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News and Happenings for Franklin, MA

June 29, 2010

Greater Boston home prices rise for first time in 8 months

Greater Boston home prices rose a solid 1.4% in April 2010, according to figures released today by Standard and Poors.  The jump in the S&P/Case-Shiller Home […]
June 26, 2010

Why new Loan Quality Initiative may be trouble for home buyers and sellers

Take a second to Google “Loan Quality Initiative.”  I did and found over 365,000 results on this currently hot topic in the real estate profession. Pay […]
June 25, 2010

Franklin, MA Strawberry Festival 2010

Dark clouds filled the sky, but the rain held off and the eight annual Franklin, MA Strawberry Festival was a big success last week.  A later […]
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 […]