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caveat emptor: 2009 home buying trends? - 01/08/09 10:38 AM
For an interesting read and one broker’s opinion about home buyers this year, head over to REALTYTIMES®. Author Mark Nash, a real estate practitioner in the Chicago area, has done a concise job summarizing what is in and out for home buyers. According to his bio on the site, Nash has been doing his year-end “What’s in, what’s out for homebuyers” series for some years and has been featured on television and in print.
One of the ‘what’s in’ headlines surprises me and I’m not entirely confident it applies to the majority of real estate agents. The headline: Real estate agents … (0 comments)
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caveat emptor: Think your house is a dump? Try living on one. - 08/26/08 03:33 PM
I recently heard about an unfortunate situation on Boston’s north shore, in Manchester. You can find more about it at the site of WCVB-tv.
Here’s what happened: some unfortunate homeowners purchased a house that was most likely built on an old landfill. They tried to sell their house and potential buyers balked at the last minute. After learning why, the owners had their soil tested. Chemicals galore were lurking in their back yard. Lead, arsenic, mercury. Not exactly healthy. The worst part? Mom was weeks away from giving birth.
Who’s responsible? Surely the builders knew what type of land they were … (1 comments)
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caveat emptor: Dream home up in smoke - 08/23/08 06:15 PM
Literally. Here in the north shore town of Beverly, MA, a multimillion dollar mansion burned to the ground Thursday night into Friday morning. Thankfully the owners were away and no one was hurt. Why did this house burn completely? Not because of a lack of response from fire crews.
The house was in a secluded area off a private road in Beverly, and the nearest fire hydrant was an estimated 1200 feet away! The first fire truck arrived one minute after a 9-1-1 call was made by a neighbor. That's fast. Trouble was, they had to run miles of hose, and … (1 comments)
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