Just Listed Today: Three unit apartment building for sale asking price $739,000. The building is located at 85 N. Margin Street. Excellent condition ideal for condo conversion. Located in the North End with great sunlight. This won’t last. Call Linda Mitrano at 617-512-4557 or e-mail us at realtyford@yahoo.com.
Motivated seller bring offers!
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Boston Massachusetts Mortgage Rate Update is a resource for potential Homeowners and current Mortgage Borrowers to understand what economic data is relevant and what the situation is with mortgage Interest Rates. Brian Cav will provide a opinion as to whether you should lock or float your Home Mortgage.

Even for successful buyers with sterling credit, getting a mortgage these days can be an enormous ordeal, especially when banks ask you personal questions.
Tanya is a self-employed writer with solid credit and enough savings to put 30 percent down on her chosen Connecticut house. But for the past year, no lender would approve her. Then [...]

Scott Brown has found new digs in Washington, D.C. It sounds a little pricey at $299,000 for 468 square feet.
But it’s on Capitol Hill and only two blocks away from his Senate office building. Congressman Steve Lynch has a small place in the same building.
File under: Living like kings normal people.

I just spoke with a few real estate agents regarding the Boston apartment rental season. Many are asking: Where are the renters?
If you’re a rental agent, please share with us what you see out there. If you’re in the market to rent an apartment, are you happy with the inventory? Landlords please chime in.

I just received an email from 45 Province Street marketing team stating that: “6 purchase and sales contracts have been signed in the past 40 days” for 45 Province Street.

The Treasury’s Inspector General says the government handed out 1,295 home tax credits to prisoners already in jail, some of them serving life sentences, valued at $9.1 million.
What else can you say?
File under: Home, sweet home

Famed investor Peter Lynch, whose knack for picking winning companies helped millions of Americans make fortunes in stocks, is now hoping his fortunes continue in the Boston real estate market.
Back in July 2005 Peter and Carolyn Lynch purchased a Beacon Hill townhouse at 51 Chestnut Street for $5,125,000.00. Today the Beacon Hill townhouse is on [...]

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More sales data on the Massachusetts real estate market from the Warren Group via Banker & Tradesman:
“Pent-up demand from buyers who were delaying purchases because of their concerns about the economy, low interest rates and the tax credit have helped push up sales,” said Warren. “But don’t be fooled by the [...]