17 Steps To Buying A Home
Buying a home is one of those milestone life events that many of us have been dreaming about for ages -- but there's a reason why not everybody tries it as soon as they could. It's time-consuming, it can be...
15 Ways You Can Make Your Community Safer
In a society where we refer to our homes as our castles, it makes sense that we also want to feel safe and secure in our residences. But as we spend more time inside looking at screens and less time outside...
14 Deep-Cleaning Tips For New Homeowners
If you've never owned a house before, then it's entirely possible that you've never deep-cleaned a house. (Hey, no shame in that game.) But when the house is yours, the desire to see it as clean and sparkling...
4 Tips For Financing Your First Home
First-time homeowners who aren't prepared for the financial realities can find themselves overwhelmed once they actually have those keys in hand -- and as the housing crash and Great Recession showed us in the...
Annual Massachusetts Housing Market Report
The 2019 Massachusetts housing market was fueled by the overall strength of the national economy. Mortgage rates also declined significantly from 2018, helping to offset affordability stresses caused by...
4 Ways to Maximize Your Living Space
We don't always have all the house space we wish we did, or we may be content with less home (less to clean!), but still need a way to fit all of our things in a neat and visually pleasing way. Here are a few...
How To Buy a Foreclosure
Many buyers are understandably nervous about buying a foreclosed home, also known as a distressed sale. There are horror stories galore about people purchasing a foreclosure and regretting it, but buying a...
11 Steps To Downsizing Your Home
Nothing lasts forever -- including a home where you raised a family or lived most of your working life. And it's a fact of life that suddenly, a place that was perfect for you a decade or two ago might start...