The looming Electric Bill Crisis
Monday, March 07
I was reading an Op Ed by Senator Ed Markey this weekend, and he was lobbying for additional funding to help people pay their electric and heating bills. THESE ARE SOME INTERESTING NUMBERS Residential customers in MA owe an estimated $630 MILLION in unpaid electric and gas billsThere are 583,000 ...
Condos in Worcester- Don't hold your breath they are NOT COMING-
Wednesday, March 02
https://www.telegram.com/story... Interesting article in the T&G a couple weeks ago about condos. A shout out to Juliana Danquah at Century 21 XSELL a great agent who is featured in this article. The issue here is that condos are an affordable option for first time buyers, some might even ...
airbnb-the cause of the housing shortage and rising real Estate Prices
Tuesday, February 15
Authors note: Keep in mind when you are reading this that I am a free market economist and if you wanted to categorize me you could call me Chicago School People might find this crazy but Airbnb causes housing instability. Airbnb is a DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY and sometimes disruption is good. It f...
Appraisals and how they impact the home selling process
Tuesday, February 15
People have lots of thoughts on appraisals and how they are impacting the market. First off, let's define an appraisal. The appraisal is a snapshot of the value of the property at a particular time, the day the appraisal is done. It does not tell you what the property was worth last year, or wil...
Which comes first, housing or Jobs? or Retail?
Friday, January 21
Another great article in the T&G discussing City Square and Downtown Worcester. https://www.telegram.com/story... This article talks about the 2 remaining parcels in Downtown that are ripe for development, and suggests that Residential Housing is what is needed. We all know that Worcester nee...
Is Worcester still ON THE MOVE?
Friday, January 21
Another Great article by Alex Guardiola of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce. https://www.telegram.com/story... Some additional thoughts to get your mind working. Can Worcester keep things moving and: 1. Move the DPW and free up that space for new development by Shrewsbury street?2. Create More...