2022 was the kind of real estate year we could be happy with every year. First and foremost, because we continue to attract the kind of clients we love to work with. The team in 2022: 2022 was the best year ever for our office as a community. Our team of four were taking care
December is full of holidays. People from cultures throughout the northern hemisphere developed customs to celebrate the point where days are the shortest and then begin to lengthen. That’s when the coldest part of the winter months still lies ahead, but the light is returning. Some cultures call solstice “midwinter” since light is returning. This
Groundhog's Day in July! It is both joyful and humbling to be around our clients every year at our annual client appreciation party. The key to our success has been the large number of our clients who recommend us to their friends, family, and coworkers. It is confirming to me and my team that we
Q: Last week, the stock market turned downward by twenty percent. If we are headed into a recession, how does that affect real estate? A: Let's look at some recent trends, and then talk about it from a buyer's perspective. June 2020- April 2022: The real estate business has been feeling like it couldn’t get
Do you own a house that needs a big change? Do you know what you want to do, but don’t know how to get it done? Are you overwhelmed by the contractors you’ve interviewed? My cool client Holli Bassin met someone who she thought would be an asset to any client who is considering a
Happy Groundhog’s Day 2022. It is the turning point from winter, looking towards spring. The holiday runs parallel to, and takes from, earlier practices that recognize that we are roughly halfway through winter. In metro Boston, that usually leaves us in the middle of winter, during the snowiest part of the season. This year is
Women who leave the workforce From March to June 2020, children were going to school via Zoom in most towns and cities in Massachusetts. Someone had to supervise children doing remote learning. Someone needed to be home, if the children were home. That someone was their mother, more often than not. Women who worked essential
As of 10:38 yesterday morning, the days are getting longer here in eastern Massachusetts. With the coming of the light, we reflect on 2021, and what lies ahead. 2021: Looking back Health in 2021: Pandemic year number two carried the same uncertainties for us as it did for everyone else. All of our staff, except
One of the hardest things for prospective buyers to figure out is what town to house hunt in. This is especially true for relocating buyers and buyers who are making a lifestyle change, such as urban condo to suburban house or vise versa. Before Covid, I recommended that people “test drive” their potential new town.
Many of our clients read The Boston Globe for real estate news. In an October 4, 2021 article, entitled “(Some) good news for buyers in Boston’s (slightly) cooling housing market,” Zoe Greenberg gave some hope that the post-lockdown housing boom is showing signs of going back to the seller-favoring conditions we have had since the