"If you only read 1 article this year about credit scores, read this one", says Forbes. There are new rules of the game. Find out where the threshold is between getting a car loan or mortgage and simply NOT qualifying. "Once upon a time, the general "good" credit score standard was 660." Find out what that standard is today. Did you know [...]

All Ipswich school children enjoy a wonderful tradition each spring thanks to the generosity of Mr. Richard Crane and his family; a picnic on Crane's Beach. How did it all [...]

From Hawaii to the Redwood Forests to the Gulf Stream Waters, National Geographic names the Top 10 U.S. Family Beaches! We are proud to be home to #8!  Click to see all 10 beaches!

          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 [...]