Knob-and-Tube Wiring and Insurance in Greater Boston

Knob-and-Tube Wiring and Insurance in Greater Boston Can Knob-and-Tube or Aluminum Wiring Stop You From Closing on a Boston-Area Home? Yes — and it happens more often than most buyers and sellers expect. Most standard homeowners insurers decline to write a policy on a home with active knob-and-tube

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Massachusetts Mansion Tax: What Boston and Brookline Sellers Should Know

Will You Have to Pay a Mansion Tax When You Sell Your Home in Massachusetts? Not yet. No Massachusetts mansion tax or transfer fee is law today. But Boston and Brookline have both asked the state legislature for permission to charge sellers a new fee — up to 2% — on high-value home sales, and lawmak

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Is an ADU Worth It in Newton, Brookline, or Milton, MA?

Is Building an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Worth It in Massachusetts? In Newton, Brookline, Needham, Milton, and Dedham, you can now build a second unit on your single-family lot with no special permit and no zoning board hearing — a right Massachusetts' Affordable Homes Act created in 2025. It ty

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