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
RECENT BLOG POSTS
Cape home sales spike in May, median value dips As anyone in the real estate business on Cape Cod could tell you, Cape home sales spiked in May, median value dips. There were lots of folks looking for short sales, foreclosures and outright steals. But is this good news? If you have an understandi...
06/03/2010
ON CAPE COD THE MOVE TO ASSISTED LIVING CREATES GOOD LISTINGS During yesterday's MLS Tour in Yarmouth, here on Cape Cod, I was once again reminded how the move to assisted living creates good listings for all of us. Of the twelve listings on tour, four were the result of a move to assisted living...
06/02/2010
SELLING MOM'S HOUSE AND MOVING HER TO ASSISTED LIVING CAN SHORTEN HER LIFE? After this morning's MLS Tour in Yarmouth, here on Cape Cod, you can see that selling Mom's house and moving her to assisted provides us with great real estate inventory, but I wonder if selling Mom's house and moving her...
06/01/2010
On Cape Cod, In South Yarmouth, Jobs Are Scarce But Real Estate is an Opportunity Here in South Yarmouth, by the little Dancing Brook in the middle of Cape Cod, it's like the rest of the country - jobs are scarce and real estate is an opportunity. Having been born and raised on Cape Cod, I have b...
05/21/2010
PROGRESS REPORT ON OUR CAPE COD ASSISTED LIVING, AGING AND REAL ESTATE PROJECT Every once in a while we like to give a progress report on our Cape Cod assisted living, aging and real estate project. We are developing a great resource for off-Cape people who need help dealing with assisted living ...
05/20/2010
Even Though My Cape Cod Favorite Was Eliminated, American Idol is a Great Story, and We Are A GREAT PEOPLE I live on Cape Cod, in South Yarmouth, a hop skip and jump away from the home of American Idol contestant Siobhan Magnus, who lives in the town where I grew up. On Route 28, a little bit sou...
05/19/2010
You have to give them credit for creatively using new technology that most of our fellow real estate brokers find baffling. Those wacky Craigslist scammers are taking on Cape Cod real estate, working hard and presumably making more money off their "listings" than the legitimate listing agents wou...
05/12/2010
REAL ESTATE SALES CLIMB DRAMATICALLY ON CAPE COD Real estate sales climb dramatically on Cape Cod? Are we in the middle of a 'dead cat bounce' or is there a recovery going on? Traffic going through the real estate offices in West Yarmouth, South Yarmouth, West Dennis, South Dennis, Yarmouthpor...
05/06/2010
Oh no, My Cat's Sick ... and it's Saturday Night. To pet owners there's nothing worse than one of our beloved animals getting sick, unless it's when the cat gets sick ... and it's Saturday night. This really unnerving horror happened to us this past weekend - my beautiful Harry, who I call my 'Go...
05/06/2010
A Rose of Sharon completes the Circle of Life on Cape Cod. We're new in our little neighborhood, having moved to our little Dancing Brook ranch in Brookhaven (that’s in South Yarmouth, on Cape Cod) only three years ago. We haven’t met a lot of folks in the neighborhood, this being New England and...
04/28/2010
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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.
