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Wells Fargo offers $24K to family to move out of foreclosed home. They declined.
PALMER — A bank foreclosing on a town family now is offering them $24,000 in a moveout payment, but the longtime residents don’t want it, instead saying they just want their home — and can pay for it. The Kalogeras family of Palmer is expected to vacate...
Massachusetts Cities Where Buying A Home Is A Proven Nightmare
Here's an interesting fact, Massachusetts friends and neighbors: Slightly over a quarter of home purchases in 2022 were made by first-time home buyers. As many of you are well aware, buying (or selling, for that matter) a home can be a tricky business. Aligning yourself with an intelligent, well-informed real...
Multimillion dollar home sales on the South Shore. What did your new neighbor pay?
Every week, we post all the South Shore real estate sales in an easy to read town-by-town list. Be a nosy neighbor. Be smart about your biggest investment. Or just enjoy perusing. We can also show you the Top 10 home sales of 2023 here. The real estate market is...
Homes in Worcester County sold for higher prices recently: See how much here
Newly released data from Realtor.com for February shows that potential buyers and sellers in Worcester County saw houses sell for higher than the previous month's median sales price of $405,000. The median home sold for $410,500, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows. That means February, the most recent month...
Massachusetts Could Lose $1 Billion a Year From an Exodus of Wealthy Residents
The Bay State? More like the Bye State.Celtics Star Al Horford's Boston-Area Home Bounces on the Market for $9 Million High earners are fleeing from Massachusetts, which could cost the state almost $1 billion in income tax revenue every year, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. By 2030, more than 96,000 residents making $19.2 billion in adjusted gross income are expected to leave annually, according to a new study from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. “If our workforce and population is not growing, then we can’t expect to have future economic growth,” Mark Williams, the lead researcher of the study, said during...
Local Housing Initiative: MHAC Supports Statewide Proposal for Easier Access to ADUs
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Addressing housing crisis: $98M overhaul to Great Brook Valley block breaks ground Tuesday
WORCESTER — A $98 million redevelopment plan that aims to overhaul a Great Brook Valley block will soon be underway to demolish and replace Curtis Apartments with 129 units. The project, phase one of a four-step plan that is jointly run by the Worcester Housing Authority and developer Trinity Financial, will take eight years.
Single-family house sells in Wilbraham for $875,000
A 3,674-square-foot house built in 1991 has changed hands. The spacious property located at 11 Laurel Lane in Wilbraham was sold on April 30, 2024. The $875,000 purchase price works out to $238 per square foot. The layout of this single-story home includes three bedrooms and four baths. The home's external structure has a gable roof design, covered with asphalt roofing. Inside, a fireplace adds character to the home. The property is equipped with forced air heating and a cooling system. Additionally, the house provides a garage. Situated on a spacious 1.5-acre lot, the property offers ample outdoor space.
Transfer tax would make small dent in housing needs statewide
( May 21, 2024 ) A proposed tax on high-value real estate transactions to pay for affordable housing would add an estimated 3,210 affordable homes in Massachusetts over five years, according to the governor's administration -- a drop in the bucket of the state's 200,000 housing unit shortage.
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