Rent Control in Worcester? NO THANKS Build More Housing
Wednesday, March 09
This past week the Worcester City councilors were asked what their thoughts were about the possibility of the state removing the ban on Rent Control in Massachusetts. Rent Control has been banned in the state since 1994. Lifting the ban would allow municipalities the ability to set their own pa...
We don't need more large-scale affordable housing in Worcester
Monday, March 07
This was a great Op Ed by Ray Mariano in Sunday't Telegram. Since it is hard to link if you are not a subscriber here is a PDF link below. https://drive.google.com/file/... We all know that we need to address housing in the City of Worcester. That is scarcity of housing overall, and a lack of "...
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...