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Homeowner Tips

Prepare Your Home for Sale: To Stage, or Not to Stage?

January 31, 2012
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Thinking about selling? This is a great time to start preparing your home! What you want to do is create a welcoming and comfortable feel for the buyers where they can picture themselves at home, so if you have a lot of strong personal items you may want to pack those up — such as [...]

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Farm House Renovation Update

November 4, 2011
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For those of you following the renovation we are doing on “Someday Farm” we are down to finishing touches! I laugh, but after years of telling sellers to REMOVE wallpaper from their homes I am putting it up in 2 rooms. But this is not your Mother’s or Grandmother’s wallpaper! The selection these days is [...]

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Welcome to Historic MA Homes – Your Real Estate Resource for Bedford MA

October 28, 2011
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Historic Designations Can Boost a Homes Value

October 14, 2011
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Did you know that historic designations can boost your home’s value, anywhere from 5% to 35% per decade compared with home values in undesignated neighborhoods in the same communities? This is according to a 2007 analysis by Jonathan Mabry, historic preservation officer for Tucson, Ariz. For more details see this recent article on the topic found [...]

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Winter Heating Season is Just Around the Corner

September 26, 2011
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The nights are getting cooler and it’s getting dark earlier, which means the winter heating season is just around the corner! I’m hearing great things about energy audits from MassSave. We are going to try it at my home and I’ll report back. The website promises generous weatherization rebates of 75%, up to $2000 towards [...]

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Why Use a Buyer’s Agent?

September 8, 2011

A real estate buyer’s representative represents the buyer who is purchasing property in a real estate transaction. Research by the National Association of REALTORS has shown that when a buyer’s representative is used, the prospective buyer found a home 3 times faster than consumers who did not use a buyer’s representative. The buyer’s representative works [...]

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Where to Start Your Remodel Project

September 8, 2011
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Thinking about home improvement and not sure which job to tackle first? A national survey conducted by Remodeling magazine evaluated the cost recovered by various home improvement projects and projects that improve curb appeal and energy efficiency grabbed the top spots. Among the top choices for adding value to your home are an entry steel [...]

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