You have got to be careful when buying a home. There are two things you have to do, regardless of whatever else you do.
* Have a home inspection;
* Be specific when listing items included in the sale.
In the story below, a buyer was not specific about what was included in the sale, and was [...]

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Tell me, is something like this useful?
http://bostonreb.com/sundayopenhouses.html
You can click on any of the column headers and the table will re-sort. (Clicking on “Address” will sort the table by “Address”, clicking on “$List Price” will sort by “$List Price”, etc.)
You can click on the MLS # for more information.
What other information would you like to [...]

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Not much new here, but just an FYI.
This is a fantastic project, and will fill a gaping hole in the neighborhood. Yay!
A 103-unit, mixed-income apartment building that’s part of a multimillion-dollar project to revitalize Boston’s Jackson Square has the go-ahead from the city’s Zoning Board of Appeal.
Mitchell Properties received a variance Tuesday to build [...]

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Here’s a funky application you might find useful if you’re putting your home up for sale and want to involve and engage visitors to your property’s website.
MapsAlive lets you create interactive maps to put on your web pages.
A “map” can be any image such as a diagram, floor plan, photo, or geographic map.
* Create interactive [...]

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Banker & Tradesman is reporting that Back Bay real estate agency R.M. Bradley & Co. will close its doors, effective March 1, 2008.
The company “insisted that the closing had nothing to do with the region’s failing residential real estate market.”
The firm has had a tough year, with powerhouse agent Tracy Campion heading out on her [...]

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What do you think? Is Chip Case on target or is he spending too much time smoking pot and playing hacky-sack in the quad with the kids over at Wellesley?
“We are an expensive place where house prices rose a lot during the boom, so I’m not surprised that things have slowed considerably,” Wellesley [...]

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