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CCIAOR backs septic tax credit amendment targeting nitrogen pollution

This reform would make the Title 5 tax credit refundable, meaning that Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket homeowners would receive the full $18,000 credit available regardless of the amount of income tax they pay.

Brett Holmes and The Holmes Group join Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Robert Paul Properties

The team serves the Outer Cape and has completed 465 transactions totaling over $394 million in sales volume since its founding in 2012.

The fallacy of price testing a listing

The push toward private or off‑MLS “test” listings delivers little proven pricing premiums, sells a small share privately and often lengthens time to sell despite industry claims, writes Jonathan Miller, co-founder of property appraisal firm Miller Samuel.

Rechat partners with SkySlope

Through its partnership with SkySlope, a transaction management app founded in 2011, Rechat now incorporates forms and e-signature options, plus data automation tools.

NAR: Pending home sales post best performance since February 2023

Contract signings were up in all four U.S. regions. 

Igloo for sale, snow not included

No need for a winter coat inside this igloo. This one-of-a-kind home in Litchfield, Connecticut, only looks like it’s made of snow.

18 Donnell St. sale breaks Cambridge price records

Coldwell Banker Realty’s Barrie Naji was the property’s listing agent.

Artistic rendering of Portico development shows mid-rise apartment building with geometric design.
Construction begins on nearly 500 apartments at Portico in Revere

Portico joins Amaya, which was the first residential project built for Suffolk Downs.

CCIAOR: List to sale price ratio of 95.5% makes pricing ‘increasingly important’

Last month, 199 single-family homes sold in Cape Cod, marking a year-over-year decrease of 24.3%. Meanwhile, condo sales dipped 11.8% to 60 condos sold.

1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1 plane crash

The ranch also features a fully-stocked vintage convenience store, geodome, windmill and many other abandoned artifacts.

Lifestyle over luxury: How homebuyers shopped in 2025

Evidence points to home shoppers prioritizing the experiences they’ll have in their home over the style or size, Zillow said.

Brick exterior of a Charlestown develompent featuring a grocery story on the ground floor and apartments on the 2nd and 3rd floors.
Charlestown development project to bring new grocery store and apartments

Developers plan to add landscaping and other improvements and provide $18,595 to the Boston Transportation Department for the city’s bikeshare system.

Rita Salman joins ERA Key

She will work out of the brokerage’s Worcester office alongside her husband, Rudy Salman, who also recently joined.

Builder confidence ticks up after December rate cut but remains negative

The NAHB’s monthly survey found the nation’s homebuilders remain optimistic about home sales next year. 

Greater Boston named New England’s hottest rental market

Demand so outpaced supply in greater Boston that the metro experienced a 95% occupancy rate in 2025.

Keith Harrington joins EVO Real Estate Group

Harrington told Boston Agent Magazine he hopes to apply his property management and leadership background to EVO’s specialized leasing division.

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