With low interest rates allowing more young adults to buy property in recent years, many inexperienced homeowners are desperate for advice when the furnace goes out, the roof leaks or when a home project that seemed like a no-brainer goes terribly wrong. ”They...
The Fenway Community Development Corporation (Fenway CDC) has announced plans to convert an existing building at 108 Peterborough into a mix of condominiums and rentals. The building is currently made up of 55 rental units; over the next several months, 33 of these...
Twice over the past two days, Jonathan Miller, appraiser extraordinaire, has mentioned “stagflation”, in his blog, Matrix. Stagflation, as we all know, and as quoted at Investopedia, is: “A condition of slow economic growth and relatively high...
From Mac Daniel’s Slog: The Craigie Drawbridge, which sits by the Museum of Science on the Charles River, will no longer be lifted during weekday rush hours under a new order from the US Coast Guard. Here are the exact rules: The bridge will not be lifted to...
Should you buy yourself a house, if you are in your twenties? Or, should you just continue to blow your wad of cash down at the Rattlesnake, every weekend (or at Gym Bar, if your name is Sebastian)? I didn’t buy until I was well into my thirties; I just...
Boston Condos Loading... Jonathan J Miller, appraiser extraordinaire, has found out that just about anyone with an opinion has voiced it. Here’s a small sample of things to blame for the housing market downturn if you run out of ideas yourself: * Tabloid...