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New home, no money down By Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff  |  October 11, 2010 Jean Marie Sideris doubted she could buy a home near her job in Cambridge, because most lenders now insist on a hefty down payment for even a modest mortgage, and she did not have that much cash. But that was before Sid...
10/11/2010
From the Boston Herald: Bay State home sales figures for August - released exclusively to the Herald - plummeted more than 20 percent, declining for the second consecutive month as potential buyers were scarce despite record low mortgage interest rates, according to the MLS Property Information N...
09/15/2010
Home values down, but tax bills rise Struggling homeowners feel the pinch as Mass. communities try to make ends meet By Matt Carroll and Stephanie S. Daly, Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent  |  August 22, 2010 Despite dropping home values, Massachusetts property tax bills continued to rise last y...
08/22/2010
15-year mortgage rate sinks below 4% By Associated Press  |  August 6, 2010 WASHINGTON - A plunge in mortgage rates is giving homeowners a rare opportunity to lock in a 15-year, fixed-rate loan for less than 4 percent. Rates haven't dipped this low in decades. For those who can qualify, it's the ...
08/05/2010
WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes jumped last month, but it was the second-weakest month on record. The lackluster economy has made potential buyers skittish about shopping for homes New home sales rose nearly 24 percent in June from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual sales pace of 330...
07/27/2010
The stock market might be behaving badly, but that's not a reason to leave stocks out of your long-term financial planning right now. In fact, with the market near recent lows, you may be more interested in considering one of the most common financial conundrums for homeowners: Is it better to us...
07/16/2010
URGENT MESSAGE FOR ALL TRAVELERS AGENTS! The National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) authorization expired at Midnight on May 31, 2010 **During this lapse, no credit cards, E-Checks or ACH Transactions (agency sweep) will be accepted.** The following is based on guidance that FEMA published on ...
06/02/2010
In  a recent New York Times article series about the difference between male and female drivers across the globe, the verdict seems to be in. Women drivers get the prize for being safer drivers overall, on the road. But this doesn't come as a big surprise to most people in the insurance industry....
04/07/2010
Just a few weeks ago a fire devastated a home in my neighborhood. Luckily, the family escaped unscathed.  The damage to the home was unrepairable however, and the family is now planning to re-build their home from scratch. (Good thing for homeowners insurance, huh?) Every once in awhile I like to...
04/05/2010
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What is a flood?  In simple terms a flood is an excess of water on land thatis normally dry.  Officially the defininition used by the National FloodProgram a flood is a temporary condition of partial or complete inundationof 2 or more acres of normally dry land.  (At least one which is yourproper...
03/30/2010
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