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Home Buying 2026 Fall Market Update Market Update · September 2026 The Fall Market Arrived on Schedule Belmont, Watertown and Waltham. What sold, what is sitting, and where the opportunity is right now. The market slowed here after the Fourth of July. That is not unusual and it happens most years, but this time it caught a fair number of sellers […]
Home Selling The Value of a Great Listing Agent Quick Answer Most of what a listing agent is worth gets delivered before your home is ever visible to a buyer. Pricing against homes we have actually walked through. Telling you which repairs come back and which do not. Deciding who this specific house is for. The rest of it shows up in the moments […]
Home Buying The Cost of Waiting to Purchase In The Massachusetts Real Estate Market Quick Answer Across four Greater Boston towns over the last year, buyers who got an offer accepted between November and February paid a median 99.4% of asking price and had ten days to decide. Buyers between March and June paid 102.0% and had seven days. Same houses. Same towns. About $32,000 apart on a median-priced […]
Home Buying How Many Offers Do You Have?: Disclosure In Massachusetts Real Estate Quick Answer When a listing agent tells you they cannot say whether there are other offers, they are usually telling the truth. That decision belongs to the seller, not to the agent, and without the seller’s authorization there is nothing to share. It is also not a dead end. There are questions that get you […]
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Apartments Rent Control in Massachusetts: What the 2026 Ballot Fight Really Tells Us By Mike DelRose Jr.  |  DelRose McShane Team  |  Coldwell Banker Realty  |  July 6, 2026 Quick Answer Rent control is not coming to Massachusetts in 2026. The statewide ballot question was removed by the Supreme Judicial Court in June over a religious-exemption flaw, not on its merits. The deeper question our clients keep asking […]
Apartments Massachusetts Rent Control On The 2026 Ballot Introduction We live in unprecedented times. 2025 was the longest 10 years of my life for so many reasons, and major shifts in the real estate landscape here in Greater Boston were certainly a part of that. Later this year Massachusetts voters will cast ballots to decide whether rent control will be implemented for the […]
Apartments Fairness, Transparency, and a Long Overdue Rental Reform In Massachusetts: The Potential Elimination of Tenant Broker Fees July 2nd, 2025- By Mike DelRose Jr.-The Massachusetts Legislature just took a big step toward balancing the scales in our housing market. Included in the Fiscal Year 2026 budget is a provision that would ensure rental broker fees are only paid by the party who actually hires the broker. It’s a simple idea that mirrors […]
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Home Buying 2026 Fall Market Update Market Update · September 2026 The Fall Market Arrived on Schedule Belmont, Watertown and Waltham. What sold, what is sitting, and where the opportunity is right now. The market slowed here after the Fourth of July. That is not unusual and it happens most years, but this time it caught a fair number of sellers […]
Home Buying The Cost of Waiting to Purchase In The Massachusetts Real Estate Market Quick Answer Across four Greater Boston towns over the last year, buyers who got an offer accepted between November and February paid a median 99.4% of asking price and had ten days to decide. Buyers between March and June paid 102.0% and had seven days. Same houses. Same towns. About $32,000 apart on a median-priced […]
Home Buying How Many Offers Do You Have?: Disclosure In Massachusetts Real Estate Quick Answer When a listing agent tells you they cannot say whether there are other offers, they are usually telling the truth. That decision belongs to the seller, not to the agent, and without the seller’s authorization there is nothing to share. It is also not a dead end. There are questions that get you […]
Home Buying Generative AI & MLS Listing Photos In Massachusetts Quick Answer Some of the listing photos you are scrolling through show rooms that do not exist. Not staged rooms. Generated ones, with furniture, finishes and sometimes entire features added by software. Done properly and labeled clearly, virtual staging is a legitimate marketing tool that helps buyers picture an empty space. Done carelessly, it wastes […]
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Home Buying Knob & Tube Wiring In Massachusetts Homes Quick Answer You can learn to recognize knob and tube wiring in about ten minutes. Look for white ceramic knobs on basement joists, dark cloth covered wires running alone through open air, and small round holes bored through the framing with ceramic sleeves inside them. Inside the living space the tells are different. Two prong […]
Home Buying The Termite Signs Every Massachusetts Homeowner Should Check Before Listing The Termite Signs Every Massachusetts Homeowner Should Check Before Listing By Mike DelRose Jr. | DelRose McShane Team | Coldwell Banker Realty Quick AnswerBefore you list your home in Belmont, Watertown, or anywhere in Greater Boston, walk your basement and your foundation line. Look for mud tubes running up the concrete, soft or hollow wood […]
Home Maintenance How to Keep Your Cool: Home Cooling Tips That Beat the Heat (and the Electric Bill) Friday, June 27th, 2025. By Bobby McShane-Summer’s here, the sun’s blazing, and your living room feels like a rotisserie. But before you crank that A/C to “Arctic Tundra” and kiss your utility budget goodbye, take a deep breath (preferably of cool air) and read on. Here are practical, sometimes surprisingly clever ways to keep your […]
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Home Buying 2026 Fall Market Update Market Update · September 2026 The Fall Market Arrived on Schedule Belmont, Watertown and Waltham. What sold, what is sitting, and where the opportunity is right now. The market slowed here after the Fourth of July. That is not unusual and it happens most years, but this time it caught a fair number of sellers […]
Home Selling The Value of a Great Listing Agent Quick Answer Most of what a listing agent is worth gets delivered before your home is ever visible to a buyer. Pricing against homes we have actually walked through. Telling you which repairs come back and which do not. Deciding who this specific house is for. The rest of it shows up in the moments […]
Home Buying How Many Offers Do You Have?: Disclosure In Massachusetts Real Estate Quick Answer When a listing agent tells you they cannot say whether there are other offers, they are usually telling the truth. That decision belongs to the seller, not to the agent, and without the seller’s authorization there is nothing to share. It is also not a dead end. There are questions that get you […]
Home Buying Generative AI & MLS Listing Photos In Massachusetts Quick Answer Some of the listing photos you are scrolling through show rooms that do not exist. Not staged rooms. Generated ones, with furniture, finishes and sometimes entire features added by software. Done properly and labeled clearly, virtual staging is a legitimate marketing tool that helps buyers picture an empty space. Done carelessly, it wastes […]
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Apartments Rent Control in Massachusetts: What the 2026 Ballot Fight Really Tells Us By Mike DelRose Jr.  |  DelRose McShane Team  |  Coldwell Banker Realty  |  July 6, 2026 Quick Answer Rent control is not coming to Massachusetts in 2026. The statewide ballot question was removed by the Supreme Judicial Court in June over a religious-exemption flaw, not on its merits. The deeper question our clients keep asking […]
Apartments Massachusetts Rent Control On The 2026 Ballot Introduction We live in unprecedented times. 2025 was the longest 10 years of my life for so many reasons, and major shifts in the real estate landscape here in Greater Boston were certainly a part of that. Later this year Massachusetts voters will cast ballots to decide whether rent control will be implemented for the […]
Apartments Fairness, Transparency, and a Long Overdue Rental Reform In Massachusetts: The Potential Elimination of Tenant Broker Fees July 2nd, 2025- By Mike DelRose Jr.-The Massachusetts Legislature just took a big step toward balancing the scales in our housing market. Included in the Fiscal Year 2026 budget is a provision that would ensure rental broker fees are only paid by the party who actually hires the broker. It’s a simple idea that mirrors […]
Legal Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) In Watertown, Massachusetts Saturday-June 28th-2025-By Mike DelRose Sr.- On August 6, 2024, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed the Affordable Homes Act (Chapter 150 of the Acts of 2024), a significant legislative step to address the state’s housing affordability crisis. A key provision in Section 8 of the Act amends the Zoning Act to allow accessory dwelling units (ADUs) […]
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Home Buying From A PDF Handout To An Education Platform     DelRose McShane Team Coldwell Banker Realty  ·  Belmont, MA Perspective & Insight The Savvy Series  ·  A Look Back From a PDF Handout to an Education Platform M Mike DelRose Jr. REALTOR®  ·  Director of Marketing May 28, 2026  ·  Belmont, MA The software it was built on no longer exists. The brokerage […]
Team News Meet Our Newest Team Member: Dimitri Konstantopoulos Meet Our Newest Team Member For roughly three decades and two generations, Dimitri Konstantopoulos has been one of our best clients. Originally, his Father worked with my Grandfather, Concenzio “Connie” DelRose, before working with Mike DelRose Sr. after he retired. With over a dozen transactions involving investment property over the years, Dimitri built a portfolio […]
Team News The Day I Almost Quit By Mike DelRose Jr. Belmont, MA .Thursday, November 20, 2025 It still sits with me, more than ten years later. I’ve finally found the clarity and courage to share an experience that nearly drove me out of real estate for good. This post isn’t a masterclass or a marketing piece. It’s a catharsis. But if […]
Home Buying Greater Boston Real Estate: Fall Market 2025 By Mike DelRose Jr. Friday, October 31st, 2025. 10:34 AM Belmont, MA Happy Halloween!  What a strange time to be in real estate, or life for that matter, but I digress. Market shifts are expected, cyclical, an often have reflected long-term trends. This market now is ambiguous at best. When I first started in the […]
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Home Buying New Condominium Guidelines Impacting Lending In Greater Boston Quick answer: On August 3, 2026 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac end the Limited and Streamlined Review. Condo buildings with more than ten units now need a Full Review. The lender checks the association’s money, insurance and repairs. Buildings with ten units or fewer may skip project review entirely. On Monday the fast track for […]
Home Buying The Questions Smart Buyers Ask Before Choosing an Agent Buyer’s Guide · Greater Boston By Mike DelRose Jr. and Bobby McShane  |  DelRose McShane Team  |  Coldwell Banker Realty  |  July 2026 The Short Version Buying in Greater Boston is one of the largest decisions you’ll make, and the agent in your corner shapes the outcome. Before you commit, ask how the agent is […]
Uncategorized Protecting Clients Is The Priority Protecting Clients Is The Priority By Jenna Figueiredo Expand Jenna Figueiredo Sales Associate REALTOR® ABR® 617.272.6126 Jenna@DelRoseMcShane.com Belmont & Watertown Real Estate Professional Delivering Polished Service and Results-Driven Marketing Jenna Figueiredo brings a strong foundation in technology sales and corporate relationship management to her real estate practice in Belmont and Watertown. Her background in the […]
Home Buying Greater Boston Real Estate: Fall Market 2025 By Mike DelRose Jr. Friday, October 31st, 2025. 10:34 AM Belmont, MA Happy Halloween!  What a strange time to be in real estate, or life for that matter, but I digress. Market shifts are expected, cyclical, an often have reflected long-term trends. This market now is ambiguous at best. When I first started in the […]

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