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What every good offers needs
Sam Schneiderman, broker owner of Great Boston Home Team is our Monday guy. Today he discusses how to make an offer a good offer. Whether......
Spring Cleaning & Home Repair
Small changes add up to quality improvements
It's the little unseen details, like the texture and quality of doors and knobs, that go a long way. (By James Sullivan, Boston Globe)
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Faces of the state's foreclosure crisis
We've collected photos and stories of some of the Massachusetts residents who have been affected — or played a part in — the state's foreclosure crisis, as reported over the past year in The Boston Globe.
Wenham house gets a fresh look
After tearing down walls and adding 175 square feet to this Cape Cod-style home, homeowners Stephanie and George Needham didn't have to move to accommodate their growing family.
10 renovation projects that add value
If you do one thing, paint. But if you're serious, we've got nine other projects that hold up at resale.
Putting up fight for foreclosed Dorchester home
More than 12,000 homes were lost to foreclosure in Massachusetts last year. Most families leave in quiet shame. But Marie Cacoa refused to leave. (By Megan Woolhouse, Boston Globe)
Snapshot of the spring market
We asked a realtor, a builder, a buyer, a seller, what they think will happen this spring -- and most were optimistic. Could this be the year that the housing market finally recovers from the Great Recession?
New England Home Show
Whether it's the luxury of a six-head shower or the accessibility offered by this Kohler bathtub, above, check out this year's latest home technology. (By Clifford Atiyeh, Boston.com Staff)
Downsizing? How to prepare to sell
Getting your house ready begins with clearing clutter, personal touches.
The brave condo buyer's checklist
Willing to take a chance on a unit in a small building? Use these tips to minimize your risk of falling into the condo trap.
PETER HOTTON
Blueboard, skimcoat cures for calcimine ceiling
Q. When I had a new roof installed recently, I saved the invoice to apply for a tax credit with my return. But the tax preparer said I did not qualify because the shingles, called 30-year Architectural 3-tab shingles, were not asphalt shingles. I already have filed my taxes. What can I do? (By Peter Hotton, Globe Correspondent)
- 2 p.m. Thurs Chat with Peter
Super Spring Exhibits at 2011 Boston Flower & Garden Show
By Carol Stocker Globe Correspondent So how is The Boston Flower & Garden Show now that it has settled into its second season at the...
Home of the Week: Framingham
White and bright
That this Framingham home is different is clear from the first step inside: floating a floor above the living space is a catwalk connecting two wings.
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Mass. property taxes
Town-by-town assessed home values and billed property tax amounts in Massachusetts, from 2000 to 2010.
- 10 areas outside cities hit by foreclosures
- Where foreclosures rose, fell most in 2010
- Highest increases, decreases in home prices
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MORTGAGE
Foreclosed owners speak out
If the national foreclosure crisis had an epicenter, it would have to be Las Vegas, since Nevada is more often than not at the top of any state-level list that involves foreclosure statistics.
- Mortgage blog Bankrate's Holden Lewis on mortgages