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Tim van der Veen
Nov 4, 2024
Understanding the NAR Settlement Agreement
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently reached a landmark settlement that is already reshaping the landscape of real estate...
Tim van der Veen
May 9, 2024
Is the 5% Broker Fee About to be History?
In case you haven’t heard, the real estate industry has been under assault. After years of litigation over claims that the real estate...
Tim van der Veen
Jan 5, 2024
The 2024 Massachusetts Real Estate Market: What's in Store?
According to most experts, if Hollywood made a movie based on the 2024 real estate market , the title would be: 2023: The Sequel. In...
Tim van der Veen
Nov 1, 2023
The Legal Maze of Inheriting Real Estate
Inheriting property, while often seen as a blessing, can feel like navigating a corn maze while blindfolded. The process is fraught with...
Tim van der Veen
Aug 2, 2023
What would you walk away with…if you sold your home today
We all do it. As a real estate attorney, even I’m not above it. Especially in a market like today’s. “Wonder what I’d get if I sold my...
Tim van der Veen
Mar 31, 2023
5 Things You Didn't Know About Lead Paint (But Should)
For most people, the term “lead poisoning” conjures an image of a small child eating paint chips in a home built in the 1920s. However,...
Tim van der Veen
Aug 17, 2022
Sorry, I Won't Waive My Home Inspection...
5 Strategies to Get Your Offer with Contingencies Accepted As a local real estate attorney, I’ve witnessed the recent market shift from...
Tim van der Veen
Apr 12, 2022
The End of “Crazy-Train” May be Near
Experts Predict Spring Market Could Be Last Hurrah for Massachusetts Sellers Sell Now or Forever Hold Your Peace? As a local real estate...
Tim van der Veen
Feb 11, 2022
In Case You Doubted My FSBO Statistics…
A Cautionary FSBO Tale on the South Shore In our FSBO article last summer (remember summer?), I cited a nationwide study showing that...
Tim van der Veen
Sep 7, 2021
Capital Gains Tax for Dummies
Will You Owe Capital Gains When you Sell your Home? Homeowners who attend our real estate workshops want to hear about one topic above...
Tim van der Veen
Aug 22, 2020
For Sale By Owner: Fact and Fiction
As a real estate attorney, I’ve been hired by a handful of sellers over the years who informed me they were selling their home without an...
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