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Hallmark movie - everyone lives happily ever after, except the greedy real estate agent

I enjoyed the Thanksgiving weekend with family at a bed & breakfast in Chester, Vermont.
Turns out, a Hallmark Channel TV movie was filmed in the town, last spring. It’s called “Moonlight & Mistletoe” starring Tom Arnold and Candace Cameron-Bure (loved her in “Full House”).
Description: A man and his estranged daughter fight to save Santaville, [...]



Real estate agent held accountable for inaccurate square footage

That sound you just heard is 1 million real estate agents gasp.
From Realtor.org:

A Texas appeals court has upheld the principle that size matters in a case in which the square footage of a home sold in the central part of the state wasn’t what was advertised …
The house turned out to be 253 square feet [...]



Poor market conditions forces Redfin to change policies, prices

From the wire:
Online residential brokerage Redfin is changing its business model in an effort to attract more customers …
Buyers can now get unlimited home tours instead of being charged for them …
At the same time, Redfin is reducing its buyer refund from two-thirds of the buyer’s agent commission to half.
On the seller side, Redfin [...]



Coldwell Banker closes Waterfront & Somerville offices

As reported first on this blog, last week, Coldwell Banker is closing two of its Greater Boston offices. The offices are located in Somerville and on Boston’s Waterfront.
Banker & Tradesman has confirmed this with people inside the company.
It is expected that most of the 39 real estate agents will be absorbed into other offices in [...]



Real estate writers find new homes

The game of writing musical chairs continues. Real estate and business reporter Thomas Grillo, late of Banker & Tradesman, is now writing for the Boston Herald.
Tom has always been a great source of information for me. His articles in B&T were always informative.
It’s a shame what’s going on over at B&T. They’ve [...]



Breaking: Herald reporter moves to the Globe

Scott Van Voorhis, who was a business and real estate reporter at the Boston Herald for many years has joined the Boston Globe as a freelance writer. His work will be seen on the Globe’s Real Estate Now blog, as well as other places.
I believe he will continue to contribute to Banker & Tradesman.




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