Mom's House on the Cape
Cape Cod Resources for Aging, Assisted Living, Elder Law, Estate Planning and Real Estate, plus a selection of Cape Cod Real Estate Videos, focusing on the Town of Yarmouth
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Fannie, Freddie Kill Again - PACE Program Scares Them This is indeed unfortunate. Fannie and Freddie, the evil twins of social engineering excess, have reached from the crypt to destroy a really useful program - PACE, which allows property owners to pay for the cost of energy improvements to the...
07/09/2010
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Cape Cod July 4th Celebrations Here is the schedule of local Cape Cod July 4th celebrations. There were some on Friday (the fireworks in Orleans) and there are some on Saturday (Parades in Chatham, Orleans, Centerville and Hyannisport). The biggies on Sunday, July 4th, are fireworks in Hyannis, F...
07/03/2010
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WOW ... CAPE COD IS REALLY SPECIAL!! Karin asked last week if I could do an open house for her this past weekend. She just listed an 1840's antique merchant's house on the Olde King's Highway (Route 6A) in Brewster, one of the most beautiful parts of Cape Cod. After spending the afternoon there o...
06/30/2010
SORTING OUT TOUGH FAMILY ISSUES IS A PART OF AN ELDER LAW ATTORNEY'S JOB 'Elder law' is a specialty practice that focuses in the needs of aging family members, and many times sorting out tough family issues is a part of an elder law attorney's job. One issue that is (or certainly should be) of sp...
06/25/2010
COMPREHENSIVE CAPE COD ELDER LAW ATTORNEY INFORMATION PAGE IS NOW AVAILABLE AT MOM'S HOUSE ON THE CAPE A relatively new legal specialty, 'Elder Law', is closely involved with issues of aging, assisted living, long term care and government programs important to older residents of Cape Cod. A comp...
06/21/2010
FOREST ROAD REPAVING COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR PAINTING THE LINES The repaving of Forest Road in South Yarmouth is complete except for painting the lines, according to the Town of Yarmouth Highway Department, contacted earlier today. Now, it might not be paved in the sense that we all expect paving to ...
06/18/2010
IN PAYING FOR ASSISTED LIVING ON CAPE COD, REVERSE MORTGAGES HAVE LIMITED VALUE We just finished a new section on our website, Mom's House on the Cape, where we take a look at using reverse mortgages to pay for assisted living on Cape Cod. The conclusion: In paying for assisted living on Cape Cod...
06/14/2010
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Ax may fall on tax break for mortgages As a follow-up to my previous post, "DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY ... BUT ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER?", the best and the brightest, right up there in Washinton, the most educated, most intelligent, most compassionate, have a plan for us .... they wan...
06/09/2010
DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY ... BUT ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER? Self-identified liberals and Democrats do badly on questions of basic economics according to this thought provoking article in today's Wall Street Journal. Don't take this the wrong way - but are you smarter than a 5th grade...
06/08/2010
"Fannie and Freddie need to be rethought entirely, if not eliminated outright." Is it time to rethink our approach to mortgages? Do Fannie and Freddie need to be rethought entirely, if not eliminated outright? Based on the "success" of these two agencies, and the looming FHA disaster, maybe the...
06/04/2010
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Mom's House on the Cape Cape is a continuing discussion of the issues of Aging, Assisted Living, Elder Law, Estate Planning & Real Estate for the benefit of the adult children of Cape Cod retirees concerned about their parents. We also offer a selection of Cape Cod Real Estate Videos, focusing on the Towns of Yarmouth & Dennis.
