Cambridge MA Real Estate

While thumbing through a copy of Good Housekeeping at my hairdresser's this afternoon, I came across an excellent and timely article.  "Keeping Your Marriage Thick In Thin Times: Recession Proofing Your Marriage" is particularly pertinent for those of us who are self-employed.     Kyran and Patri...

I've always loved to scan people's bookshelves to learn more about them.  Our interests and enthusiams are revealed in the books on our shelves.   My overloaded shelves are no exception.  My passions are varied, my list of enthusiasms long, I've got hobbies and interests galore.  The phases of my...

An article in today's paper about several boutiques and shops in nearby towns going out of business got me thinking.  It's the fun and funky small shops that make a neighborhood shopping district appealing.  Local shops, cafes, bookstores, independent businesses of all types - all add up to make ...

Walk around Somerville, Medford or Cambridge in late August and you're likely to catch a whiff of grape juice.  Concord grapes ripen at the end of summer and there's many a backyard arbor to be found in the city.  More than once I've plucked grapes from the vine while showing a property and I hav...

When I spotted this book at a used bookstore, I couldn't resist.  Collecting houses was a childhood dream of mine.  As it turned out, the dramatic rise in house prices while I was growing up nixed that idea.  But I still dream... The author of Collecting Houses, Ann W. Baker, embarked on a career...

If you're home by the television this evening, the Frontline documentary on the financial crisis, Inside the Meltdown, is on PBS at 9pm EST.  The Boston Globe gave it a rave review in this morning's paper.  The Globe notes that the "program is blessed with a superb group of journalists and expert...

Unlike some winters, the snow cover in my yard has been intact for weeks - but not untouched. In fact, my backyard appears to be a veritable crossroads - a busy intersection - for local animals. Well I'm betting that the tracks come from my neighbors' cats and from my squirrel neighbors, it's not...

... down the road that is.  Years ago, when there were fewer overhead wires and overpasses, it was not unusual for houses to be moved about town.   This is an image from the house moving photos I've collected.  I started to pick them up to use in marketing pieces and before I knew it another coll...

This surprise came in the mail today and I can't tell  you how tickled I was!  That's my pumpkin, Champ, on the chair.  After I opened the envelope I went desk to desk in my office - I just thought this was *so cool* I had to show it to everyone.  It was so unexpected and with my pride and joy fr...

Given the unrelenting doom and gloom in the media, it's no wonder you feel like you've got the upper hand when you're looking for a new home.  Visions of lowball offers, grateful sellers, and bargain basement prices dance in your head.   But real estate is local and even today you may find yourse...