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Archive for April, 2007


Animal Rescue League problems still unexplained …

Just a strange turn of events.
The Animal Rescue League opened a $7 million facility in Pembroke, five years ago. The expansive 9-acre property includes the league’s state-of-the-art shelter and a single-family house built for the league’s director of operations and his family, and an adjoining 60-acre nature sanctuary and dog walk.
But, now, the league [...]



Finding a rental in Boston is a miserable experience

How did you find your last rental apartment in Boston?
On craigslist? On the internet? By word-of-mouth?
Or, by using a rental agent and paying a fee?
If it was the last choice, I feel for you. I feel bad for you, actually.
I used to be a rental agent, but I just hated [...]



New HGTV series premieres tonight!

I hope this series is as good as I think it’s going to be.
HGTV’s new reality series, “Bought and Sold� premieres tonight, Sunday, April 29th, at 10 PM.
Former actors, models and even pro-sports players adopt a second career as real estate agents, and stop at nothing to outmaneuver other agents to get a listing, and [...]



The Globe and sour grapes

There was an editorial in the Globe the other day that seemed kind of unfair.
It involved the high cost of housing within the city of Boston, and how, in the newspaper’s view, the Menino administration had failed its residents.
Boston … is not, however, an urban success story. More than 300 qualified buyers at [...]



Weekly Boston Real Estate Sales and Listings Update, April 28, 2007

The following information is from the local MLS database, as of April 28, 2007, compared to (last week).
Total # of condos for sale in the city of Boston: 2,514 (2,481)
Average # of days on market: 120 (120)
Median price of all condos for sale in the city of Boston: $399,000 ($390,000)
Average price of all condos for [...]



Wait, what? Massachusetts leads nation

Huh?
The Massachusetts economy surged in the first quarter, nearly quadrupling the national growth rate and recalling the technology-driven expansion of the 1990s.
The state’s economy grew at a 4.7 percent annual rate in the first quarter, the fastest pace in nearly 7 years, according to a report yesterday from the University of Massachusetts. The US economy [...]




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