RECENT HOME SALES
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MORTGAGE
Homeowners anxious for details on Obama housing plan
Obama's three-part plan has sparked hope - but also many questions - for millions of homeowners.
Rates flat in anticipation of housing plan
Rates fell this week as investors wondered what the Obama administration will do to fix the broken banking system. (02/19/09) |
- Mortgage blog Bankrate's Holden Lewis on mortgages
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DISCUSSIONS
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NEWS AND FEATURES
Flexible, stretchy future homes
A Harvard architecture class created housing projects inspired from a fabric-wrapped BMW concept car, which literally stretches its skin to make new shapes. (By Robert Preer, Boston Globe)
Home of the Week Sunlit spaces in Hingham
Visitors to this towering contemporary should be handed sunglasses as they enter. COMMUNITY SNAPSHOT Ipswich
Just 30 miles north of Boston, Ipswich boasts rolling topography, forests, and farmland hugging a highly developed town center. |
If you aren't living well in Massachusetts, why are you here?
I got an email on Wednesday. Tim asked a good question for the "Living Well" topic. He asks: … I have a question that hopefully...
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BUYING
Where compact equals comfort
Living in an American bungalow won't satisfy homeowners who want mega space, yet those who adore these cool, compact homes cannot imagine living in any other style residence. (By Mindy Pollack-Fusi, Boston Globe)
Modern woodstoves
The venerable cast iron hot box has come a long way from its familiar drab black cube.
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HOME DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENT
Blooms!, a smaller flower show, comes to Boston
The 137-year-old New England Spring Flower Show has been a well loved Boston tradition, the oldest continuously mounted indoor horticultural display in the world. But this year horticulturists ready for the Financial District. (By Carol Stocker, Boston Globe)
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HANDYMAN ON CALL Insulation work will require cover up
The New England Home Show is about 50 years old, and the Handyman has been in it for nearly 40 straight years. And he will be there again. Detecting smoke
Here is what you need to know about your smoke detectors. |
SELLING
House sales battered again in January
Each new blow to the economy and the nation's financial system is exacerbating Massachusetts' already struggling real estate market. (By Jenifer B. McKim, Boston Globe)
