As a real estate brokerage, you are more than likely an "intermediary" under the short-term rental law. That means you collect rent on behalf of owners, or as the law calls them "operators", or short-term rentals. Here is how to do that.
Owners of short-term rentals, called "operators" under the Massachusetts short-term rental law,needs to register their property by November 1, 2019. They will receive a certificate number that needs to be given to real estate brokerages to remit the taxes collected on their rentals.
More than 40 members of the Cape Cod & Islands Association of REALTORS® joined over 400 REALTOR® colleagues from around the state at the Massachusetts State House on June 12th to advocate for their business, home buyers and sellers, and property owners around the Commonwealth.
The Sandwich Conservation Commission is currently considering major revisions to the town's land use regulations. The proposed regulations would severely restrict the property rights of those who would be subject to the new regulations.
The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® and the Cape Cod & Islands Association of REALTORS® have rolled out their state legislative agenda for 2019 and 2020.
Conforming loan limits are on the rise for Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket counties in 2019. This means home buyers in all three counties will have higher limits for both Federal Housing Finance Agency (Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac) loans and Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans.
