General real estate stories
Nice surprise today. The Boston Globe started a real estate blog. There’s a week’s worth of posts, already. It looks as though they have several correspondents (I will not use the word “blogospondents”). Kimberly Blanton, head real estate...General real estate stories
Good news, bad news. Good news: old people aren’t going to be moving into Boston. Bad news: less buyers. After modest gains during the current decade, the U.S. senior population will begin to mushroom when the leading edge of the huge baby boom generation...General real estate stories
A couple weeks ago, the Globe had a special report on Boston in the year 2017. It was mildly interesting – a bit vague but somewhat inclusive of a lot of things – maybe of interest only to real estate agents and tourism officials? Not every reader was...General real estate stories
Tough situation to be in. Last week the Globe ran a glowing profile of GTI Properties, a developer in the South End of Boston, who has done a lot of good work renovating properties over the past decade (and longer). One of the company’s employees made an...General real estate stories
You know, sometimes people just can’t help themselves from doing stupid things. Case in point: Homeowners Derrick and Carol Scott have a homeowner’s insurance policy with Allstate Insurance Co. On April 16, 2004, a fire severely damaged their home and its...