Passed Title V, Title V In Hand

A passed Title V means that the septic system has been recently inspected by a licensed septic inspector, and that the inspection indicated that the system has passed current standards, which are set by the state.

If you're looking at housing in New England, you may occasionally come across homes from the (two) great oil shocks of the 70's. It seems like ancient history today, but when oil prices became a concern to the home buyer, builders responded, and in this case they responded …

What is a pre-foreclosure home?

A pre-foreclosure is a home where the home owners are late paying their mortgage. They are late enough where the bank has decided to protect it's right to foreclosure by filing a notice of intent to

Dangerous Substances in Your Home: Radon, Radon in Well Water, Lead Paint, Asbestos and Carbon Monoxide

There are many dangers in your home. But there's also a lot of misinformation as well. For most folks, buying a home is an emotional decision, more than it is a rational …

Real Estate Strategy Overview

There are many ways to invest in Real Estate. But the profitable ways (for the little guys) are different, depending on where we are in the real estate cycle. To help identify the cycles, I've broken them down with the following nomenclature. It should be …

Hot Markets - Not Hot Markets

It's the story of real estate: Markets get hot, prices go up, and eventually - markets cool. Natick has been on a long run - and had fallen to the #2 hot market in the last report. It's now fallen to fifth, as the higher …

What is TRID

TRID is the latest fallout from the Mortgage and banking crisis. I know much of that seems like a long time ago, and it was, but the wheels of government turn pretty slowly. TRID is an "updated" version of documents that have been used to get mortgages …

The Local Real Estate Market in 3 Charts

When you think about it, real estate has 3 elements to it. How much does it cost? How competitive is the market? and Which town is a good place to put my Money? Congratulations, I have all those answers for you in …