Dennis Port Village Holiday Stroll

Real estate prognostications continue to be like hocus pocus. Depending on the whether the economic forecaster is an optimist or a pessimist; real estate prices are expected to go either up 1 % or down 2 % in the near future. However, what most everyone will agree to is the fact that the market is showing strong signs of having stabilized. [...]

It is almost summer on Cape. The rhododendrons are flowering. The trees are all in full leaf. The weather is warming nicely and the birds have returned. And, those lovely Baltimore Orioles have arrived. If you would like to attract them, put some grape jam-not jelly-in a dish near your bird feeders and keep a wary [...]

Great news for Cape Cod

The Cape is working its way out of thereal estate slump.

1. The Barnstable County Register of Deeds reports that there was an almost nine percent increase in real estate sales in March of this year over March of last year.
2. Inventory isselling with serious buyers active in the market.
3. Interest rates remain

Spring is here. We're happy to report that the Capereal estate market has heated up. We are seeing competitive bids on properties unlike the recent past. Now is the time to jump into the market to sell or to buy.Rates continue to be attractive. Plenty of properties from which to choose. If you have been thinking of owning a Cape Cod home, [...]

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Fiancing now available

As the real estate market is poised to gradually recover, what is needed today for the many buyers who can't seem to jump into the market, is a very large dose of confidence. Confidence would alsohelp the brokers and agents who have been doing battle for a very long [...]

Knowyour real estate taxes

Knowing the tax ratesin townsin whichyou have interest in purchasing property is invaluable in calculating cost of ownership. The following is a listof the 2012individual towntax rates. These rates are used to calculate thetax cost per thousand dollars of assessment.Please note that these costs may not be all

Real Estate Forecast for 2012

National economists on average paint 2012 with cautious optimism given the fact that the volume of distress properties is dwindling, unemployment is down, and an inkling of consistent economic growth is evident. Because all real estate markets are driven by the local economy, it is important to look closer at [...]