Sunday, May 18th, 2008
At a loss
Massachusetts is losing many of its native sons and daughters to other states and is having a harder time attracting transplants than the vast majority of the country.
Archive for May 18th, 2008
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
What’s your recourse when dealings with a plumber tank?
Q. I am in a dispute with a local plumbing outfit on a service call I didn’t authorize for $100. I’ve written them a letter and they refuse to drop the charge; I refuse to pay it. Now, I get invoices every month with a $6-$7 “late charge.” What happens to this type of dispute? Is a late charge legal …
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Quarterly sales increase
A look at towns with the highest increase in houses sold in the 1st quarter of 2008 over the 1st quarter of 2007, with a minimum of 25 sales.
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Aging wood causes litany of woes
Q. My house is only 20 years old, and already I am getting cracking noises on the second floor, nails are popping out of the drywall, and the baseboard molding is pulling away from the wall. The stairs squeak. And the kitchen floor tends to sag a bit and bounces when it is walked on. What can I do?
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Arlington
THE GOODS A great compromise for urbanites who hear, reluctantly, the siren call of the suburbs but don’t want to forsake the enchantments of the city. Arlington offers good public schools, good restaurants - choices range from Nepalese to Argentine - that don’t require a long drive, and some semblance of nightlife with two theaters. For those who don’t want …
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Boomer Town
$349,900 63 CENTRAL STREET, UNIT 104, NORTH READING SQUARE FOOTAGE 1,299 CONDO FEE $250 BEDROOMS 2 BATHS 1 full, 1 three-quarter 2008 TAXES $3,519 LAST SOLD FOR First time on market
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Let ‘em in, or three’s a crowd?
Harriet Finkelstein doesn’t leave home without pockets full of green buttons featuring a silhouetted real estate sign and the slogan: “The South End/Bigger Than a Block/I support Pine Street Housing.”
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Churches offer help in mortgage crisis
NEW YORK - The Rev. Jeffry Dillon switched from the religious to the secular on a recent Sunday morning to ask his parishioners a pointed question: “Do subprime mortgages scare you?”
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
At home amid history
PLYMOUTH - With Plymouth Rock a stone’s throw away and what some consider the oldest street in America around the corner, 15 Carver St. in downtown Plymouth is a home with history.
