Buying a home in Boston is hardly a do-it-yourself kind of project. Having confidence that all the I's are dotted and the T's crossed requires the input of professionals whose daily dealings keeps them in though with the current legal and financial arenas. Call them the "Fundamental Four" -- the four groups of professionals you will want to [...]

When you put your home on the market, one of the decisions it’s easy to overlook is whether to engage a Boston area home stager. Especially if you know you have a good eye for décor or have experience in the visual arts, it may not seem necessary to call in a heavy-duty home staging pro to get your place in shape to sell. It’s certainly not [...]

When searching for a new house, topping most people's list of requirements are the number of bedrooms, number and configuration of bathrooms, square footage, yard size - characteristics that are easy to compare, Architectural style might be important; asking price, certainly highly important, although many prospective buyers assume some [...]

In conjunction with the rise in house prices and demand, the profit potential for flipping a home in Boston is once more drawing the entrepreneur-minded.

Flipping a home is the process of purchasing a property - often one in a rundown condition - then improving its value and reselling it for a quick profit. Quick is the key word in this [...]

When it comes to making the most of real estate, knowledge is power. The schools didn't teach us anything about selling a home or how to decide which home to buy, yet those are subjects that have lasting impacts on our lives. When such key decisions are in our immediate future, we come face-to-face with the importance of making the right [...]

Ah, fall is truly in the air... the traditional time when people can fall in love at first sight! I'll try not the dampen those autumn spirits too much, but for anyone currently looking into the Boston area luxury home listings, some advice may be in [...]