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Holden, Massachusetts 01520, 01522 Real Estate Market Report July 2010 The Donna Plouffe Team - Your Reliable and Honest Real Estate Team This information is created to give YOU an insight into the Real Estate Market in YOUR area!!  In June 2010, there were 19 HOMES that SOLD in Holden , Massachu...

Holden, Massachusetts 01520, 01522 Real Estate Market Report July 2010 The Donna Plouffe Team - Your Reliable and Honest Real Estate Team This information is created to give YOU an insight into the Real Estate Market in YOUR area!!  In June 2010, there were 19 HOMES that SOLD in Holden , Massachu...

WOW....Powerful...This is one of the most touching videos I've seen this year.  It's a montage of various members of our troops returning home and surprising their loved ones.  Quick warning: I would highly suggest having Kleenex nearby.  I watched most of it with tears in my eyes. Interestingly,...

Worth reading.... HUD announced adjustments to its Making Home Affordable initiative to encourage more principal reductions on August 6th.  Soon after, rumors ran rampant on Wall Street and in the press that the Obama administration would be soon announcing that FNMA & FHLMC would be forgiving a ...

Here's some great information about mortgage rates......Mortgage Rate Forecast for August 13, 2010 - Improving, or...? Here are some of the events affecting mortgage rates today: What Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) Are Doing Today: The price of the FNMA 30-Year 4.0% MBS coupon opened at 102.38 ...

Great Info....   Although some asbestos has been removed from our homes over the past years, there are many thousands of tons of asbestos still present in our homes today. There still remains extensive repair and removal work, which will definitely continue for the foreseeable future. The main so...

Another Great Post from Jay the Home Inspector....DATELINE:  Northern Virginia – the purchaser of a new home was frantic to find a home inspector to try to evaluate why a floor in his home under construction moves up and down. The dining room floor bounces. And not a little bit! Looking on the In...

More great tips from Jay...the Home Inspector... I do a lot of pre-drywall construction inspections. These are important!  It is the only chance to see a house when it is skeletal.  You can see everything from structure to electrical to HVAC distribution to plumbing. One of the most important thi...

Seagull Beach....Cape Cod... Yarmouth, MA...What beautiful weather this whole weekend!!!   Sitting on the beach, quietly and listening to the waves crash upon the shore....relaxing....feeling the sun heat up your skin....closing your eyes and thinking that you are the only ONE sitting at the Beac...

Yarmouth House on the Cape, Fine Dining on Route 28! Last night, dinner at the Yarmouth House!!!  What a beautiful restaurant to sit and enjoy the company and the food!  Starting with a nice glass of wine, bread with garlic infused olive oil.... Appetizer consisted of bacon wrapped scallops and a...