What repairs am I actually required to make before selling in Massachusetts?
Short answer: Legally, almost none of the ones you're worried about. Massachusetts does not require a seller to fix a house up to sell it. The genuinely required list is short and specific: a smoke and carbon monoxide certificate at closing, a Title 5 inspection if the house has a septic system, and
Mortgage rates are stuck near 7%. Should I wait to buy or sell?
Short answer: The 30-year fixed rate is 7.22% (Mortgage News Daily, as of Thursday, November 5) — its lowest level since September 22, and still, unmistakably, a 7. The Federal Reserve doesn't meet again until December 9–10, and nothing on the calendar promises a drop. Waiting is a strategy only if
Did Massachusetts Question 7 pass — and what does it mean for my lot?
Short answer: The Associated Press has called it — Question 7 failed. With about 99% of the expected vote counted, the unofficial AP tally is No 1,288,536 to Yes 1,255,595 (about 50.6% to 49.4%), a margin of 32,941 votes. An AP call is a projection, not the official result: the outcome becomes offic
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