Massachusetts Real Estate and Social Media

I live in Eastern Massachusetts, where we have been hit hard with an ice storm. The exquisite beauty that the storm brought us also tore down trees, and many places have been without power for days, with more of the same to come. Still, at least as far as I am concerned, it could be worse. Here i...

I used to set my car clock ahead by 15 minutes. This was to allow for "triangulation" time- the time when I was fairly close to my destination, but I knew it would take me an additional 10 or 15 minutes to hone in on it. For some reason, following maps or directions is difficult for me; I am comp...

I was just sent an email from our in-house mortgage person, Tony Cardinali. The word is that Fed. rates may increase in an effort to hold inflation at bay- they just recently skipped another rate cut, choosing to leave things as they are. For any qualified buyers on the fence, the writing on the ...

UPDATE!!! Follow this link for a new list of events for 2010!!!   These are the fireworks displays that I have found coming to our area. Please feel free to add any more that you know of to the Comments section!  

Short sales- the term has come into common usage today. When I went with my team leader to the REALTOR on Beacon Hill Day, the subject was referred to several times throughout the day, although one representative claimed that he had never had one call from a constituent about the subject, even as...

What will next year bring us? Will the New Year infant creep in colicky and fussy, or gooing and cooing, real-estate-wise?I just finished reading predictions from many key players- some RE/MAX, some others- in the business. Most felt that 2008 was going to mirror 2007 for the most part. One of th...

I can't say that I found this tool on my own, but I did stumble across it in a different forum. It helps you to determine home repair estimates. This can be helpful if you know you are going to move in a short period of time, and are trying to judge which optional repairs to proceed with. You can...

I just came across a blog-post on RISmedia that pounded home the reality that both sales agents and homeowners have been faced with lately. It seems that over 15% of recent homeowners are "upside down" with their home equity- if they were to sell today at market value, they would have to bring mo...

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