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Pack Your Bags For This Massachusetts Town Where $1,500 A Month Covers Absolutely Everything

There are cities in Massachusetts that will take everything you earn and hand you back a studio apartment and a vague sense of financial anxiety, and then there’s Gardner. Gardner, Massachusetts is the city that quietly decided affordability and quality of life weren’t mutually exclusive, and it has been proving that point for years while the rest of the state wasn’t watching.

Gardner, MA · 4d

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Amherst Joins Blue Tidal Wave | With the Exception of Ballot Question 7, Local Results Mirror the Rest of the State

Almost 58% of Amherst’s 14,296 registered voters cast ballots in the November 3 midterm election. With the exception of Question 7, the ballot initiative to reduce the required minimum lot size for single-family homes to 5,000 square feet, Amherst voted with the state majority. However, Amherst voters skewed substantially more toward Democrats than the state at large and joined the blue tidal wave that saw Democrats chalk up resounding, and often shocking, wins across the nation.

Amherst, MA · 2d

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Massachusetts Plan for More Starter Homes Fails as ‘NIMBY’ Voters Insist on Local Zoning Control

Massachusetts voters rejected a ballot initiative that would allow the zoning of smaller lots for starter home construction.

Massachusetts · 2d

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Five Springfield families selected to purchase affordable homes for $215K

Five Springfield families are one step closer to becoming homeowners after being selected in an affordable housing lottery Friday, with newly constructed homes being offered for $215,000 each.

Springfield, MA · 2d

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Real Estate Transfers 10/01 – 10/31/2026

Property: 44 Burnap Road Unit 44-2 Price: $195,000. Property: 1172 Washington Street Price: $1,095,000. Buyers: Amanda Sophia Deirdre & Richard C. Bergeron III. Seller: Anthony C Lulek TR & Anthony C Lulek 2025 Trust. Buyers: Lara E Strange & W Scott McKechnie. Property: 99 Lowland Street Price: $1,200,000. Seller: 99...

Holliston, MA · 1d

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Tenants Hit With Rent Hikes Of $100 To $200 After A Sale Banded Together, 24 Refused To Sign Leases, And The Landlord Has Already Cut His Offer To $75 A Month

Nancy Dorian says the first time her rent jumped, she cried. “I couldn’t even believe it,” she told the Daily Hampshire Gazette. This time, she says, “I’m not doing it.” […]

Easthampton, MA · 19h

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Berkshire region real estate sales – November 6, 2026

98-100 Commercial Street: Star Generation LLC of Adams to Theresa Whitney, $240,600 on 10/23/2026. 51 Mountain Pasture Road: Michael Ragusa of Becket to Matthew Gerber, $45,000 on 10/22/2026. Clarksburg. 573 River Road: Devon C. Tosches of Clarksburg to Lyndsey Degrenier, $10,000 on 10/20/2026. 70 Brooks: Tobe A. Cote of Clarksburg...

Great Barrington, MA · 3d

The Money Overview

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Williamstown, Mass. homeowners 60 and older with income up to $44,000, or $66,000 if married, can get a $1,000 property-tax exemption by filing by Dec. 31

Williamstown, Mass., homeowners who were at least 60 on July 1, 2026, and whose income is $44,000 or less, or $66,000 or less if married, can get a $1,000 property-tax exemption for fiscal 2027 by filing by Dec. 31. The town assessor’s office calls it the Senior Property Tax Exemption, under Clause 41C. Dec. 31, […] The post Williamstown, Mass. homeowners 60 and older with income up to $44,000, or $66,000 if married, can get a $1,000 property-tax exemption by filing by Dec. 31 appeared first on The Money Overview .

Williamstown, MA · 2d

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Senior homeowners in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York qualify for property-tax relief with income caps from $48,110 to $112,000, led by a $2,820 credit

Senior homeowners in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York can cut their property tax bills if household income stays under a cap, and those caps run from $48,110 in Pennsylvania to $112,000 for Massachusetts couples. The biggest single payout among the four is Massachusetts’ senior circuit breaker credit, which maxes out at $2,820 for tax […]

Massachusetts · 1h

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Welcome to Real Estate Friday!

Here’s what we have for you this week in The Edge Real Estate section:. Property of the Week – Sheila Thunfors of Stone House Properties offers a remarkable contemporary residence with sweeping views and beautifully curated gardens. Transformations – If you are ready to consider selling the family...

Berkshire County, MA · 3d

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Lessons – and opportunities – from starter home ballot question loss

BY A RAZOR-THIN margin, Massachusetts voters rejected Question 7, the ballot measure that would have capped minimum lot size requirements for single-family homes at 5,000 square feet. This commonsense reform could have unlocked thousands of new homes. Estimates ranged from a conservative 750 a year to more than 5,000 a...

Massachusetts · 1d

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The Hidden Massachusetts Town Where Renters Are Living Large For Under $900 A Month

Your rent check could be a lot smaller if you’d just drive about an hour and a half west of Boston. Athol, Massachusetts has been quietly sitting in Worcester County, waiting for people to notice that living here doesn’t require selling a kidney. Let’s start with the basics,...

Athol, MA · 8d

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Trump family socialite sells sprawling $10.5M New York estate after more than 30 years

Sprawling across 197.51 acres on Shupike Road, the estate is anchored by an extraordinary 8,244sq ft Greek Revival mansion dating back to 1830.

Millbrook, NY · 11h

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Electric Boat hiring is reshaping housing in eastern Connecticut. These towns are drawing families

Eastern Connecticut towns like Voluntown and Ledyard are attracting homebuyers with lower prices, family appeal and Electric Boat jobs.

Connecticut · 6d

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Vacant Massachusetts office tower becomes 198 apartments, with condos next door starting at $209,300

"This project shows what’s possible when the public and private sectors pull in the same direction."

Worcester, MA · 4d

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Massachusetts tenants hit with $400 rent hikes face another increase — and refuse new leases

"People are invested in this. [Some] people have been here almost 20 years."

Easthampton, MA · 1d

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Former Nathan Hale School in Enfield will become 38 senior apartments

ENFIELD - Town officials approved plans to convert the former Nathan Hale Elementary School on Taylor Lane into a 38-unit senior housing project. Enfield-based Our Town Home Buyers is looking to retrofit the circa-1962 school building, located on an 8.5-acre property at 5 Taylor Lane, into 38 residential units age-restricted for residents 55 and over. Units would be split between 31 one-bedroom units and seven studios, ranging from 595 square feet for the smallest studio to 1,270 square feet for the largest one-bedroom floor plan.

Enfield, CT · 2d

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Springfield Estimate Counts 1,128 Homes With Deceased Owners

Unresolved ownership can leave vacant homes stalled, making repairs or sales difficult to pursue. Gerry McCafferty, who works on Springfield's housing policy, said unresolved ownership issues are complicating the Maynard Street property's path forward, according to MassLive. Dina Fein, a former Massachusetts Housing Court judge who began helping nonprofits and municipalities redevelop vacant homes in 2021, described a recurring connection between vacancy, deterioration, and complicated ownership. “There seems to be overlap between vacant, abandoned, deteriorated properties” and homes tied up in probate, informal family ownership, or poorly documented transfers, Fein said, per the same report.

Springfield, MA · 6d

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Former Nathan Hale School in Enfield will become 38 senior apartments

A local developer wants to retrofit the circa-1962 school building with age-restricted units.

Enfield, CT · 2d

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Looks like starter homes will remain in illegal in much of Massachusetts

In Wellesley, Massachusetts, it is basically illegal to build a starter home, and it looks like it will stay that way. The voters of Massachusetts appear to have rejected a measure that would have overridden local laws that ban modest lots. This sounds like an arcane battle between state law and local zoning regulations, but […]

Wellesley, MA · 4d