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Today is the Day – Free Food, Free Advice!
Just a reminder about my free seminar: Home Buying 101 – The Keys to Home Buying Success in 2013! It starts at 6:00pm at the Keller Williams office 1151 Walnut Street in Newton, MA. You won’t want to...
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Sell Your Home By Tapping Into The Largest Professional Network of Realtors
When it comes time to sell your home, the key is to get the word out! So you tell everyone you know that you are selling. And then what? The more people who know you are selling, the faster you’ll...
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Securing a Great Vantage Spot for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade!
Did you know that the first St. Patrick’s Day celebration took place right here in Boston on March 17, 1737? Since then, the event has grown to be the second largest in the country with crowds...
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Brighton, MA is a Smart place to live!!
Did You Know? The neighborhood of Brighton, MA was first called “Little Cambridge”. In 1807 the residents gained legal separation from Cambridge and named the town Brighton. In 1874 it was annexed to...
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This Month in Real Estate: March 2013
According to the National Association of Realtors, the number of projected home sales rose slightly to 4.92 million. The national median home price for existing homes edged back by 3.7% compared to...
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Boston Area Real Estate – by the Numbers
It’s a Seller’s market in the Boston area right now! According to the Department of Numbers, as of March 18, 2013 there were about 16,297 homes (SF and Condos) listed for sale in Boston which is a...
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Buying A Home Still Cheaper Than Renting Despite Rising Home Prices
This is a great article from Forbes on the costs of renting vs buying… “Trulia‘s Chief Economist discusses the latest findings from Trulia‘s Winter 2013 Rent vs. Buy Report, which found that...
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Home Prices Expected To Rise This Year
A number of financial institutions have recently raised the percentages by which they expect home values to rise this year. At the beginning of the year, most projections estimated that home values...
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Be a Successful Buyer in Today’s Seller’s Market
The Housing Market is currently seeing Inventory is at its lowest supply since 2005. Couple that with the continuing low interest rates and lower unemployment rates and you get a market where the...
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Boston Residents Fight for Historic Mansion
I like the idea of the South Boston residents who have been collecting signatures to preserve the 1867 James Collins Mansion. The large white home on East Broadway was built by Irish immigrant James...
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10 of the weirdest-shaped homes you’ll ever see by By Bill Briggs of...
This is a fun article By Bill Briggs of SwitchYard Media. This is what happens when creative minds are allowed to run free in the real estate world! I think my favorite has to be the hobbit home- I...
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Home Staging: Clearing the Clutter by Focusing on Smaller Goals!
The most important thing you can do to prepare your home for sale is to get rid of clutter. One of the major contributors to a cluttered look is having too much furniture.When professional stagers...
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Be a Successful Seller in Today’s Real Estate Market
There is no doubt that we are in a seller’s market when it comes to real estate. Good news for sellers! But that doesn’t mean that sellers can expect their homes to be snatched up without any due...
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Your Garden is an Outdoor Room
Unless you’re a natural green thumb, you probably feel a bit daunted by what to do with your backyard. If you’ve moved into a new housing development, chances are you have a patch of lawn, a tree or...
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May Home Buying Seminar!
If you or someone you know is thinking about buying a home in the next 12 months please join me on Tuesday May 14th for a free, informational home buying seminar. On hand will be a real estate...
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Tips For First-Time Home Buyers
The prospect of buying your first home can be daunting. A home is probably one of the largest, if not THE largest purchase you will make. So, where do you start and what should you watch out for to...
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A Few Essential Tips For Downsizing Your Home
If you or someone you know is getting ready to downsize a home, there will be lots for you to think about during the process and lots that needs to be done. My next couple of blog posts will be...
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TOP 10 MOST FUN PLACES TO LIVE IN MASSACHUSETTS
A FUN and of course somewhat subjective ranking of the top ten most fun places to live in MA from Boston.com…. Did your town make the cut?...
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CHEAPEST PLACES TO LIVE IN MASSACHUSETTS
Here’s a slideshow of the 10 towns with the cheapest home values in Massachusetts. Towns are ranked based on their assessed value for single family homes for the 2013 fiscal year. Data was gathered...
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TOP 10 TOWNS WITH BEST SCHOOLS IN MASSACHUSETTS
To determine the cities and towns with the best schools, The Boston Globe analyzed SAT scores and student-teacher ratios for the 2011-2012 academic year. This article summarizes their findings…..
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