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What is the new Condominium Conversion Ordinance (CCO)?

A tried and true Somerville, MA political move is to publish something damning on the weekend before the election, so that the target of the slander doesn’t have time to get a rebuttal out. It’s tried and true, and it was tried again this year. But.It.Didn’t.Work. The current City Council was reelected in its entirety.

By |2020-07-23T07:42:12-04:00November 20th, 2019|Categories: condo issues|Tags: , , , , , |

Condo Conversion in Two-Family and Three-Family Housing

From a buyer’s perspective, the Somerville Condo Ordinance changes are a win. For renters, it is a major victory. I discussed these changes in last week’s blog post. The ink wasn’t dry on the Ordinance when the backlash began. Owners in Somerville received calls and letters urging them to sell now, before the new ordinance

By |2021-11-01T15:55:17-04:00August 7th, 2019|Categories: condo issues|Tags: , , |

Welcome, Condo Conversion Ordinance

Two-family house Condos for sale Everyone knows what condo conversion is, right? It’s when an owner changes a multi-unit building from a one-owner property to condominiums deeded by multiple owners. Typically, this would be taking an apartment building and selling off each unit, separately, as condos.  In Somerville -- the land

By |2019-08-01T11:25:07-04:00July 31st, 2019|Categories: condo issues|Tags: , , |