Author: Mike Hunter
-
The Sudbury RE Market is great today November 28, 2024!
The Sudbury market is holding steady at about a 28 home market month. The new reality looks like the market is settling in firmly as a seller’s market up to $2.5million, from there up there are some spectacular properties for buyers that are looking for new owners. Real estate in Sudbury is a wicked good… Read more
-
Real Estate Success Comes With The Right Buying Strategy
Here are a few of my favorite key ingredients to a success strategy in buying real estate. GET “PRE-APPROVED” Do you want to get the best house you can for the least amount of money? If so (and who doesn’t), make sure you are in the strongest negotiating position possible. Price is only one bargaining… Read more
-
What are your top buyer frequently asked questions?
These are my top buyer FAQ frequently asked questions, especially helpful if you are a first time buyer How do I know what price range I can afford in a house? There are many resources on the web which will calculate your mortgage payment on a house at different lending rates, or you can call… Read more
-
How Jack-O-Lanterns got to be made out of Pumpkins in America
Carving Jack-O-Lanterns started over in Europe in the late 1700’s in Ireland England & Scotland. They weren’t originally made from pumpkins but from cultivated turnips called mangelwurzels (orange field beets) hollowed out to act as lanterns and often carved with grotesque faces. When the Irish immigrated to the U.S. in the 1800’s they brought the… Read more
-
The legend of the woolly bear caterpillar
We grew up looking for the “woolly bears” in November on the way to school. And it wasn’t to step on them. Really. They are predictors of the future. You see … the caterpillars emerge from eggs during the warm summer months. Just as it’s getting cold in 4-5 months they mature and search for… Read more
-
How much do these factors affect the sale of your home?
Here’s a sample of some of the factors that realtors have to take into account when giving you a market value of your home. They vary by town, obviously, but will give you some reality points when getting ready to buy or sell. If you like this you’ll like Mike Hunter, the House Hunter as… Read more
-
12 easy steps to pack your Dahlia babies away for the winter.
Step 1 Cut the plants about 9″to a foot above the soil about a week before you dig them up. This should be after the first soft frost. This year I did this on November 4th. Remember to mark them in October while they still have flowers so you can tell the colors next year.… Read more
-
Keep this 2025 Planting & Harvesting Schedule for Sudbury
Uncle Mike’s Handy Garden Guide Winter is almost here. The garden and seed catalogs are coming in the mail daily. I reminisce about wonderful gardens past. Next year I’m going to have the best garden ever. Then I remember that by July I’m sick of watering and weeding. I wonder what I was thinking, planting… Read more
