One of my oldest customers returned to have me sell his home. Not an easy sale either, tricky house, tricky mortgage on the buy side that took too long to get through underwriting. But it closed, and at the end, that's what's important.

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Congratulations to the new owners of this lovely home in Berlin!

Behind every sale is a story, and this one had more than a couple, some good, some no so good. But we managed to move past the issues.

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The story of the local markets plays out on a bigger stage

Wanted to make sure everyone saw this post on Bloomberg, which I thought was a good look at what's happening across the country.

For those of you who are regular readers, you know …

Here's some good information, with some questions and answers underneath the chart. This chart is based on MLS sales, which is an excellent representation of what's actually happening in the marketplace. This graph shows what is being paid on a square foot basis in each town.

Each Year, I try to do a Prediction for my regular readers. Last years predictions got viewed 117 times, not to bad for a random post.

A Note about all Predictions

First: Remember to read the parable of the Zen Master and the Boy.

Make your own Predictions …

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Quick Post so you can find my November Newsletter, or browse past issues.

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Matt Heisler

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 …

The Year of Storms Ends

For weather fanatics, it was quite the year in Metrowest. We had some of the most snow, the deepest ice packs, more ice damning than I can remember probably ever. Blizzard of '78 managed to do a lot …

Regular readers of this blog will know that I'm no shill for housing. There's plenty of those voices already, so it's not really needed. Most of my columns are based heavily on data, and I try to draw reasonable …

Halloween Nor'Easter is a Surprise, and Plenty Spooky.

It's always fun shoveling your driveway before the leaves have fallen.  Well, not really.

The Nor Easter that blew through last night will have plenty of people in the dark - probably through Halloween, so I guess if there …