General real estate stories
Scotty Van Voorhis is out today with a story that, pretty much, is about nothing. A small but growing number of Boston area condo and homeowners are finding themselves “upside down.� That’s real estate parlance that describes what happens when homeowners...General real estate stories
Morgan Quitno Press is out with its annual “America’s Safest Cities” report. Top ten cities, over 500,000 people: 1 San Jose, CA 2 Honolulu, HI 3 El Paso, TX 4 New York, NY 5 Austin, TX 6 San Diego, CA 7 San Antonio, TX 8 Louisville, KY 9 Fort Worth,...General real estate stories
The Globe has a great bunch of articles helpful to people thinking about buying their first single-family house or condominium. I couldn’t say it better, myself: The Globe quotes information from Mass Housing, a great state organization whose mission is to help...General real estate stories
Did you get the feeling this week that maybe the press had changed the story from “housing market in free-fall” to “housing market stabilizes, good times on tap!”? I did. Neither is accurate, in my opinion. I feel as though prices in Boston may...General real estate stories
An update on the real estate lives of Red Sox players, past and present: Manny Ramirez’ $6.9 million Ritz Carlton Tower condo, still for sale Pedro Martinez’ Brookline house, still for sale, at $1,895,000 Nomar Garciaparra’s Charlestown condo still...General real estate stories
One way to make money in real estate? Move every two years. Basically, buy a home that needs some cosmetic improvements, buy at a discount, fix it up, and sell. Certainly, it can be riskier than other investments, but I can understand the logic. If you’re a...