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Eviction Moratorium Challenge Live Stream of Superior Court Hearing Thursday 10AM For those keeping track of our legal challenge to the Eviction Moratorium Act, tomorrow July 30, 2020 at 10am, the Suffolk Superior Court will be live streaming on Youtube the hearing on our motion to enjoin and strike down the Moratorium. I’ve embedded and […]

U.S. Homeownership & Rental Vacancy Rates for Q2 2020 The U.S. government is reporting that the national vacancy rates in Q2 2020 were 5.7% for rental housing and 0.9% for homeowner housing.  The national homeownership rate for Q2 2020 was 67.9%.  In addition, approximately 90.1% of the housing units in the United States in Q2

Covid seeding new era of consumer protection in real estate? At the Real Estate Cafe, we’re always cooking up something creative — often revisiting anniversaries and ideas that were “half baked” and still need collaborators and guest chefs to cocreate a masterpiece. One of our best events was 24 years ago (July 29, 1996) when

12 homes you can tour from your couch (July 29) Take a 3-D tour of a dozen listings — from a 3-bed single-family in Holbrook for $ 369,900 to a 7-bed Dover mansion for $ 5.9m. The post 12 homes you can tour from your couch (July 29) appeared first on Boston.com Real Estate.

Successfully Using the Past to Manage in the Present Successfully Using the Past to Manage in the Present by David Pickron We have all heard the phrase “live in the present and forget about the past,” but rarely do we hear the opposite of that.  Currently we are in a challenging situation in regard to

Top 10 Metros with Highest Foreclosure Rates in Q2 According to ATTOM Data Solutions’ recently released U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, the number of properties with foreclosure filings hit an all-time low with 165,530 filings reported.  Nationally, 0.12% of all housing units (one in every 824 housing units) had a foreclosure filing in the first half

Extended Eviction Moratoriums Do More Harm than Good The National Multifamily Housing Council recently put together some important facts about the adverse effects of extending the current eviction moratoriums.  They recognize that the Coronavirus pandemic has caused serious economic pain for millions of American families.  However, they point out that without long-term solutions that support

Small Rental Property Owners, ACLU, National Rental Managers, 30 Major Cities Weigh In On Constitutionality of Massachusetts Eviction Moratorium Over 30 Organizations and Individual Landlords Impacted by Eviction Moratorium File Friend of the Court (Amicus Curiae) Briefs In State Court Challenge Our lawsuit challenging the Massachusetts Eviction Moratorium Act, which Gov. Baker just extended to

Many Pass-Through Businesses Face Marginal Rates Close to 50% According to data from the Tax Foundation, pass-through businesses (sole proprietorships, S corporations, and partnerships) make up a majority of businesses across the United States.  As many real estate investors know, owners must pay individual income tax on income earned from these businesses.  The Tax Foundation

The Jamaica Plain ‘Graffiti House’ is about to come tumbling down The art will be demolished along with the building, something that is unavoidable because the exterior siding is asbestos tile. The post The Jamaica Plain ‘Graffiti House’ is about to come tumbling down appeared first on Boston.com Real Estate.