Daily Archives: August 31, 2011

Home Prices in Boston Area Show Gains for Second Month

Home values in the Boston area rose 2.4 percent in June, marking the second consecutive month of increases locally, according to a report released yesterday by the S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. A national gauge of the housing market The … Continue reading

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Fall Flowers – Top Fall Blooming Plants for the Perennial Garden

http://bit.ly/noHSts The trick to designing your garden with perennial flowers is making sure you have something wonderful in bloom all the time. Each season has its stars and fall flowering perennials have some of the best.

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Secret Places to Store Things

http://bit.ly/oFVdpv What's a great place to store things that nobody ever thinks of? Experts spill their advice on finding space you never even knew you had.

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Tying Health Problems to Rise in Home Foreclosures

http://on.wsj.com/oCGLxN The threat of losing your home is stressful enough to make you ill, it stands to reason. Now two economists have measured just how unhealthy the foreclosure crisis has been in some of the hardest-hit areas of the U.S.

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Closing Costs: Settlement and Escrow

http://aol.it/nZyaCA How your closing works and what your closing costs are depends on what you're buying, the conditions of your purchase and what state you're buying in…

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When Shopping for a Home Online, Buyer Beware

As the real estate quote goes, “Real Estate is local” … this article stresses that to our clients in Marshfield  ….. What you see online is often not anywhere near what you are going to get. In fact, I have … Continue reading

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July foreclosure starts hit highest level of 2011

These numbers may be of interest to those in Marshfield facing problems with mortgage payments …. More than 1,400 foreclosure proceedings were started in Massachusetts in July, the highest monthly number so far in 2011 and the highest number of … Continue reading

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Short Sales

This is a great article for those homeowners in Marshfield facing foreclosure … short sale is an alternative … Occasionally, Steve Harney, our founder and lead content creator, asks us permission to share his personal feelings on a current real … Continue reading

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The Mortgage Fix That Can Save the Economy

http://aol.it/oIH8yR The loan modification programs have been a joke. You have a house that has tanked in value and the best the banks can come up with is a plan where they sort of delay what you owe long enough … Continue reading

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New Mortgage Limit May Set Buyers Back

http://nyti.ms/pJmeKs FOR most potential buyers, the impending change in mortgage limits is just another obscure wrinkle in federal policy. But for some New Yorkers, it could mean the difference between buying and not buying a new home.

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