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New program announced for Massachusetts homebuyers

New Program Announced for Boston Massachusetts Home-buyers This may be of interest to first-time home-buyers (as well as others, for that matter). Your own bank or mortgage company may be able to match this offer, however. It always helps to shop around! Mass.:...

Noise: it’s the number one issue you should be concerned with

Boston real estate - buying a home

I’m not a cranky person. I only get annoyed at things that are annoying. Like, noisy neighbors. If you live in a condo, you probably have an upstairs neighbor, a downstairs neighbor, and perhaps a neighbor or two on your own floor. A potentially disastrous...

Are homes good investments?

Boston real estate - buying a home

Why are you buying a home, versus renting? The easy answer for most people is, “Because I need a place to live and I’m tired of paying my landlord and I want to build some equity and I want to own my own place and put down roots.” Plus, in the...

Are you in an “untraditional” relationship? You can still buy a home

Boston real estate - buying a home, mortgage loans

More and more people are staying unmarried these days. Maybe the 50% divorce rate has something to do with it, I don’t know. Really, I don’t know. Living this way doesn’t mean you have to miss out on all of the advantages of being married. Unmarried...

The cost of owning – figuring whether or not housing is expensive

Boston real estate - buying a home

Okay, for those of you interesting in the whole “Buy vs. Rent” thing, I found a new study that seems to provide a good way of comparing the costs of both. A Formula The formula for the annual cost of home ownership, also known in the housing literature as...

Mass.: New Agency Disclosure Forms Required

Boston real estate - buying a home, Selling your home, the commonwealth

Mass.: New Agency Disclosure Forms Required National Association of Realtors – Under regulations that go into effect on July 1, all real estate practitioners in Massachusetts must use a new mandatory agency disclosure that aims to bring clarity to agency...