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Archive for September, 2006


The most logical and well-thought-out way to buy your next vacation property

This is an awesome idea! I can’t quite figure out a way to use it to get me that penthouse apartment in Manhattan I’ve been hoping to buy, but there must be a way.
When Julie Hampton was a graduate student, she decided that she wanted to buy a small house in a remote Italian [...]



Filene’s building to be replaced with residential and office space

The Boston skyline is going to get busy.
Fresh off the closing of landmark The Littlest Bar in preparation for a high-rise condo tower at 45 Province Street, Vornado Trust and John B Hyne III’s Gale International announced yesterday that they are planning on buildng a 38-story multi-use tower, made up of 500,000 square feet of [...]



Avenir Boston offers money-back guarantee – or something similar

Avenir Boston:
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR FABULOUS FALL PROMOTION BEING OFFERED FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY. Your pre-construction price will hold its value, call or visit now in order to cash in on our price guarantee. We look forward to sharing the details with you. EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT VALUE, AVENIR GUARANTEES IT. YOU CAN’T LOSE!
Give them [...]



Sellers may have unrealistic expectations

Despite the well-documented pullback in the real estate market, consumers’ real estate appreciation expectations may still be too optimistic, according to the Second Annual RBC Capital Markets Consumer Survey. Nearly half of all homeowners still expect at least 5 per cent annual increases in their home values over the next few years, but this is [...]



Final rental post of the day: how to welsh on your lease

(“Welshing” is actually a derogatory term, did you know that? Seems obvious, if you think about it. When did they start welshing on people?)
Question: Recently my mother signed a lease and paid a deposit for an apartment and decided it was not the right choice for her. She contacted the landlord within two days [...]



Historic Longwood Towers just two years away from opening

Longwood Towers is being converted into 277 condo units, priced between $400,000 and $2 million.
Radco Cos., the company which recently completed construction of downtown’s luxury Grandview development, bought the complex for $110 million, last year.

Plans for the property also include creating a golf driving range on the 4.5 -acre site and turning the buildings’ basements [...]



Rent versus buy

Two moderately helpful articles on the renting vs. buying debate (well, debate is too strong a word).
For some, renting is better than buying – by The Associated Press
There’s no question that owning a home is a desirable goal, and low interest rates in recent years have made it possible for millions of Americans to buy [...]




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