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  • Home Improvement, Home Preperation/ Staging, Real Estate

Top 8 Home Design & Decorating Trends for 2025: What’s In and What’s Out

Find out the most popular interior design trends for 2025

Say goodbye to sterile, cookie-cutter spaces! 2025 is all about bold colors, cozy textures, and sustainable design that transforms your home into a personal sanctuary. From earthy palettes to statement lighting, these top trends will inspire you to create a space that’s not just beautiful—but truly yours.

  • Kevin Vitali
  • February 11, 2025
  • Real Estate

Massachusetts Transfer Tax Guide: Calculate, Exemptions, and FAQs

Massachusetts deed excise tax

Most states have a transfer tax upon the sale of a home. Learn how to calculate your Massachusetts Tax Stamps and what exemption may be available. But for most home sellers don't forget that your deed excise tax will be alost a half percent of the purchase price.

  • Kevin Vitali
  • January 16, 2025
  • Real Estate

What is Real Estate? Is Real Estate Different Than Real Property?

what is real estate and real property and how does it shape out daily lives in massachusetts?

What is Real Estate? What is Real Property? Learn the difference and how it shapes are daily lives.

  • Kevin Vitali
  • December 16, 2024
  • Estate Planning, Home Staging

Understanding the Ins and Outs of Capital Gains Tax on Real Estate

capital gains on real estate

When you sell your Massachusetts home, there is a possibility you may have to pay capital gains tax. Learn what capital gins is when you may have to pay it and learn strategies to minimize your tax liability.

  • Kevin Vitali
  • November 21, 2024
  • Estate Planning, Real Estate

Are You in the Process of Estate Planning? Learn What A Life Estate Is and When To Use It

What is a life estate?

Consider using a life estate when planning your estate and want the advantages of using a life estate to pass your home to your heirs. This type of property ownership allows the home to pass while avoiding probate and may help your loved ones reduce capital gain taxes.

  • Kevin Vitali
  • November 7, 2024
  • Estate Planning, Real Estate

The Pros and Cons of Adding Children to My Deed: Is it a Wise Decision?

adding children to the deed of your home

Often as parents age they thing adding the children to the deed is a great idea. But the downside may outweigh the benefits. And a lot has to do with loss of control. Find out why adding your family to the deed can be a bad idea.

  • Kevin Vitali
  • October 23, 2024
  • Home Pricing, Home Selling Advice

The Overpriced Home- 9 Reasons Why Sellers Overprice Their House But Shouldn’t

Learn reasons why home sellers list an overpriced home, how to know when you are overpricing your house and how to avoid it.

The overpriced home. Learn 9 reasons why home sellers overprice a home, the consequences of setting an asking price above fair market value, how to identify if your house is overpriced and how to avoid it.

  • Kevin Vitali
  • October 1, 2024
  • 3 Comments
  • Buying A House, Home Selling Advice, Massachusetts Real Estate

How Big Is An Acre Visually? How Many Square Feet In an Acre

how many square feet are in an acre?

An acre is 43,560 square feet. The history behind an acre has to do with farming and how much land can be plowed in a day. See what an acre would look like compared to Fenway Park and Gillette Stadium.

  • Kevin Vitali
  • September 16, 2024
  • 4 Comments
  • Buying A House, First Time Home Buyer, Mortgage

Everything You Need To Know About Gift Money For A Down Payment To Buy A House

Everything-You-EVER need to know about using gift funds
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Many find the financial hurdles of buying a home overwhelming, especially when it comes to gathering enough money for a down payment and closing costs. Gift funds, a financial gift…

  • Kevin Vitali
  • April 23, 2024
  • 5 Comments
  • Home Buyer, Home Selling Advice

Days on Market- An Important Metric for Buyers, Sellers and REALTORS

DOM is an essential metric in real estate

Days on Market is an essential metric used by real estate agent in guiding and aiding home buyers and sellers. It helps gauge markets, set pricing and helps structuring a negotiating strategy.

  • Kevin Vitali
  • March 18, 2024
  • 29 Comments
  • 55+ Adult Communities

A Guide To Choosing And Thriving In A 55+ Community in Massachusetts

choosing to live in an active adult community

Now that the kids are gone and your headed into retirement, what are you going to do with that big house? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a 55+ community? Check out this guide to choosing an active adult community as well as how to successfully transition into one.

  • Kevin Vitali
  • March 7, 2024
  • 11 Comments
  • 55+ Adult Communities, Home Selling Advice

Downsizing Your Home: Unlocking the Benefits of a Simplified Living Space

downsizing a home: Unlock the benefits

Downsizing is about simplifying your life. And is often triggered by a major life change like retirement. This article will cover 7 reasons why it may be time to downsize as well as reasons you may not want to. Find a plan to downsize as well designing your smaller space.

  • Kevin Vitali
  • February 28, 2024
  • 15 Comments
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