In this post, we're going to talk about heating your home with Steam Heat.

In Massachusetts, Steam Heat, which was the first and original heat "system", still can be found in many homes that were built before the widespread acceptance of forced hot air and forced hot water …

In this post, we're going to continue our series on heating to review Forced Hot Air Heat.

In Massachusetts, Forced Hot Air systems have become the preferred choice of most builders and buyers. As we noted in the last post, this is primarily due to it's …

In this post, we're going to talk about Forced Hot Water Heat.

In Massachusetts, Forced Hot Water systems are still the dominant system that we see in homes today. Although most builders (finally) have cut over to forced hot air, decades of building with forced hot water means …

OK! A new year is always a good time to take a snapshot of where the market is. There's a lot of complicating factors in January. There's less inventory, and many of the homes still on this time year have bad stats, but still, it's …

What is the Case Schiller Index in Real Estate?

The Case-Schiller Index is a widely quoted estimate of residential real estate trends in over 20 metro areas. It was developed by Karl Case and Robert Shiller, who were frustrated with the accuracy of the "median prices" for housing that were …

Each year, I end up having a number of conversations about renting to own. Renting to own is a situation where a buyer desires to rent a particular property, and then, at some point in the future, to buy that property from the landlord. Oftentimes, these queries are asked by …

Recently, President Obama announced an Upgrade to the current refinancing opportunities as provided by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, or FHFA .These are a turbo charged version of an earlier program of HARP, or Home Affordable Refinance Program.

An Overview of the New HARP Mortgage Refinance Regulations

The President has …

Most people don't think about radon until they buy or sell their home. For many of my clients, I’m the first one to explain what radon is and how it affects the home sale process. In the spirit of not letting that happen as much, Let's deal with …

Buying investment property can be for all sorts of reasons. Tax related, Estate related, and for Income are usually at the top of the list. This post will focus on key steps for buying investment property for Income reasons.

Income and Cash Flow are the Same for Investment Property …

Real Estate Tax Rates for Massachusetts Towns

Hello!  Looking for expected 2016 Tax Rates?  Don't worry - I have them for you here. 

Welcome! Here you will find the 2015 final tax rates for the towns in the state of Massachusetts. New budgets are coming, and …