Buying a home can be an enjoyable, minimally stressful experience, but if you don't have the right team in place and haven't prepared for the process, it can be quite the opposite.  Today's Tuesday Tip comes to us from the folks at Zillow (www.zillow.com), who've put together a [...]

Welcoming a New Year tends to inspire people to make changes and jazz things up a bit.  It's the perfect time of year to create a new feel for a particular room in your home, or add the accents that have made it feel incomplete (and as a huge bonus, you'll get great deals on post-holiday sales).   Here are a couple thoughts for how to find [...]

If you live in the city, chances are it's going to be tough for you to venture out into the wilderness to Paul Bunyan yourself a Christmas tree.  It's a romantic idea, but impractical for most.  Today's Tip offers [...]

So you just closed on your new house and can't wait to host the holiday celebrations, what a great way to show off your new digs!  But when you're running around the morning of your get together trying to find a gift for the unexpected, last minute guest your sister is bringing while trying to rework the menu to accommodate for the Gluten [...]

When the cold weather sets in and you spend the majority of your day with a chill in your bones, there's nothing more appealing than a warm, comfortable home after a frigid walk from the T.  So begins the battle between the thermostat and the bank account.  Today's tip for how to [...]

If you don't have a rental horror story you're one of the lucky ones.  Just about everyone has experienced a landlord's unfilled promises of repairs, neighbors that play loud music until 4am, or that peculiar smell that comes out of the heating vent.  So when you're shopping for a rental, what are some of the important things to look out [...]

Shopping for your dream home is exciting!  Shopping for a mortgage, not so much.  But for most, there is no dream home without a mortgage, and so it begins - the analysis of financials, the gathering of paperwork, the list of questions to ask, and re-ask lenders (ahem, layman's terms please!).  Today's tip, [...]

When choosing a real estate agent to help you sell your home, it's important to find one with proven expertise in selling properties in your area for at or above market value.  A lot of factors contribute to an agent's ability to get you top dollar for your home, and you want to make sure they're aggressive, committed and savvy.  Here are [...]

Whether you're buying or renting in Boston, affordable square footage can be a hard thing to come by, so it's important to find ways to make the space that you do have feel more open.  Our friends at Trulia [...]

Location, location, location - that's the number one rule in real estate, but it's especially true when buying a home in Boston.  The city of Boston is distinguished by its eclectic mix of vibrant and diverse neighborhoods. From Back Bay to Charlestown to The North End, each area is charming in its own right.  Components such as [...]