General real estate stories
Sorry for the downtime today. I switched hosting companies from Yahoo! to MediaTemple. About halfway through, I decided to take a nap. It was surprisingly simple. If you decide to switch hosting companies, all I can say is, remember to transfer EVERYTHING from your...General real estate stories
This is news about a month old, so it’s a bit dated but worth considering. Donald L. Kohn, the Federal Reserve’s vice chairman, was quoted as saying, at an October 4th conference in New York, that the housing correction might be shorter than past...General real estate stories
Patrick Deval is apparently considering using Kevin Honan to advise him on how to deal with the affordable housing crunch in Massachusetts. Maybe that’s a good thing, but results will be few in number, and successes, hard-fought. Forcing cities and towns to...General real estate stories
If you are selling or buying a home, use an attorney. If you choose to go it alone, you might encounter some problems, especially if the other side is using an attorney. The odds are somewhat stacked against you. From the Herald: Q: I’m negotiating an...General real estate stories
I read this somewhere, I forget where: With the residential market slow, builders and individual sellers are offering their agents more incentives than usual to move their properties. On top of standard commissions, agents may pocket thousands of dollars, travel...General real estate stories
Perhaps you want to or have to, move. But, perhaps you still don’t have a buyer for your current home. Perhaps you want to make an offer on a new place. One way to handle this is to make your offer contingent upon the sale of your current home. No seller is...