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Nov. 11, 2024

Housing Market Report: Fall 2024

 

 

It's time for my video newsletter of the housing market in Massachusetts. We'll look at how well home sellers and home buyers fared this year, and the factors driving pricing. We'll also talk about the election results and the impact that could have on the …

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Aug. 14, 2024

Real Estate Settlement Talk: How Things Change for Buyers

 

 

Hello!  Here is the link to my video on the real estate practice changes for Buyers that have arrived and go into effect across the country as of 8/17/2024.  

 

Enjoy the video and if you have questions or need more information, please contact …

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July 29, 2024

Summer 2024 Housing Market Report for Massachusetts

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Here is a high level report for what is happening in your state!  If you'd like specific information about your town, please let me know, I'll do my best to give you an update.

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July 8, 2024

Massachusetts Real Estate Market Report and Forecast Summary

Newsletters/ Market Reports

Here are my market update reports on my YouTube Channel! 

2024 - January 

2023 - May

2023- February

2022 - April

2022 - January

 

 

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Feb. 15, 2024

How Long Does It Take To Build A House?

How Long Does It Take To Build A House?

Wondering how long it might take you to build a home?  Well, here's an overview of traditional stick frame construction.  

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Hey, we're going to talk about how long does it take to build a house? I …

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Jan. 17, 2024

Should I Get an Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) Or A Fixed Rate Mortgage?

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I thought we'd tackle this age-old question in the posts today.  There are a lot of factors here to consider, so what I thought I'd do is post a framework for thinking about how to answer the questions, and depending on the response, if people want …

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Dec. 29, 2023

Massachusetts Real Estate Update December 2023 January 2024

 

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Hey, how are you? It's been too long. We're gonna do another housing market update. This is usually, one of my most popular postings that I do out here on my channel, hopefully, you’ll like this, too. We'll do a quick overview with how …

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Oct. 30, 2023

5 Spooky Home Inspection Problems that Aren't so Scary

 

5 Spooky Home Inspection Problems that Aren't so Scary

 

Transcript Follows! (Note much of transcript is AI generated, so mistakes may be in the text, it's lightly edited). 

 

Things that I have found that home buyers are universally really, really nervous about but don …

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March 24, 2023

Everything You Need to Know about Slab Basement for Houses

When a listing says the basement is a Slab, what does that mean?

I get asked often about what a "slab basement" is when it appears in search listings.  A Slab basement is another way to say that there is no basement.  The home was built on a "slab" of …

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March 9, 2023

Property Tax History and Organization Links

 

 

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I have quite a lot of tax history on the blog, and it tends to be popular!  Here's an effort to organize that information.

 

Alphabetical Rankings (easiest to find your town).

 

2017 Property Tax Rates

2018 Property Tax Rates

2019 Property Tax …

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