Will vote to limit “Coming Soon” listings end practice of forcing buyers to trade agency for access to Pre-MLS inventory? Shared a version of this DRAFT blog post on a closed Facebook group about 10 days before the Realtors’ preliminary vote today to limit Coming Soon listings. As a long-time consumer advocate / buyer agent […]
Airbnb Spent Millions, Loses Fight in Jersey City We first posted about this last summer when Airbnb announced that they were fighting back against Jersey City (a NJ suburb of New York City) over new laws that severely limit short-term rentals. So, Airbnb gathered the requisite number of signatures to get it placed on November
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Ask the Carpenter: Dealing with rusty wood stoves, terrible smells Rob Robillard talks rust removal, while readers weigh in on a musty basement smell. The post Ask the Carpenter: Dealing with rusty wood stoves, terrible smells appeared first on Boston.com Real Estate.
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ABODO Says One-Bedroom Units Rebound in November National apartment listing site ABODO recently reported that the median nationwide rent price for one-bedroom units in November was $ 1,071. ABODO uses over 1 million listings across the United States to calculate the median 1-bedroom rent price by city, state, and nation and then track the month-over-month
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Luxury Home of the Week: For .5 million, Beacon Hill town house next to John Kerry In a past life, this six-level Beacon Hill town house was part of a convent. Now it’s a luxurious estate. The post Luxury Home of the Week: For $ 20.5 million, Beacon Hill town house next to John Kerry
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What million Gets You in Cities Across the Country What does $ 1 million get you for a home in different cities across the county? Well, Zillow says what that home looks like depends heavily on a town’s character, its building history, market pressures, legal guidelines and demographics. They remind us that the house your
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Just listed: A new Nahant home with ocean and city views for 9,000 41 Gardner Road includes a deck with built-in grill, bathroom with heated floors, and kitchen with gold quartz counters. The post Just listed: A new Nahant home with ocean and city views for $ 749,000 appeared first on Boston.com Real Estate.
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The History & Future of Wifi Wireless fidelity, aka WiFi…We practically take it for granted nowadays. Whether we’re looking up property records while sitting at a local Starbucks or crunching data at the office most of us use Wifi at some point during the day. It’s practically ubiquitous. However, this technology only started taking off
Boston Globe Magazine’s Hit Piece On Evictions Riddled With Misleading Statistics, Bias Accurate Court Data Shows The “Eviction Crisis” Is A Fallacy You may have noticed the featured article in Sunday’s Boston Globe Magazine on the supposed “eviction crisis” in Massachusetts. Titled “As rents soar in Boston, low-income tenants try to stave off eviction,” investigative
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Zumper’s National Rent Report for November ’19 Rental information site Zumper recently released their National Rent Report for November, 2019 showing that the median national rent for 1-bedroom apartment was $ 1,237 (down 0.3%) and the median two-bedroom rent was $ 1,480 (down 0.3%). Year to date, one bedroom prices are up 2.5% and two