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Home Buying Thinking About Buying a Pre 1900 Home? Here’s What to Expect By Mike DelRose Jr. | DelRose McShane Team | Coldwell Banker Realty Pre 1900 homes reward buyers who plan for upkeep. After more than a century, most are structurally sound, but our team routinely sees knob and tube wiring, sloped floors, field stone foundations, rot and old insect damage in them. The right inspection, the […]
Home Buying Condominium Renovation ROI By Mike DelRose Jr. | DelRose McShane Team | Coldwell Banker Realty In a large condo association, a full renovation rarely pays for itself. Our team measured 111 Waltham sales at Northgate Gardens and Wellington Crossing since 2021. Renovated Northgate units now bring about $36,000 more than original units. A midrange kitchen and bath runs […]
Home Buying Fed Hikes Rates: Mortgages Follow By Mike DelRose Jr. | DelRose McShane Team | Coldwell Banker Realty The Federal Reserve raised rates on September 16 for the first time since 2023, and mortgage rates kept climbing right through it. Mortgage News Daily’s 30-year fixed index reached 7.58% at the end of September, the highest it has been since November 2023. […]
Home Buying 2026 Massachusetts Ballot Question #7: Minimum Lot Size By Mike DelRose Jr. | DelRose McShane Team | Coldwell Banker Realty Question 7 would set a statewide floor for single-family lots. Does a lot have 5,000 square feet, 50 feet of frontage, and public sewer and water? Then a city or town would have to allow a single-family home on it. Towns would still […]
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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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 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 What Is Reasonable to Request After a Massachusetts Home Inspection?   Six questions that separate a fair request from a deal-killer, written for both sides of the transaction. Mike DelRose Jr. | July 27th, 2026 The Short Answer   There is no universal standard for what is reasonable to request after a home inspection in Massachusetts. It is subjective, specific to the property, and relative […]
Contractors July 2026 Investment Opportunity: Watertown, MA Investment Opportunity · Watertown A 7,500 SF Development Lot Off Mt. Auburn St, Priced at Land Value 33 Melendy Ave, Watertown · MLS #73523468 · Offered at $950,000 7,500Sq Ft Lot 2-Family Zone No FARCap* $950K List Price The Opportunity in One Paragraph 33 Melendy Ave is a level 7,500 square foot lot in Watertown’s […]
Home Selling Questions Greater Boston Homeowners Should Ask Before Hiring A Real Estate Professional The Short Answer Before you hire a listing agent in Greater Boston, ask for their sale-to-list ratio, days on market, and total closings, how they price a home, what their marketing actually accomplishes, and how they negotiate. Our team’s listings sell at a median of 100% of asking in a median of 7 days across […]
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 […]
Case Studies Case Study: Condo Conversions, ADUs, and the New Math for Belmont Area Investors By Bobby McShane & Mike DelRose Jr. | DelRose McShane Team | Coldwell Banker Realty Monday, June 26th, 2026, Watertown, MA.  Buying a multi-family in Belmont, Watertown, or Waltham today is a fundamentally different proposition than it was a decade ago. Prices have moved well past the point where rents cover a standard mortgage payment. […]
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 […]
Case Studies Case Study: How Location, Timing, and Early Offers Drove a $175K Premium in Natick By Mike DelRose Jr. | May 19th, 2026 Quick Answer In a highly desirable Natick location near downtown, a seller launched showings at a Saturday open house and accepted an offer before the scheduled Sunday open house ever took place. By working with two strong early buyers instead of waiting for broader competition, the home […]
Case Studies Case Study: Why Pricing This Mansfield Home Slightly Lower Changed the Entire Outcome By Mike DelRose Jr. | May 7th, 2026 Quick Answer We listed a Mansfield Colonial in late October, priced slightly below where the data suggested, and sold it in seven days for $30,000 over list price. The market around us was slowing. Most sellers in that price band were sitting. Strategic pricing created the competition […]
Case Studies Case Study: They already had her next home under agreement. The pressure was real. One wrong pricing decision and They would be carrying two properties. By Mike DelRose Jr. | April 27st, 2026 Here’s What Proper Strategic Pricing Accomplished: 8 offers received on a correctly priced Waltham condo More than half the field came in above asking price The majority of buyers came in at or above list price The winning offer came in nearly 10% above list price The […]
Home Selling Spring Has Arrived. So Has the Reality Check By Mike DelRose Jr. | Monday, April 13th, 2026 Spring Pricing in Belmont, Watertown, and Waltham: What the Data Is Actually Telling Sellers People ask me all the time what the spring market looks like in Belmont, Watertown, and Waltham. My answer is always the same: it depends on what you’re willing to do. The […]

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