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Selling A Parent’s House

If your parents have not passed away, you will need to have them sign Power of Attorney to give you authority to handle the transaction for them. If you need help finding an attorney to assist with this, we…

What Seniors Need to Know About the December 2020 Stimulus Package

In addition to $600 checks for eligible adults and children, the December 2020 stimulus bill includes several provisions that help older Americans. For one, there’s money for rental assistance, and the eviction moratorium was extended to January 31, 2021. The…

SECURE Act and Your Retirement

The SECURE Act (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019), aimed at improving people’s retirement security, was signed into law at the end of 2019. Some key changes of the SECURE Act (http://bit.ly/2HwrLfV) affect Individual Retirement…

The Housing Shortage by the Numbers

If you are feeling like there are just not enough houses on the market this spring, you are not imagining things.  A recent article on Realtor.com outlined the problem.  In short: From 2009 (the slump) to today new construction…

7 Landscaping Mistakes That Wreck Curb Appeal

Outdoors Landscaping & Gardening Curb Appeal Don’t let badly designed or maintained landscaping wreck your home’s curb appeal. Here are pitfalls to avoid. Clumsy, neglected, and hodgepodge landscaping not only hurts your home’s curb appeal, it can cut the…

Condition and Home Value

I just finished reading an article about improvements that do not impact home value – and could not agree more.  Why?  Because most of these “improvements” fall under the category of maintenance – painting the house, new roof, new…

MA Small City Rankings on WalletHub

WalletHub has ranked the best and worst small cities in the U.S.  Lots of positive news for Massachusetts. Northampton ranked the highest MA town on the overall list at #8.   The rest of the Top 10 are: 14…