General real estate stories
Most people would love a stable housing market. Sellers, because they would then be able to price their properties appropriately. Buyers, of course, because they want to feel comfortable they aren’t buying right before a market drop. The rest of the country,...General real estate stories
From the Globe: Tim deRosa, an assistant vice president at the Boston office of the Chubb Corp., bought his Brookline condo for $357,000, less than two years ago … A $30,000 home equity loan enabled him to put in the top-notch kitchen he hoped would result in a...General real estate stories
Jaw-dropping development, here. A tentative agreement disclosed yesterday between developers and a community group could end nearly a decade of dispute and allow construction of an Ikea furniture store and an ambitious mixed-use project consisting of office space, a...General real estate stories
The population of the United States reached 300 million on Tuesday. The US Population hit 200 million in 1967. Here’s a quick look at how the U.S. has changed in 39 years, in terms of new home prices, population density, and household growth. U.S. Households...General real estate stories
From an article in the Globe: Dear Barry, The house next door has a central heating system that is very noisy at the roof vent. It’s not so bad during the day, but at night it wakes everyone in my home. Recently, the house was listed for sale, so I wrote a...General real estate stories
This is as good an explanation as any other one I’ve read, about the difference between a condominium and co-operative apartment. It’s not that important, to those of us who buy, in Boston, because almost every building is a condo. There’s only a...