BOSTON (WWLP) - The process of buying a home in Massachusetts is changing this week and the industry is expecting that the reform policymakers made to ease things for buyers will roll out smoothly.
The 2024 housing law that Beacon Hill Democrats expect will ratchet up production also included a section to address one pain point in the process of buying from the limited inventory of homes already on the market.
Starting with contracts entered into on or after Wednesday, sellers are barred from conditioning the acceptance of an offer to purchase on the buyer's agreement to waive, limit, restrict or otherwise forego their right to have the property inspected. Buyers do not have to conduct an inspection, but they are banned from letting sellers know before an offer is accepted that they inte