Charlemont Inn's New Year's may be its last
9 hrs ago | via The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
For the second time in two years, the co-owners of the Charlemont Inn are trying to get a mortgage loan for the landmark building. Comment?
Franklin County house sales see big up-tick in prices
Wednesday Dec 23 | via The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
In Franklin County, November home sales rose 80 percent from last year, with a median price rise of 14.6 percent. Comment?
Sales of single-family homes rise 18% in Pioneer Valley
Nov 12, 2009 | via MassLive.com
Sales of single-family homes rose 18 percent last month in the Pioneer Valley, but bargain hunting first-time home buyers and fears of continued unemployment kept the median price from rising. Comment?
Home safe? Job losses fueling Franklin County forecl...
Oct 23, 2009 | via The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
Foreclosure numbers are down from what they were a year ago. But that doesn't mean we're nearing the end of the foreclosure crisis, say workers who have been seeing a new category of people struggling to save their homes. Comment?
Loan limbo: Sunderland woman faces hurdles in quest ...
Oct 14, 2009 | via Daily Hampshire Gazette
Karen Michaels herds her two standard poodles out of her van. "Stay ... Down," she commands, unbuckling the excited dogs from their car seat belts and coaxing them away from a visitor at the South Silver Lane home she has owned since 2004. Comment?
6 hrs ago | via Boston Herald
A total of 701 foreclosures were recorded in November, down 21 percent from 888 in the same month last year, according to the Warren Group. Comment?
Start Of Foreclosure Proceedings In Mass. Moderates ...
Yesterday | via Banker & Tradesman
To hear Timothy M. Warren Jr., CEO of The Warren Group, discuss his predictions on foreclosure activity in Massachusetts click here . Comment?
Home Values: Prices are starting to stabilize across...
Yesterday | via Boston Herald
Boston Herald General Economics Reporter Jay Fitzgerald has been a journalist and blogger for years. Comment?
Reversing trend, more are coming to Mass. than leavi...
Friday Dec 25 | via Boston.com
For the first time in at least two decades, more US residents are moving to Massachusetts than moving out, a dramatic turnaround that has helped fuel the state's sharpest population growth since 2001, according to new estimates from the US Census Bureau. Comment?
Home sales surge after tax credit
Wednesday Dec 23 | via Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Extraordinary government efforts to stabilize the housing market are paying off. Comment?
Rialto realtor charged with defrauding dozens
5 min ago | via Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
A Rialto realtor and his girlfriend have been charged with conspiracy to defraud at least 23 people in the Inland Empire. 1 comment
5 min ago | via Rochester Business Journal
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan famously worried about investors' "irrational exuberance." As it turns out, he was right to be concerned. Comment?
Online drive urges bank customers to go local: War c...
10 min ago | via Customer Interaction Solutions
"Let's turn big banks into smaller banks." With that rallying cry, online news maven Arianna Huffington and four dinner-party guests this week launched an online appeal to consumers to move their money from the bailout-hungry and credit-hoarding banks on Wall Street to the more agile, loan-friendly banks on Main Street. Comment?
Poll: Americans seek silver lining in 2010
12 min ago | via San Diego Union-Tribune
Originally published December 31, 2009 at 12:04 a.m., updated December 31, 2009 at 11:18 a.m. / AP FILE - In this Feb. Comment?
A look at economic developments around the globe
14 min ago | via The News Tribune
World stocks mostly edged higher as traders headed into the long New Year holiday weekend in a fairly upbeat mood following a nine-month bull run that has seen many markets advance over 50 percent since March. Comment?