REAL ESTATE LOCAL NEWS, MASSACHUSETTS

By Gary Kelley - Searching for a home can be very frustrating with rising rates and a general inventory constraint. I like tears of joy when an offer is accepted and right now many buyers are not feeling the love.

By Vincent Stokes While some home upgrades are purely personal, like adding a wine cellar or a Christmas package wrapping room, others will actually help increase...

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Now that autumn leaves have changed color and cool crisp fall nights have arrived, we are reminded that winter is just around the corner....

Gary Kelley, Realtor®   As professional full-time real estate professionals we are in and out of homes all day long. While we haven’t seen it all,...

In today's market, many sellers want to know the secret to selling their homes quickly. They want to know ways to hold on to the equity they've build over the past decade. Unfortunately, there is no golden equation that equals the perfect sale. Yet, while there is no "sure thing" in the housing market these days, there are certain factors that affect how quickly and for how much your home sells.

By Steve Levine Back in 2006, I was doing an interview with a reporter at a local paper, who wanted to do a story on the soaring prices and home shortages.

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Elaine Quigley, CBR, CRS, GRI The Fed raised interest rates last week, causing a ripple of concern among those who are worried about the effects on higher mortgage rates and the greater impact on the real estate market. But what do rising rates really mean for homebuyers?

"The majority of my work is smaller to mid-size remodeling projects with a lot of repair work, anything from rotted trim to siding repairs to replacement doors and windows. On the remodeling side, I do a lot of decks, kitchens, bathrooms and basements. My specialty is finish carpentry," said Raymond Valois, who has owned his own contracting firm, Valois Home Improvements for 14 years.

By Elaine Quigley, Realtor, CBR, CRS, GRI, Prudential Prime Properties It's a tool used by house flippers all across the nation. Stagers know its power. Real estate agents push its importance. What is this not-so-well-kept secret of real estate? A kitchen can sell a house.

Many buyers lose out on great properties because they mistakenly equate the town's assessed value of a particular property to fair market value of...

Westborough – Anthony Joseph Real Estate held its grand opening ceremony at the Westborough Rotary June 10. The family-owned business, located at 6 E....

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Michelle Gillespie, Realtor, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Spring is the best time of the year to sell your home. The snow is melting, spring flowers will be blooming and the largest numbers of buyers are actively searching for a new home during the months of April, May and June.

Here are the homes & more ads for the April 15 edition: