Rates are worse than last week
Mortgage rates are now one point (1.00) worse in price than they were last week. On a $400,000 loan this change is $4,000 for the worse....
Tips On Curb Appeal
Landscaping is one of the best home investments you can make. A few well-placed trees or shrubs will increase the resale value of your...
An expanded colonial
Sometimes the expansion or addition blends in well with the original structure and sometimes and sometimes it just looks like a big shoe...
Tips On Maintaining Good Credit
Tips on establishing and maintaining good credit: Pay your bills on time, especially mortgage or rent payments. Apart from extreme...
Negative Nudge
"Negative nudge" is a cool new economics phrase I picked up in today's Wall Street Journal. I am going to attempt to properly use...
Does cheaper housing also mean cheaper cars?
I am starting to look at getting a replacement car. I'm considering both new and used. It's interesting that, under my search criteria, a...
Everybody wants to go swimming!
After millions of $$ dollars and an extra 2 years of construction time, the West Roxbury YMCA's fabulous new pool has been completed and...
Chef's Kitchen
When I read in the text of a listing "chef's kitchen" it always make me laugh......what other kind of kitchen is there? Wouldn't it be...
Martha's Vineyard - commercial is cheaper than residential
Interesting.....a commercial street level condo sold on Winter Street in Edgartown for only $250K. If it was a residential unit it would...
Eagle: thy name is "Cloud Banger!"
The mascot for Boston College sports teams is the Eagle. There is a bald eagle hanging around the BC reservoir that my son Connor and I...
