When choosing your next apartment, whether it is your first or your fifth, here is a video with a few helpful tips to keep in mind when inspecting the unit. These are the little things that potential tenants often overlook but that can become big headaches once you’ve moved in.
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- Low, low rates - if you can get them December 8, 2009The good news and there sure is not a lot of it right now with our jobless economy is that mortgage rates continue to hover near rock bottom, historic lows. The bad news is what anyone who has...
- Advisors: the real estate agent (Part 1) December 7, 2009Sam Schneiderman, Broker-owner of Greater Boston Home Team explains the relationships between agents and consumers that are being practiced in Massachusetts. I recently posted a blog entitled Whose advice should you trust? This is the first of a follow-up series...
- The market may still be down, but your taxes are going up December 7, 2009Thats the frustrating dilemma many homeowners across the Bay State now find themselves in. Cash-strapped towns and cities are scrambling are boosting residential tax rates as they scramble to find any extra revenue they can. Boston is expected to announced,...
- Does homeowners insurance cover that? December 4, 2009Homeowners insurance covers your house against damage. Often, the policy also covers the owners liability in the event of accidents. It also frequently covers damage and theft of personal property in your house (for an additional fee, of course.) It...
- Forcing bankers to take a hit on foreclosures December 4, 2009Leave it to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.s spunky Sheila Bair to come up with a sensible plan to attack foreclosures Appointed by President Bush, Bair made waves during the waning days of the Ws unhappy reign when she attacked...
- The standoff, revisited December 3, 2009A while back, I wrote about clients who were approaching a property that was, in my opinion, way overpriced. They made an offer at what I thought was a fair asking price and got shot down. They made another one,...
- Natural beauty and culture are nice, but affordability, quality count December 3, 2009The question of affordability and quality loom large in the Boston market. It costs a lot to live around here, whether you are a homeowner or a renter. The subject, always lurking in any debate over local real estate issues,...
- Short sales get boost from Obama administration December 2, 2009Welcome back to Attorney Richard D. Vetstein. Here's Attorney Vetstein's take on the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program. The Obama administration on Monday set long-awaited guidance on a plan for mortgage companies to speed up short sales of homes and...
- Not much help for desperate short sellers in new rules December 2, 2009Homeowners struggling to stave off foreclosure too often encounter stonewalling from banks and other lenders when trying to do short sales. It ranks as one of the most tragic elements of the current foreclosure crisis. Ive heard my share of...
- Doing a good job December 1, 2009Recently, I wrote about homeowners who were at the mercy of contractors when they needed home repairs. Since most homeowners dont know what fixes are good for the long haul, many projects get done wrong and need to be redone,...
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- The Big Mistake December 6, 2009If experience is the best teacher, some apartments are a live-in school of hard knocks. They may look O.K. at first. But then the drumming starts.By TERI KARUSH ROGERS
- Living In | Midwood, Brooklyn: Where Prosperity Breeds Proximity December 6, 2009Many blocks in Midwood give the feeling of a carefully planned suburb but with one or two homes on each block that has been significantly expanded.By VIVIAN S. TOY
- The Hunt: House Hunters Wanted a Place for Baby December 8, 2009Living in a cramped, noisy one-bedroom in their native Bronx, Joseph and Monica Patrenicola dreamed of the space they could have in the suburbs.By JOYCE COHEN
- Habitats: The Art of Sparkle December 6, 2009Elizabeth Lewis's apartment does triple duty as showroom, work space and living area.By CONSTANCE ROSENBLUM
- Square Feet | The 30-Minute Interview: Marc Holliday December 5, 2009Mr. Holliday is the chief executive of the SL Green Corporation, a real estate investment trust, which is one of Manhattan’s largest landlords of commercial office buildings.By VIVIAN MARINO
- Streetscapes | Readers’ Questions: Portrait of a Building as a Young High-Rise December 6, 2009The building at 66 Court Street in Brooklyn and the former life of a Barnes & Noble on the Upper West Side.Array
- Posting: Architect-Developer-Experimenter in West Chelsea December 4, 2009Designed by Jared Della Valle and Andrew Bernheimer of Della Valle Bernheimer, the midrise condominium at 459 West 18th Street is a case study for architects in selling high design in a turbulent market.By ALEC APPELBAUM
- In the Region | Long Island: Downtown, Living Upstairs December 4, 2009If smart-growth advocates and suburban planners have any say in the matter, apartments over stores on Main Streets in the suburbs will regain their cachet.By MARCELLE S. FISCHLER
- Big Deal: Price Cuts of a Princely Kind December 4, 2009An apartment in Palazzo Chupi, five condominiums that the artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel built atop a former stable at 360 West 11th Street, was just sold by Richard Gere.By JOSH BARBANEL
- Big Deal: A New Castle for Chess King December 8, 2009Garry Kasparov, the retired world chess champion, is a master of strategy and logical thinking, and he has begun to apply those skills to the New York real estate market.By JOSH BARBANEL
