Author: Juan Murray
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What New Development Means for Your JP Home’s Value
New apartments are coming to Forest Hills, Hyde Park Ave, and Hyde Square. Here’s what the surge in Jamaica Plain construction actually means for your home’s value.
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Why Old Wiring Can Stop Your Boston Home Sale Cold
Knob and tube wiring can make your Boston home hard to insure, which can delay or kill your buyer’s financing. Here’s what sellers need to know before listing.
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Selling a Multi-Family Home With an Unpermitted Unit Boston
Selling a Boston triple-decker or two-family with an unpermitted unit? Here’s how disclosure, financing, and your buyer pool are affected before you list.
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How to Win a Bidding War in Jamaica Plain Without Waiving Your Inspection
Massachusetts banned inspection waivers in October 2025. Here’s how Jamaica Plain buyers can still win a bidding war in 2026 without losing that right.
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Selling Your Boston Rental Property With Tenants in Place
Massachusetts law governs every showing, notice, and security deposit when you sell a tenant-occupied Boston home. Here’s what landlords must know.
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Seller Concession or Price Reduction: What Boston Home Sellers Need to Know in 2026
Buyers are requesting closing credits on nearly half of all deals. Should you cut your price or offer a concession? Here’s how Boston home sellers should decide.
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Negotiating Repairs After a Home Inspection in Boston: A Seller’s Guide
Massachusetts sellers are not required to fix anything found in a buyer’s home inspection. Here’s how to navigate the repair list, offer credits, and protect your deal in Boston.
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How to Choose the Best Offer When Selling Your Boston Home
The highest offer isn’t always the best. Here’s how Boston sellers compare price, financing, contingencies, deposit, and timing to pick the offer that actually closes.
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What to Fix Before Selling Your Boston Home (and What to Skip)
Before you spend on pre-sale repairs in Boston, know which projects add value and which waste money. Here’s what to fix, what to skip, and why it matters.
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Why Does Mortgage Financing Fall Through? A Boston Guide
Mortgage financing falls through when a buyer’s lender withdraws or denies final loan approval after a purchase agreement is already signed, usually because of a low appraisal, a change in the buyer’s financial picture, or a gap between pre-qualification and full underwriting. In Massachusetts, what happens next depends almost entirely on whether the buyer properly…
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Massachusetts Lead Paint Disclosure: A Boston Seller’s Guide
Massachusetts lead paint disclosure is a legal requirement under both state and federal law that obligates sellers of homes built before 1978 to give buyers a signed Property Transfer Lead Paint Notification form before the Purchase and Sale Agreement is executed. The form discloses what you know, or don’t know, about lead paint on the…
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Boston ADU Guidebook: What Mass Law Allows Homeowners
This Boston ADU guidebook starts with the single biggest change in a decade for single-family homeowners: since February 2, 2025, Massachusetts homeowners can build an accessory dwelling unit up to 900 square feet on a single-family lot without a zoning variance, special permit, or board hearing. Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, Hyde Park, Dorchester, and Roxbury are…