http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/ en-us Copyright 2009 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:42:23 -0500 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:22:56 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=1.53 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss If you are psyched to spend half a fortune on a fortune worth of stuff on Black Friday, you should read this entry later. Today, I present a report from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. They do... http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/to_grandmothers.html http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/to_grandmothers.html Markets Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:42:23 -0500 Sales may be up, but prices continue to lag. The just released S&P/Case-Shiller national home price index reported a 8.9 percent decline in prices in the third quarter. That is being billed as an improvement, given we saw pretty steep... http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/whats_the_deal.html http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/whats_the_deal.html Markets Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:32:39 -0500 Over the river and through the woods… are you singing yet? Do you have older relatives living in Massachusetts who are have a low income? Would your grandmother stay in her home longer if her property taxes were deferred? Low-income... http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/to_grandmothers_1.html http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/to_grandmothers_1.html Legal issues Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:10:52 -0500 It’s hard to argue that home sales are not on a roll again, both locally and nationally. OK, housing bears, feel free to let me have it. Still, housing sales were up for the fifth straight month in Massachusetts, jumping... http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/tax_credit_mark.html http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/tax_credit_mark.html Markets Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:19:02 -0500 Sam Schneiderman, Broker-owner of Greater Boston Home Team reminds you that all advice is not created equal. If you’re thinking of buying or selling real estate, there is no shortage of advice on the subject. When friends, family members or... http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/whos_advice_sho.html http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/whos_advice_sho.html Brokers Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:00:04 -0500 OK, if you want to sell your house in today’s market, better get with reality. Buyers are looking for a bargain. You have to at least create the illusion that you are offering them a deal. Sounds like real estate... http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/manny_schilling.html http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/manny_schilling.html Markets Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500 This is not the first time, and I regret to say, it will not be not the last… I just saw a house that was in foreclosure. We went upstairs first. The walls, and windows and fittings were all modern... http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/beating_up_the.html http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/beating_up_the.html Building and Repairing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:08:22 -0500 Looks like the foreclosure mess won’t be going away anytime soon. Just as all the hoopla over the extension of the home buyer tax credit starts to fade, along comes the The Mortgage Bankers Association to bring the market back... http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/more_foreclosur_1.html http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/more_foreclosur_1.html Mortgage matters Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:25:18 -0500 Friday was a lousy day for me. It ended with the flooded house I'll tell you about someday. It started with yet another house that is on the market, but not really. This one is not a foreclosure or a... http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/selling_by_the.html http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/selling_by_the.html Building and Repairing Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:50:47 -0500 Welcome to the Boston area, where you will find a wonderful selection of overpriced homes in need of work. That might be a good way of summing our market to a newbie perplexed at the idea that you can shell... http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/boomtime_or_bus.html http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/boomtime_or_bus.html Markets Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:35:57 -0500 Today, Attorney Richard D. Vetstein. outlines the changes in lending that we both hope will lead to transparency and the final end to bait-and-switch lending. New, sweeping changes regulating how lenders, closing attorneys and title companies disclose loan and closing... http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/new_hud_lending.html http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/new_hud_lending.html Mortgage matters Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:54:01 -0500 Ah, to be a renter again. Sometimes I get nostalgic for the good old days, a decade back when I was a renter. Especially when I look at the mortgage payment or think about the money my wife Karen and... http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/desperate_landl.html http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/desperate_landl.html Markets Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500 Scott’s bear-baiting entry based on the NAR’s economist’s market predictions was published the same day I got my Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB) and NAR membership renewal bill. These are not sunny times for NAR, even though Dr. Yun... http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/cloudy_times_at.html http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/cloudy_times_at.html Brokers Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:54:15 -0500 Well, it’s amazing it’s taken this long. There have been countless federal and state proposals to shower tens of billions on so-called victims of subprime lending. But if you simply took out a boring old mortgage years ago and then... http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/for_jobless_hom.html http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/for_jobless_hom.html Markets Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500 Sam Schneiderman, Broker-owner of Greater Boston Home Team teaches you how to commit bank fraud. Why would he do that? Because most buyers and sellers don’t understand how easy it is to get into trouble. Many loan officers and agents... http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/how_to_commit_b.html http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/11/how_to_commit_b.html Legal issues Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:20:05 -0500