A couple of North Shore towns made the list with a 40+% median price leap. Did yours?

Boston.com paints a picture of financial stability for some lucky homeowners with this article (click here).

Conde' Nast Traveler gives us 50 things to do in the U.S. before you die with their "America's Greatest Hits 50 States 50 Trips" article. Guess who made the list. Hint...30 miles North of Boston. Click here.

 

Thinking about a renovation project? We enjoy counseling our clients on how to get the 'best bang for their buck' when they are comtemplating renovations. The Cost vs. Value report is alway an interesting reference that we review annually. Here's this year's report.

Here is a look at Massachusetts' best high schools, according to niche.com. Do you agree? Do you feel your town was left out? Let us know in the comments section below.

1. Dover-Sherborn Regional High School, Dover
2. Westwood High School
3. Lexington High School
4. Advanced Math & Science Academy Charter School, Marlborough
5. Brookline High School
6. Boston Latin School
7. Weston High School
8. Wellesley Senior High School
9. Westford Academy
10. Wayland High School
11. Cambridge Rindge & Latin School
12. Hopkinton High School
13. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, Sudbury
14. Newton North High School, Newtonville
15. Sharon High School
16. Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
17. Bedford High School
18. Belmont High School
19. Longmeadow High School
20. Nauset Regional High School, North Eastham
21. The Bromfield School, Harvard
22. Newton South High School
23. Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough
24. Hingham High School
25. Manchester Essex Regional High School, Manchester
26. Sturgis Charter Public School, Hyannis
27. Lenox Memorial High School
28. Westborough High School
29. Cohasset Middle/High School
30. Duxbury High School
31. Medfield Senior High School
32. Amherst Regional High School
33. Concord Carlisle High School,
34. Masconomet Regional High School, Topsfield
35. Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, South Hamilton
36. Norwell High School
37. Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School, Devens
38. Milton High School
39. Marthas Vineyard Regional High School
40. Oliver Ames High School, North Easton
41. Marblehead High School
42. Needham High School
43. Lynnfield High School
44. Natick High School
45. Tahanto Regional High School, Boylston
46. Littleton High School
47. Braintree High School
48. Shrewsbury Senior High School
49. Ashland High School
50. Holliston High School
51. Reading Memorial High School
52. Burlington High School
53. Nashoba Regional High Schoolm Bolton
54. Groton Dunstable Regional High School, Groton
55. Monument Mountain Regional High School, Great Barrington
56. Northampton High School
57. Minnechaug Regional High School, Wilbraham
58. Andover High School
59. Frontier Regional School, South Deerfield
60. Barnstable High School, Hyannis
61. Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School, Upton
62. Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School, Worcester
63. O'Bryant School of Math & Science,Roxbury
64. Community Charter School of Cambridge
65. Winchester High School
66. Foxborough Regional Charter School
67. North Andover High School
68. Boston Latin Academy
69. Grafton High School
70. Rockport High School
71. Foxborough High School
72. Newburyport High School
73. Scituate High School
74. Wachusett Regional High School, Holden
75. Medway High School
76. Ipswich High School
77. Georgetown Middle/High School
78. Harwich High School
79. Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School, Hyde Park
80. Hanover High School
81. Hudson High School
82. Oakmont Regional High School, Ashburnham
83. Salem Academy Charter School
84. Boston Preparatory Charter Public School
85. Mt. Greylock Regional High School, Williamstown
86. Nantucket High School
87. Beverly High School
88. Old Rochester Regional High School, Mattapoisett
89. Franklin High School
90. Tantasqua Regional Senior High School, Fiskdale
91. Danvers High School
92. Swampscott High School
93. Silver Lake Regional High School, Kingston
94. Shawsheen Valley Technical High School, Billerica
95. Nipmuc Regional High School, Upton
96. North Quincy High School
97. West Bridgewater Middle/Senior High School
98. Malden High School
99. Framingham High School

 

Our very own Betty Slatko, NSAR President Elect at the National Association of Realtors Leadership Summit in Chicago 2015!

Watch the Video here!

Reception at the Field Museum 

Evander Holyfield and Mia Hamm, guest speakers. Very inspirational!

With a jobs report roughly in line with Wall Street forecasts, the Fed’s first interest rate hike in nearly a decade seems as close as ever. Watch Forbes' video on the potential interest rate hike in 2015.

 

 

Motivational speaker Jim Rohn famously said that we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with. My mother used to say, "Be careful who your friends are because you are who you associate with."

Social media has definitely changed the way we look at "friends". Do you use Facebook? Do you ever plan on applying for a loan, of any kind? We understand and value how important credit ratings are, especially when purchasing real estate. This idea seems outrageous.  Click here to find out how Facebook could allow lenders to discriminate against you if your "friends" have low credit ratings.

The fresh donuts, bread, scones, pies and cookies are simply icing on the Marini Farm cake! Photo reveal hot off the press! Click here!