Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Uxbridge Mass Real Estate 5 Henry Street Duplex Condo

This duplex condo at 5 Henry Street is an incredible value! This Uxbridge home is listed at $239,900. The identical unit just closed next door for $259,900 on October 15, 2008. There are no condo fees!! Below is a marketing presentation on this unit:



For more information please visit Uxbridge Massachusetts Condominiums.

*** Update this Uxbridge townhome is now under agreement.

Have a home or condo to sell in Uxbridge or other local town? Visit Uxbridge Mass Real Estate to see how I market homes online and give my Real Estate clients maximum exposure!

Hopkinton Real Estate Sold 4 Wyman Lane

In a challenging Real Estate market the keys to selling a home are pricing properly, and picking a Realtor that knows how to market homes online well. This home at 4 Wyman Lane in Hopkinton was just sold on October 15, 2008 for $1,145,000. It was listed and sold by my team mate Chuck Joseph. You can read more about this Hopkinton home here:
Hopkinton Real Estate 4 Wyman Lane

One of the marketing avenues that is very important when selling a home today is video. It is a fact that a home with a video will receive about four times the traffic online than a home without one. One of the sites we feed our video slide shows to is Youtube. See the video at Youtube for 4 Wyman Lane below.



Thinking of selling your home in Hopkinton or other Metrowest town? Call or email me...I would welcome the opportunity to show you how my online marketing can get your home SOLD!
One of the things I do with all the properties I market is create an online presence. Over 85% of all buyers find their home online. These posts and my blog are highly indexed by Google...in fact this may be how you arrived here? You can see a sampling of my Metrowest home marketing here.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Hopkinton Community Endowment (HCE)


The 6th annual Hopkinton Community Endowment telethon will take place on October 19th. The telethon will take place at the HCAM studios located in the lower level of 77 Main Street Hopkinton MA. Approximately sixty callers will take 90 minute shifts soliciting pledged donations. During the telethon there will also be taped talent acts and live interviews.

The hopkinton Community Endowment fund was created in 1997 as a means to lessen the tax burden of Hopkinton Mass residents. The concept came about due to the construction of the new Hopkinton High School at the time. There were many residents of the town that wanted to vote in favor of the new high school but in the process knew they would be voting themselves out of town due to the increased taxes.

According to Chuck Joseph, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Endowment, this group was formed to bring tax relief to Hopkinton's townspeople. Joseph said "that they knew there was no means to funnel money to individuals. But, with the concept of the Endowment, they could look at the towns capital projects, and through private fund raising, cover the costs of certain projects, thus clearing them off the debt and lowering people's tax burden."

The fund was put to good use by presenting $29,000 to the Hopkinton Police Department for a new police cruiser. The police cruiser, once a budget line item, can now be removed from the tax debt.

After five years of telethons and Hopkinton business commitments, the endowment has reached $400,000 of direct charitable contributions. The original goal was to hit a million before a disbursement was made but the group decided it was a good time to show the power of the endowment by purchasing the cruiser.

This years telethon will have a very entertaining and meaningful format. There will be a Hopkinton trivia contest where callers can venture guesses at answers and win prizes. For example did you know that Edward Hopkins after which the town was named never came to Hopkinton? Who built the Hopkinton Reservoir and why? These are the tupe of questions that will be asked.

Folks this is a great cause and tax deductible too! Any donations you can make would be great. You are helping the current people in Hopkinton as well as future generations! " Give a gift leave a legacy!"