Landlord charged with discrimination for non-deleading compliance

According to Banker and Tradesman this week an apartment owner of 24 units in Holyoke was charged with discriminating against a potential tenant with children because her property did not have a deluded certificate. All property owners need to be aware that just because your property doesn’t have a lead free certificate DOES NOT mean [...]

Boston.com: rents are through the roof.

Anyone who has been following the musing on this site is no stranger to the fact that for about a year I have been beating the drum of the tightening rental market in Boston. Now, boston.com is joining me in spreading the word. I knew they would come around. The fact is that because the [...]

Tips for renters . . . . a must read.

If you are one of the many college students throughout the greater Boston area and are looking to move off campus NOW is the rush for next September 1st. I tell this to almost every client I work with but here are a few tips to keep in mind. These are directly from the trenches [...]

Harvard: “The state of the nation’s housing is sobering”

Well if it wasn’t official already Harvard has put its stamp of failure on the national housing market. It almost feels as if the report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies is a kick in the stomach while the market is already on the group and hurt. There are more than a few [...]

Tips for renters.

I’ve been showing quite a few properties for rent this past week. It was great to get out and see a lot of inventory from Cleveland Circle to the South End, Cambridge, and Charlestown. I found many of the old issues that both inexperienced and even experienced renters run into. A few thoughts: * If [...]