Real Estate

Bank Statement

Bank Statement The Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank reported it closed $90.6 million in mortgage loans during 2008. As a result, the bank grew its...

7:33 pm, March 5, 2009
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Critics Assail Bill to Impose Rental Tax

Jim Hickey

A new bill authored by Cape Cod lawmakers that would extend a 9.75 per cent lodging tax currently in place for hotels to weekly rentals has already...

4:40 pm, February 19, 2009
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Advance Bookings Reported to Be Down For Vacation Homes and on Boat Line

Jim Hickey

One month before the first day of spring, the Vineyard summer home rental market is sluggish, with many agents saying that advance bookings this...

4:39 pm, February 19, 2009
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Real Estate Classes

Real Estate Classes Beginning this month January, Dukes Academy, the Vineyard’s only licensed real estate school, will add to its existing...

8:09 pm, January 15, 2009
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One Family Shuns Bulldozer to Give Another a Home

Lauren Martin

Resting unfinished on 18th street in Edgartown is a two-story, two-bedroom wonder. The wonder is not revealed so much in the sturdy shingled...

8:11 am, December 25, 2008
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Welcoming Jennifer Rouse

Margaret Steele and Bill Le Royer are pleased to announce that Jennifer Rouse has joined their team of sales associates. Jen worked in Boston as a...

3:53 pm, November 27, 2008
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Tisbury Selectmen Vote to Shift Tax Rate, Favoring Commercial Property Owners

Mike Seccombe

The average year-round resident in Tisbury will pay an extra $110 in property taxes next year, following a successful push from town businesses to...

5:52 pm, November 20, 2008
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Edgartown Awards Affordable Houses

BY JULIA RAPPAPORT A 2003 graduate of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School who works as a dispatcher for the county sheriff’s department...

7:36 pm, October 16, 2008
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Real Estate Downturn Continues, With Brokers in the Trenches

Jim Hickey

The real estate market on the Vineyard had already begun to see a sharp downturn this year, and the recent collapse in global financial markets and...