A Home's Value is Not Dependent on Your Personal Situation I've had some interesting conversations with buyers and listing agents (on behalf of their Sellers) recently. SELLERS: The value of a home is not determined by how much you paid for it, how much you owe on it, how much money you put into
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06/30/2011
Canton MA Celebrates the 4th of July with Fireworks Canton's Fireworks are back! For years, the Canton MA Recreation Department ran both the annual 4th of July Fireworks celebration and the Annual Homecoming Parade and Block Party. As budgets became tighter, it was no longer feasible to run bot
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06/29/2011
Buyers.....if you are engaged & planning to buy a home in the Canton MA area in the near future, did you know that FHA offers a Bridal Registry Program where your friends and family can make gift payments into an account on your behalf? That's right....you can register for a downpayment to buy
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06/29/2011
A Short Sale Can Be Like a Long Engagment How is that, you ask? The long time period gives the Buyer the chance to fall out of love with the house, just like a bride or groom may fall out of love during a long engagement. Suddenly, after months of waiting, they start to forget why they wanted th
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06/27/2011
This Week's Featured Home in Canton MA: 1469 Washington Street Every Sunday I write a column for my local Patch sites featuring a home for sale in either Canton MA, Milton MA or Braintree MA. This weeks featured home is in Canton. The week's home is a colonial style home located right on Washingt
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06/26/2011
Active Rain Buyer Agent Blogger Makes it to Boston.com I recently joined the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Association of Buyers Agents, a non-profit organization formed by buyer agents who are dedicated to buyer representation. It is the local version of the national group, the Natio
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06/25/2011
Buyers: Pay Attention to those Mortgage Commitment Conditions I received a call the other day from an agent in my area with a legal question. So, I put my attorney hat on. It seems her buyers had been under agreement and they received their mortgage commitment letter by the required contingenc
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06/24/2011
Annual Pow Wow in Canton MA If you are looking for something to do in and around Canton MA this coming weekend, consider attending the Annual Pow Wow at Prowse Farm right here in Canton MA. Historic Prowse Farm is located at the base of the Blue Hills Reservation in Canton MA. It was originally
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06/23/2011
As a Buyer Agent in Canton MA I get paid the same way that the Realtor in Beaverton in the article below gets paid. There is a myth that a Buyer Agent commission somehow is built into the purchase price or costs the buyer money. Carla Muss Jacobs a Buyer Agent in Portland does a great job of
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06/22/2011
Canton MA's Green Projects As a buyer agent in Canton MA, I am proud to tell prospective home buyers in Canton MA about a couple of "green" projects going on in Canton MA. The Town of Canton recently entered in a contract with Southern Sky Renewable Energy to install 24,000 solar panels at the ol
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06/22/2011
