Hurricane Irene has left her mark - trees have fallen- now what? 

In this day and age of our litigious society and our complete neglect to remain friendly with our neighbors, the issue of trees has become more and more problematic.  If we lived in a perfect world and neighbors actually got along, a simple conversation from one neighbor to [...]

          Over the last several years, many Massachusetts homeowners may have experienced a real estate closing unlike those that they typically were party to in the past.  These closings were conducted either at their home by an attorney or at a bank branch by non-attorney bank personnel.  The agent for the lender [...]

Do you own a home that was built prior to 1978?  Are you thinking about hiring a professional to conduct renovation, repair or painting activities in or around your home?   Under the Residential Lead-Based Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed strict regulations regarding renovation, repair and [...]

In Massachusetts, the law governing septic system installation and maintenance is known as Title V.  Whenever a homeowner is going to be selling his home, he will need to get what is called a "Title V inspection" [...]

The mortgage crunch hit condominiums hard with the recent changes to the Federal National Mortgage Association Selling Guide, including some alterations that went into effect March 1, [...]

As the billions of dollars that taxpayers paid to bail out private companies such as AIG, General Motors, Chrysler, Bank of America and Citigroup after the 2008 sub-prime mortgage/stock market crisis are repaid, there is another, even larger public bailout that doesn't get nearly the publicity it merits.  It is the [...]