategy can turn extreme" by Beth Teitell | Globe Staff, June 11, 2013
With painfully few homes on the market you would be cheerful, too, if you were a seller in spring 2013. And if you were a buyer, you might also be writing nice notes to sellers.
With inventory down and prices rising, buyers are exhibiting the kind of frenzied behavior not seen since 2005. It is not enough that they are mobbing open houses, bidding thousands of dollars over asking price, and making all-cash offers. They are going so far as to Google owners and craft pitches in which they pretend to enjoy the same things the sellers do. Family photos are not uncommon....
Some buyers are taking risks that few lawyers would advise....
But it all works out okay according to the Globe.
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