Calling a place home isn't always easy. Add in the price range, the size of home you're looking for and commute time it's not easy at times. Many people call an area home what relates to them and what they feel comfortable with. When I moved to Boston sixteen years ago I knew nothing. Every place I visited in mass was a new experience. Even now as an agent in the real estate business I am always Continue Reading
LifeStyle Property Lake Front Living
Owning your first home is often the goal, but some are lucky in life to own more than one home. Often the second home is geared towards someone lifestyle whether its Beach, Country, Eco-Friendly, Historic, Lakefront, Mountain, Golf, private island, retirement, Ski, Wine and Vineyard, Farm or ranch and Equestrian. Sometimes the second home serves more than one purpose for the owner it could be Continue Reading
Smart Homes What Defines a Smart Home
Some of this technology can figure out ways to have you save money over time. Smart homes can’t just have one feature to call it a smart home. A smart home has to have two or more technologies to call it a true smart home. A home with the Nest system alone isn't a true smart home. Many products are widely available. Cellphone companies are even getting into the act. Smart Homes are not for Continue Reading
Different Styles of Homes
Cape Cod- This Style of home started in New England in the seventeen century. It is a low, broad, frame building, generally, a story and a half high, with a moderately steep, pitched roof with end gables, a large central chimney, and very little ornamentation. These homes started to appear in 1600. They were inspired by Britain’s thatched cottages with the modifications made in the United States Continue Reading
Rethinking that moving timeline
Regardless if you’re looking to Buy, Sell or Rent you might want to read this and rethink your moving timeline. If you were in New England last year or you watched the TV in amazement you might know Mother Nature dropped 110 inches of snow on Massachusetts and we were often the target for the snow in New England. The snow brought many issues that even the hardy New Englander had issues dealing Continue Reading
To Much Inventory for renters and how to attract them
Owners often ask me what matters to renters? What can help get my unit rented faster? Renters in many cases are buyers in training and I will explain why renters are buyers in training. 1) Renters like buyers like nice things, and unlike prior generations, they are less likely to just settle. Most buyers in the market want turn key units, and renters are no different. They want high-end Continue Reading
2015 Economic Expectations
I recently attended The Greater Boston Real Estate Board Economic Expectations Seminar which talked about what to expect in 2015, and it was interesting what was mentioned. At the Economic Expectations at the Federal Reserve building in downtown Boston, there were two experts that spoke Michael D Goodman and David Stiff. Michael D Goodman is a professor at UMass Dartmouth who is an associate Continue Reading
Buyers Market has turned into a seller market
Unless you have been living under a rock you might have realized we went from being a buyer’s market to becoming a seller’s market when it comes to real estate. Every day I am in my office and it seems like every one of my coworkers along with myself has a cash buyer or has a motivated buyer who has qualified for a mortgage and just needs to find their dream place to call home. Sellers listen up, Continue Reading
Midtown 453 Washington Street
Midtown area has been going through a rebirth from the Millennium Place, Millennium Towers set to be completed in 2016 along with other great new construction projects like 45 Province and the original staple that moved into midtown long before now the Ritz on Avery Street. Equinox gym taking over Sports Club LA, other developments on the horizon are Roche Brothers will be moving into the downtown Continue Reading
Luxury Living at Millennium Tower
Boston is in the middle of a real estate boom. More and more projects are being approved and although it's not any easier for a developer to build in Boston and really in Massachusetts, there are still plenty of options for someone who wants luxury. If you're not sure if you want to buy in a certain building sometimes the best option is to rent. I often tell my client's Real Estate shopping is a Continue Reading
