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MONEY Magazine) -- Ask any homeowner who has done an improvement on the cheap: You get what you pay for. Second-rate materials don't last and contractors who make low-ball bids rarely deliver fine craftsmanship. Fortunately, there are a few effective ways to get good quality for less. One is sim...

If all goes according to plan — a rare occurrence in Back Bay construction recently — crews will begin work on a 28-story residential tower whose owners have waited more than two years for the right time to build. AvalonBay Communities said it will start construction early next year on Avalon Ex...

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There are significant tax advantages for a landlord. In contrast, single family and condo homeowners who are not landlords can deduct the interest paid on their mortgage.For the owner-occupant, that's all the tax advantages that currently exist. All owners should keep track of expenses in caring ...

San Fransisco Bay-area couple Kate and Dale never expected to be landlords. But that’s exactly what happened when they decided to buy a three-bedroom townhouse for their daughter in her sophomore year at University of Washington in Seattle. “Some of the campus housing we saw was horrible, and it...

Interesting article about this phenomenon - which we have seen quite often at Boston Brokerage Group. It makes a lot of sense to have someone help you make a mortgage payment and college kids are a pretty sure group. Oftentimes, parents or other guardians are helping these kids pay and this can h...

Don’t expect the Massachusetts housing market to make a broad recovery anytime soon. Home sales this fall are certain to be well below last year, analysts said, and the expiration of home buyers’ tax credits now leaves the market on its own to face the formidable headwinds of high unemployment a...

Some of the largest property owners in Boston’s Downtown Crossing are refusing to help fund a new organization created to improve the downtrodden shopping district, erasing about 25 percent of its budget for stepped-up maintenance, aesthetic upgrades, and public festivals. The organization, know...

NEW YORK—Rates on fixed mortgages dropped to their lowest levels in decades this week after the Federal Reserve unveiled a massive bond-buying program to help spur economic growth. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Tuesday the average rate for 30-year fixed loans fell to 4.17 percent from 4.24 per...

The region’s rental market has tightened in recent months, with apartment vacancies falling and rents rising for the first time since the beginning of the economic crisis. Analysts said the changes, while small, signal a market shift that is making apartments harder to find and afford when many ...