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More Indictments Come Down In AG’s Forgery Investigation Allen Seymour, 50, formerly of Oxford, MA As I’ve written here before, I have been representing three families victimized in a well publicized criminal real estate scheme involving forged deeds and the theft of millions of dollars in real estate. I’m happy to report that Attorney General Maura […]

U.S. Homeownership & Rental Vacancy Rates for Q3 2019 The U.S. government is reporting that the national vacancy rates in Q3 2019 were 6.8% for rental housing and 1.4% for homeowner housing.  The national homeownership rate for Q3 2019 was 64.8%, which they report was not statistically different from one year ago.  Approximately 87.8% of

Millennials are Fueling the Rental Economy Visual Capitalist reminds us that the spending habits of millennials have not only been reshaping the retail landscape but setting the tone for its future.   They say they want anything, anywhere and anytime.  That’s pretty intense, but it is reality.  In that vein, today’s infographic looks at the top

S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller: National Home Price Index up 3.2% According to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, the rate of home price increases reported a 3.2% annual gain in August, nearly the same as July.  Their 10-City Composite annual increase came in at 1.5% and the 20-City Composite posted

Four Fall Projects to Tackle Now for Year-Round Property Protection Four Fall Projects to Tackle Now for Year-Round Property Protection By Brian Aguirre, The Home Depot Fire emergencies, unwanted intruders or even inadequate insulation can all pose threats to your property and its tenants. Fortunately, a mix of the right products, devices and technology can

Challenges to Deeds: Forgeries, Undue Influence, Mental Capacity, and Defective Notarizations It’s been awhile since I’ve posted, and that’s due in large part to my work on several complex cases involving challenges to deeds. So I figured since I’ve done a ton of legal research and writing on the subject in the actual cases, why

Real estate consumer advocates run Best Quarter ever in B Savings / Reform Marathon Two weeks before race day, began thinking of the Boston Marathon as a metaphor for another marathon with a historic starting line in Boston. Those who have run any distance know the preparation, persistence and pacing it takes to finish the

Local Market Monitor’s National Economic Outlook for October Local Market Monitor, a National REIA preferred vendor, recently released their National Economic Outlook for September, 2019 where they share their thoughts on developments taking place in the U.S. economy. National Economic Outlook – September 2019 By Ingo Winzer The number of jobs in September was up 1.4

Nonrevolving Debt is Surging The NAHB’s Eye on Housing picked up on an interesting tidbit in the latest Federal Reserve G.19 Consumer Credit Report that shows rising trends in consumer credit, excluding loans secured by real estate, through August 2019.  They point out that most of the increase in this period also owed to the

Typical Suburban Lawn Care Supports Adverse Possession, Appeals Court Holds A recent court ruling confirms a legal principle in Massachusetts which a lot of folks may be surprised to learn. Under the legal theory of adverse possession, if you mow your neighbor’s lawn and otherwise conduct typical suburban lawn care on that property openly and