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Mortgage loan amortization schedule

Boston real estate - buying a home, mortgage loans

Wondering what your monthly mortgage loan payment will be? There’s an easy way to figure it out, that doesn’t involve an Excel spreadsheet. Here it is: rate per thousand 4.000 4.77 4.125 4.85 4.250 4.92 4.375 4.99 4.500 5.07 4.625 5.14 4.750 5.22 4.875...

Moving to Boston, Massachusetts – where should I live?

Boston real estate - buying a home

Are you thinking of or planning to move to Boston? Congratulations! Boston, Massachusetts is a great place to live. In the meantime, you may find it helpful to read through all the posts on this blog. Click here back to Boston Real Estate Home Search Ford Realty...

Tip: buy yourself an owner’s condo insurance policy

Boston real estate - buying a home

If you are buying a condominium, your lender will require that you have insurance to cover the home. This is because if the property burns down or is damaged in some way, the lender wants to make sure it gets its money back. Your lender will require that you have a...

MA home inspection regulation is best in the nation *

Boston real estate - buying a home, the real estate industry

By best I mean, fifth. The American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) has ranked the home inspection regulation laws in the United States, weighing them on 13 criteria, including testing requirements, standards of practice, codes of ethics, and enforceability. In the...

New site helps consumers learn about properties before buying

Boston real estate - buying a home

I received this email, last week. Would you be willing to blog about our new consumer site, MapRealty.com. It is a site that allows buyers and sellers to search property records, homes for sale, and recent home sales. However, our “differentator” is we...

Buy an owner’s title insurance policy, save yourself the hassle

Boston real estate - buying a home

Last week, the Globe’s Binyamin Appelbaum, who reports on real estate for the paper, wrote a story about his search for a new home. He made a comment that has created a lot of controversies (by “a lot”, I mean, a little). The comment: Title insurance...