An Untimely Death Changes Everything
What happens when the person buying your house dies before the closing date? Or when your tenant passes away mid-lease?
It’s Round Two in the Boston Real Estate Tax Battle
The latest idea from a city pol to head off spending cuts: pile more taxes on the backs of apartment owners. But even a mayoral ally worries it’s a bad idea.
Debate Over Healey Housing Numbers Misses the Mark
Instead of arguing over how many homes we’re building, we should measure success by how much we can bring down home-sale prices and rents.
How to Save on Selling Expenses
If you think it costs a bundle to buy a house – what with a down payment and all – wait till you learn what it costs to sell one: more than $67,000, on average.
Court Case Could Help End Shady Tax Foreclosure Practices
For years, cities and towns across the nation seized homes and properties for back taxes and then sold them off for hundreds of thousands of dollars, pocketing the gains.
Don’t Dismiss Lowball Offers
You’ve finally gotten an offer on your house. But it’s ridiculously low – tens of thousands under your asking price. So, what do you do?
The Home-Price Crisis Came for Western Mass., and It Isn’t Leaving
A steady stream of remote workers fled Boston for rural New England during the pandemic. It’s helped the Pioneer Valley become one of the nation’s hottest housing markets.
How Homeowners and Buyers Can Weather the Government Shutdown
Experts are weighing in on how the standoff over health insurance subsidies affects renters and homeowners.
Healey’s Housing Production Stats Don’t Always Add Up
Gov. Maura Healey claims we’re already almost halfway to hitting our 2035 housing goal. Is it real progress, or just happy talk from a governor facing reelection?
When Should Buyers Demand Repairs, or Seek Credits?
There comes a time in most house sales when the buyer and seller have to decide who will pay for any necessary repairs. As with all real estate matters, it depends.
Who’s Worried? Not Tom O’Brien
The HYM Investment Group chief faces down a tough financing environment and a threat from a prominent politician to force an eminent domain sale of the Suffolk Downs development site.
Price Cuts A-Plenty in New-Home Market
Homebuilders are going to great lengths these days to move product. Many are still offering exceptional deals, especially on homes that are move-in ready.
When Does Refinancing Make Sense?
Homeowners eager for mortgage rates to dip so they can refinance their places may have to wait quite a bit longer.
Mass. Should Build New Cities, Too
Boston, Worcester and Springfield may be the Bay State’s three largest cities, but if Congressman Jake Aucincloss has his way, they may get competition.
Under Court Order, Boston OKs 204 Apartments Minus Affordable Units
An apartment developer won approval to build a 204-unit project at a Hyde Park woodland, bringing an apparent end to its legal battle with the Boston Planning & Development Agency.
AI Helps Compare Contractor Bids
One of the most difficult parts of beginning a home improvement project is comparing bids from various contractors. It’s almost impossible.
Kraft Deserves Praise for a Serious Campaign
Say what you want about Josh Kraft – and there’s certainly a lot to say. But he pushed Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on issues where the city’s failing.
Green Groups, Major Source of Jobs Square Off in Westfield
Massachusetts is at a high risk of recession and may already be in the early stages of a contraction. Is this really the time for green virtue-signaling?
What Happens When You Lie on Your Loan Application
Even if you are not prosecuted, if your lender finds out you equivocated, they can call your loan due and payable on the spot.
Don’t Bet on Filling Those Lab Buildings Any Time Soon
The Bay State’s life sciences sector now faces the prospect of a potential retrenchment amid slashing cuts to research funding and drops in venture capital funding.
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