Welcome to Mondo Boston!
Searching for a home in Boston can be a daunting task if you live abroad. Mondoboston.com exists to help introduce international buyers to Boston and the home buying process. Use our site to find out more about the logistics of house buying in the United States. Catch up on neighborhood news, surf […]
Are foreign buyers turning away from Boston real estate?
Nationally, according to a report released last week by the National Association of Realtors , that could be the case. For the 12 months ending May 2008, only 26% of 4,000 American real estate agents surveyed across the country had at least one foreign client. In 2007, in a similar survey, the proportion […]
Who hasn’t had the dream of living in a huge open space, with enormous windows, high ceilings, and an open industrial-style kitchen? You would dress in black all the time. Your neighbors would be artists and filmmakers. You would throw lavish parties.
Well, that’s definitely the loft dream but plenty of people are making that dream […]
Searching for and buying a house from afar is a lot easier than it used to be, thanks to the internet.
Today, it’s possible to find a home, visit the home in a virtual tour, and take a virtual walk of the neighborhood. You can get an appraisal of the property that interests you, check property taxes, a […]
Not long ago, I wrote about the infamous square feet versus square meter problem. But once that problem is solved, the next one that foreign buyers often encounter is that of the missing floor plan. In America, they often don’t exist. When I was looking for a condo in Boston, it always seemed that the best places […]
I once bought a house in two weeks flat. I began my housing search on Friday. By Saturday night I had an accepted offer on a condo. An inspection followed a few days later. The Purchase and Sale was formalized a few days after that.
This was a pretty mean feat, considering I lived in Italy at the […]
In most parts of the world, it’s quite natural to live in a neighborhood where most of your daily tasks can be accomplished on foot. I lived in Rome, and within one half-block of my home there was a coffee shop, a dry-cleaners, a fruit stand, a grocery store, a shoe repair shop, a hardware store, a pet […]
Many international buyers in the market for a second home in Boston are actually looking for a place for their kids to call home while they attend one of Boston’s universities for a few years. Here’s the reasoning: If a family must pay room and board for a child living at a university dormitory for four years, […]
A second home in Boston means a brick townhouse right?
Well, not necessarily. There are dozens of new luxury high-rise condo developments going up in Boston, offering modern amenities, gleaming new kitchens, lots of windows, and loft-like expanses. While they may be short on “old-world charm,” these developments are attractive to foreign buyers for many other reasons. […]
Recently, we had an inquiry from a European citizen interested in buying property in Massachusetts. But, he said, he doesn’t live or work in the United States. His question was: could he still buy property in Boston?
We researched the question and thought we would share what we found with everyone else:
Yes, you can. There are […]
