Boston Property owners must read: GREEN TICKET LAW

New procedures for code enforcement will be affecting your taxes!! GREEN TICKET LAW The Green Ticket Law is now in effect – As of May 14th, 2010 any code violation tickets (including improper trash removal, snow removal, yard issues, etc) will be added to the owner of the properties Quarterly Tax Bills starting this DEC [...]

April Sales figures: the sky continues to fall

According to a piece in today’s Boston Herald home sales figures in Massachusetts dropped 23% this April when compared to a year ago. Condo sales dropped a staggering 28%. The only silver lining in the figures that are compiled from MLS is a 6.6% rise in the Median Condo sale price. Looks like the home [...]

Update from the development front

While many are still reeling from the sagging economy some major Boston development plans are moving ahead as posted earlier on this blog. This author thinks it is a positive sign for the future. Here is a development that is set to change the skyline and feel of Mass Ave and Boylston street. The area [...]

Mass Gas Prices: $4+ a gallon

Jeez this is totally non-real estate related here: With the onslaught of close to, and, at some stations in the Boston area ABOVE $4 a gallon for gasoline is it rude if I put a tip jar in my car when I meet clients for showings? What if real estate agents started to run meters [...]

The Boston Student rental market: 5/7/11

We’ve officially passed from the days of finals to the days of graduation and the academic calendar has summer break written all over it. If you’ve got a rental property in and around one of the major universities or colleges in Boston the majority of the potential renters have either found places to live for [...]