Boston Real Estate Update: Creative solutions benefit charities and homeowners

Boston.com recently posted an article about how some homeowners have been donating a portion of their assets to charity in a Charitable Remainder Unitrust. There are tax benefits to the action, which also gave one retiring couple a sense of good will.

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Boston Real Estate Update: Prime Waterfront location to be developed?

A recent article on Boston.com finds the James Hook & Co. lot may potentially be developed. With commercial and residential developers drawing up potential plans, the Hook family business does plan to stay.

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Real Estate Update: Boston ranked in the top ten markets

A recent article on Forbes.com dug into the details of the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index. The result is a list of the ten best and worst real estate markets in the country.

The good news is that Boston is named in the ten strongest markets, along with Washington D.C., New York and Seattle. The worst list saw many familiar names—cities that have struggled for the last year, such as Las Vegas, Phoenix and Miami.

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