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News and Happenings for Franklin, MA

June 17, 2010

What MA home for sale inventory says about RE market

Monitoring the rate at which MA’s home for sale inventory is “absorbed” (sold) is a good way to keep tabs on the health and direction of […]
June 15, 2010

New trash and recycling containers delivered in Franklin, MA

New trash containers are being delivered in Franklin, MA this week.  It’s all part of the new single-stream recycling and automated trash pick-up system set to […]
June 13, 2010

Mortgage rates near 50 year lows

Mortgage interest rates dropped to near 50 year lows this past week as institutional investors shifted assets from stocks to US Treasuries in the face of […]
June 12, 2010

Big Y gets OK to build new store in Franklin, MA

The Franklin, MA Planning Board has approved construction of a Big Y World Class Market in Franklin, Massachusetts.  After  hearings stretching back to early 2010, the […]
June 5, 2010

Franklin MA Farmers’ Market offers great produce

The Franklin Farmers’ Market is sets up shop annually at the Town Common on Main Street in Franklin, MA.  The Market is held every Friday from June […]
May 31, 2010

35 Townline Road, Franklin, MA home for sale

[tubepress mode=”playlist” playlistValue=”49B9864C9BE8A2F9″] 35 Townline Road in Franklin, Massachusetts  Substantial colonial home for sale at 35 Townline Road, Franklin, MA in prime subdivision setting offers approximately […]
May 27, 2010

Seven straight monthly drops in Greater Boston home prices at an end?

Home prices in the metro Boston region have been falling for seven straight months, according to the Case-Shiller Home Price Index for Boston issued monthly by […]
May 18, 2010

Franklin, Massachusetts (MA) real estate keeps improving

Franklin, MA real estate continued to strengthen in May 2010 in terms of what’s called its “absorption rate”.  At 7.5 months of standing inventory, the supply […]
May 16, 2010

Franklin MA Historical Museum opens in new Downtown location

The Franklin, MA Historical Museum officially opened last Friday at its new location at 80 West Central Street in Downtown Franklin.  The former site of the […]
May 15, 2010

Experts wrong as mortgage rates stay low

Back at the start of the year, there was widespread alarm in the media that mortgage interest rates were poised to rise steeply in early 2010. […]
May 11, 2010

Change of location for Children’s Festival in Franklin, MA this Saturday

The location of the Children’s Festival being held in Franklin, MA on Saturday, May 15, 2010 has been changed to Grant Field on the campus of […]
May 9, 2010

Striking new reading room at Franklin, MA Public Library

If you haven’t visited Franklin’s Public Library recently, you’re in for an eye opening experience: there’s a simply beautiful new reading room on the library’s lower […]