There are many issues on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket that need addressing to further our mission to protect and advance the ability for the real estate industry to operate, a property owner’s ability to transfer property, and work to improve the communities we work in as a desirable and viable places to live [...]
REALTOR® Day on Beacon Hill is scheduled for Thursday, June 7th at 9:30 a.m. in the Massachusetts State House Great Hall. REALTORS® will learn about key legislative issues in 2018 that will affect the real estate industry and private property and have the chance to get up close and personal with their local legislators. Don’t miss your [...]
On Tuesday, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker filed a mandatory home energy audit and scoring bill, which ties an audit and scoring of homes to a real estate transfer. The bill contains provisions similar to previous versions of home energy scoring legislation including a “rating” that must be included in all listings and certain disclosures that [...]
This week, the Massachusetts Senate passed its own version of legislation to tax short-term rentals. The Senate bill, which leaves out the regulation portion the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed last week, only extends the lodging tax to short-term rentals and continues to allow cities and and town the decision on how to regulate. That [...]
CCIAOR submitted comments today on the Mashpee Board of Health's proposed Rental Registration law ahead of tomorrow's public hearing. The Board of Health will hold a public hearing Thursday, April 5 at 7:15 pm on the proposal. After our thorough review of the proposed regulation, we have concerns about the proposal’s restriction on property rights, [...]
On March 23, 2018, President Trump signed the Omnibus Budget Bill, which extends the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) until July 31 and increases funding for flood mapping and mitigation of homes. While the House passed a longer-term reauthorization and reform bill last November, the Senate has yet to take the first step and mark-up its version [...]
The Mashpee Board of Health recently unveiled new draft regulations regulating short and long-term rentals. It would require registration, a yearly fee, and a yearly inspection. Upon CCIAOR's request, Glen Harrington, the Health Agent for the Mashpee Board of Health, will be at the Mashpee MLS Tour on February 27th at 8:30 a.m. at the [...]
The CCIAOR Legislative Breakfast was a packed house last Friday. The discussion and engagement between area legislators and REALTORS® was lively and showed how REALTORS® have continued work to do in their advocacy of homeownership and property rights issues for Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. Almost everyone from the legislative delegation attended. Senators Julian Cyr and [...]
The federal budget deal signed by the President on Friday, February 9, 2018, contains a number of wins for real estate, including a temporary extension of federal flood insurance and extension of NAR-backed tax provisions that include relief from debt forgiveness, the deductibility of mortgage insurance premiums, and several energy-efficiency related provisions. Flood Insurance [...]
Congress has failed to approve a Continuing Resolution (CR) providing funding for most government operations. Therefore, spending authority for most of the government expired at midnight on January 19, 2018. Until legislation providing for funding is signed into law, many offices and programs of the federal government are now shut down. This means many, but [...]
