An article in today’s Globe has some great bits: During years of record house-price gains in Massachusetts, a prospective seller would examine “comps” — reports prepared by agents listing comparable houses that have sold in the prior six to 12...
A letter to the editor, in yesterday’s Globe, lays out who has been responsible for the high price of real estate, as well as who is causing the slower real estate market. The culprits? Real estate agents. Following another car break-in at our old house in...
Wait, does Tom Keane think it’s okay for Boston to become an ephemeral city? I’ve started a trend? From today’s Globe: Is housing in Massachusetts expensive? Sure. Is that a problem? Not really. In fact, the high cost of housing in the state...
From today’s Globe: Martinez joins other former Sox teammates in putting their Boston-area houses on the market after getting traded. Nomar Garciaparra’s condo on Constellation Wharf in Charlestown went on the market earlier this year, as did the Brookline...
Came across this photo and accompanying story, last week: Lots of people dream of running away with the circus, but big-top legend James A. Bailey had the opposite idea in 1888 when he built his Romanesque Revival refuge at 10 St. Nicholas Place and 150th Street...
Hmm. Hmm. I don’t know about this one, I’ve been kind of a) ambivalent, and, b) disinterested in the topic. Senate Bill S. 2555, AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE MARTHA’S VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET HOUSING BANKS, recently passed in the State Senate. This bill...