If the mortgage interest tax deduction were eliminated or limited, Massachusetts taxpayers would be disproportionately hurt because homes are more expensive than in other parts of the country, The Boston Globe reported December 10, 2012.

Dec 16, 2012 9:45:00 AM
If the mortgage interest tax deduction were eliminated or limited, Massachusetts taxpayers would be disproportionately hurt because homes are more expensive than in other parts of the country, The Boston Globe reported December 10, 2012.
Topics: Real Estate Misc., Mortgage Rates & News
Dec 15, 2012 12:09:00 PM
The Boston Globe reported December 13, 2012 that a dilipated power station, out of use for 40 years, in Roslindale Square is set to be transformed into a mixed-use development with about 40 apartments, restaurants and a produce market.
Topics: Community Information, Real Estate Misc., Boston, Andover MA, Chelmsford MA, Brookline MA, Duxbury MA, Foxborough MA, Hanover MA, Kingston MA
Dec 13, 2012 10:15:00 AM
Exclusive buyer agent real estate firm Buyers Brokers Only, LLC has earned the service industry-coveted 2012 Angie’s List Super Service Award, an honor awarded annually to approximately 5 percent of all the companies rated on Angie’s List, the nation’s leading provider of consumer reviews on local service companies.
Topics: Real Estate Misc., Boston
Dec 12, 2012 9:30:00 PM
U.S. home loan mortgage applications rose last week, with home loan purchase applications hitting the third straight high point on the year, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported December 12, 2012.
Topics: Real Estate Market, Mortgage Rates & News
Dec 12, 2012 8:59:00 AM
Both single-family and condominium pending home sales in Massachusetts increased in November compared to November 2011, marking the 19th straight month that pending home sales increased, the Massachusetts Association of Realtors (MAR) reported December 11, 2012.
Topics: Real Estate Market, Massachusetts Association of Realtors
Dec 11, 2012 2:15:00 AM
According to some political commentators speaking last month at the 2012 Realtors Conference & Expo, the mortgage interest deduction (MID), though not specifically targeted so to speak, will likely emerge altered from the deficit talks in the nation's capital, Realtor Magazine reported November 12, 2012.
Topics: Real Estate Misc., Mortgage Rates & News
Dec 5, 2012 9:45:00 AM
The number of Massachusetts homeowners who faced foreclosure increased 22 percent in October, the highest number of foreclosure petitions filed since October 2009, the Boston Business Journal reported December 3, 2012.
Topics: Foreclosure News
Dec 4, 2012 10:45:00 AM
Will home warranty companies top the list of companies that receive the worst grades on Angie's List for a seventh straight year? Home warranty companies consistently perform poorly, according to Angie's List members.
Topics: Home-buying Tips, Condominium, Real Estate Misc., Video
Dec 3, 2012 11:30:00 AM
Topics: Community Information, Haverhill MA
Nov 30, 2012 10:45:00 AM
U.S. home prices rose in September for the sixth straight month, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home-price Index report released November 27, 2012. The report states that the data signals that the U.S. housing market is "in the midst of a recovery."
Topics: Real Estate Market, Boston
Nov 29, 2012 9:30:00 AM
A federal fund used to support the Federal Housing Administration's (FHA) single-family mortgage and reverse mortgage insurance programs ended fiscal year 2012 with a $16.3 billion deficit, according to an annual report submitted to the United States Congress this month, Inman News reported November 16, 2012.
Topics: Mortgage Rates & News, FHA
Nov 27, 2012 10:45:00 AM
Massachusetts home sales continued to perform strong in 2012, with October single-family home sales increasing 21 percent compared to October 2011, The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman, reported November 27, 2012.
Topics: Real Estate Market
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