Many in Mass. may get mortgage help
More than 100,000 Massachusetts homeowners who cannot refinance at current low rates because of falling property values may now be able to do so as part of the Obama administration’s housing plan.
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Cloud of controversy over new lead rules
Homeowners, landlords, schools, and child-care centers could pay significantly more for repairs and renovations of buildings once strict federal regulations aimed at reducing the risk of lead poisoning in children take effect next month.
Skeletons in the closet: whos at the open house?
I walked into an open house a couple of weeks back, my clipboard in hand. It was a quiet one,…
Scope of a Massachusetts home inspection
The following areas of a home are required to be reported on during a home inspection in Massachusetts:
Sam: mutually agreeable Purchase & Sale Agreement
Take a look at your Offer to Purchase. Does it have a “weasel clause” added? Sam Schneiderman, Broker-owner of Greater…
The sweet spots
Looking for value in the Massachusetts housing market? Bargain hunting for homes in the Bay State has never been easy. Even though home prices fell about 20 percent from the market peak in 2005 to the bottom last year, that’s still far less than what many other regions experienced. The median prices for a single-family home in Massachusetts was $285,000 …
Fixing the homeowner default trap
A solution for defaulting homeowners would be to arrange with nonprofit organizations to assume ownership of their homes. Homeowners would retain their right to occupancy on a rental basis, paying rents they can afford.
Mass. home sales, prices rise in Jan.
Massachusetts home prices and sales surged in January, providing added evidence that the state’s real estate market is on the rise.
State may absorb $30m on project built over Pike
Governor Deval Patrick’s administration is offering to absorb up to $30 million of a developer’s cost to build a mammoth complex above the Massachusetts Turnpike, in hopes of jump-starting construction over the highway after the most recent effort, Columbus Center, stalled.