Former Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown has put his Massachusetts home on the market, further fueling speculation about his political future. An open house was held Sunday at the 3,020-square-foot, four-bedroom Colonial in Wrentham. The asking price is $559,900. Brown refused to disclose why he’s selling, telling The Republican newspaper of Springfield that “it’s personal.” [...]
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I receive a lot of calls from prospective buyers who have previously sold a home in a short sale. Time has passed and their credit has improved but they want to know if they can qualify for a new mortgage. Short sellers normally have to wait at least two years after closing the short sale [...]
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When you make an investment in Massachusetts, it’s important to consider your options for turning a profit even before you write an offer. It might be best to rent out the property to cover your mortgage and build equity providing the home cash-flows with solid rents and demand. Or, you could fix up the home [...]
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Home prices nationwide increased 8.3 percent, including distressed sales, in December 2012 compared with December 2011, according to the December home price index report released today by the California-based CoreLogic. Excluding distressed sales, home prices increased on a year-over-year basis by 7.5 percent in December 2012 compared with December 2011. That increase represents the biggest [...]
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Coldwell Banker has come out with a new survey ranking Massachusetts as the second most expensive state for single family homes. The real estate firm’s “Home Listing Report” survey listing of four-bedroom, two-bathroom homes covers 72,000 properties in 2,500 cities and towns across the country, including 116 of the Bay State’s 353 cities and towns. [...]
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A new report from real estate portal Zillow shows negative equity is on the decline across the country, with Boston one of the cities with the fewest homeowners underwater. Only 17.5 percent of Boston area homeowners were underwater, good enough for the Hub to take second place among the 30 largest metropolitan areas in the [...]
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The Town of Scituate recently discovered that they only own about a 300-foot stretch of beach near the public entrance to Humarock on Marshfield Avenue. According to state law, the public can enjoy the tidelands, which is the area in between the low and high tide marks, along the entire stretch of Humarock Beach. But [...]
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A buyer has been found for the Quincy home owned by the longtime girlfriend of Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, and proceeds of the sale are expected to pay federal fines. Catherine Greig is serving an eight-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to charges related to the couple’s 16 years on the run. She was [...]
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Jerod Mayo, the New England Patriots linebacker, has purchased a five-bedroom Colonial in North Attleborough, Mass., for $1.5 million. Mayo, who played college football at Tennessee and was drafted by the Pats in 2008, bought the 7,601-square-foot home at a substantial discount. The house at Westwood Estates was listed three years ago by Keller Williams [...]
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A 266-acre tract of land on Martha’s Vineyard has hit the market for $92 million. If sold for the asking price, it would be the largest real estate transaction on the island by about $28 million, according to the Vineyard Gazette, which first reported the listing. The property in West Tisbury is virtually undeveloped, except [...]
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