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Originally posted in my blog at www.massrealestatelawblog.com. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled last week that a landlord was liable for breaching the implied warranty of habitability when a tenant’s guest seriously injured himself falling from a defective porch. The case is Scott ...

Originally posted in the Massachusetts Real Estate Law Blog.   The first step in purchasing or selling Massachusetts residential real estate is the acceptance of an Offer To Purchase. Most often, the buyers’ real estate broker prepares the offer to purchase on a pre-printed standard form and pres...

originally posted by Richard D. Vetstein, Esq. on August 27, 2009 on www.massrealestatelawblog.com In late March of this year in the case of U.S. Bank v. Ibanez, Massachusetts Land Court Judge Keith C. Long issued one of the most controversial rulings in recent years which has called into questi...

Reprinted from the Massachusetts Real Estate Law Blog. The Boston Globe is reporting that foreclosures in Massachusetts took a steep dive in May, the second consecutive month they have fallen, according to data released yesterday by Boston real estate tracking firm Warren Group.       According ...

Reprinted from The Massachusetts Real Estate Law Blog. I’m pleased to have Donald J. Griffin, MAI, SRA, an experienced appraiser with Don Griffin Appraisals, Inc., who is here to guest blog about a topic very much on the mind of Massachusetts homeowners, buyers and sellers:  Massachusetts propert...

Although home buyers sign a never ending pile of legal documents to purchase a home, arguably the most important document in the entire transaction is the purchase and sale agreement. In Massachusetts, the purchase and sale agreement most often used is the so-called standard form agreement suppl...

Sadly, completing a home improvement project on time, on budget and with good, quality work is the exception rather than the norm these days.  I have seen homeowners pour their home equity lines and savings into home improvement projects only to see the project left incomplete and riddled with de...

This post is re-printed from my blog, The Massachusetts Real Estate Law Blog. Recent Fannie Mae (FNMA) condominium lending regulations are beginning to live up to the hype as having an onerous impact on condominium sales and project development.  The changes, made in January, were part of an effo...

Title insurance is an absolute necessity in every real estate conveyance transaction. The problem is that most home buyers don’t know what title insurance is or what it covers, and only see it for the first time on the closing settlement statement. Closing attorneys and title insurance companies ...