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Single Family in East Arlington!
February 15, 2012
Great Superbowl Ribs!
February 2, 2012
I got this recipe from Food and Wine years ago. Fantastic fall off the bone ribs...the caraway seed give these a unique flavor. Go Patriots!!!
Spice-Roasted Ribs with Apricot Glaze
- Contributed by Grace Parisi
- ACTIVE: 30 MIN
- TOTAL TIME: 3 HRS
- SERVINGS: 6
Our Pairing Suggestion
These sticky-sweet ribs pair effortlessly with the fruitiness of a jammy Zinfandel.
© Con Poulos
Recipe: Spice-Roasted Ribs with Apricot Glaze
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon caraway seeds
- 2 tablespoons sweet pimentón de la Vera (smoked Spanish paprika)
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 cup apricot preserves
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 3 racks baby back ribs (7 pounds)
- Preheat the oven to 300°. In a spice grinder, pulse the caraway seeds to a coarse powder. Add the pimentón, cumin, garlic powder, salt and pepper and pulse to blend. Transfer 2 tablespoons of the spice mixture to a small saucepan and stir in the apricot preserves and mustard.
- Using a kitchen towel, grasp and pull off the papery membrane from the underside of each rack of ribs. Place the ribs side by side in a large roasting pan and rub both sides with the remaining spice mixture. Cover tightly with foil and roast for 1 1/2 hours, or until the meat is almost tender.
- Pour the pan juices into the saucepan with the apricot preserves. Cover the ribs again and roast for about 30 minutes longer, until very tender. Pour any remaining pan juices into the saucepan.
- Preheat the broiler. Bring the pan juices and apricot preserves to a boil and simmer over moderate heat until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes.
- Arrange the rib racks concave side up; brush them with half of the apricot glaze, allowing it to pool in the center of the rack. Broil the ribs 10 inches from the heat until browned, about 10 minutes. Turn the racks over, brush with the remaining apricot glaze and broil until caramelized, about 10 minutes. Transfer the rack to a cutting board and cut into ribs.
Make Ahead The ribs can be prepared through Step 3 and refrigerated overnight. Rewarm in a 325° oven before glazing.
Boston Area Poised For Housing Rebound
January 25, 2012
Boston is Forbes Magazine's #3 Pick for a housing recovery in 2012.M.S.A.D.: Boston-Quincy, MA
Home Prices, past 12 months: 1% decrease
Home Prices, past 3 years: 4% decrease
New Construction: 1% increase
Population Growth: 3%
Job Growth: 2.1%
Unemployment: 5%
6 Housing Markets Gear Up for a Rebound
DAILY REAL ESTATE NEWS | MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012Stronger job markets are pushing several cities’ housing markets into recovery-mode. Forbes and the Local Market Monitor, a real estate research firm, recently profiled its top picks for cities that are most poised for a real estate rebound. The list is based on housing and economic data from the 100 largest cities in the country.
“For real estate to do well you want to see two things: that incomes are growing rapidly … and that the growth in jobs attracts other people to that market,” Ingo Winzer, founder and president of Local Market Monitor, told Forbes.
Here are the cities topping the list:
1. San Jose, Calif.
Population growth: 5 percent
Job growth: 3.3 percent
Home prices for the past 12 months: 2 percent decrease
New-home construction: 97 percent increase2. Houston, Texas
Population growth: 7 percent
Job growth: 3 percent
Home prices for the past 12 months: 2 percent decrease
New-home construction: 38 percent increase3. Boston, Mass.
Population growth: 3 percent
Job growth: 2.1 percent
Home prices for the past 12 months: 1 percent decrease
New-home construction: 1 percent increase4. Raleigh, N.C.
Population growth: 12 percent
Job growth: 1.4 percent
Home prices for the past 12 months: 2 percent decrease
New-home construction: 14 percent increase5. Austin, Texas
Population growth: 11 percent
Job growth: 1.5 percent
Home prices for the past 12 months: 2 percent decrease
New-home construction: 20 percent increase6. Oklahoma City, Okla.
Population growth: 4 percent
Job growth: 2.6%
Home prices for the past 12 months: 3 percent decrease
New-home construction: 1 percent decrease
Find out more about why these cities are poised for a rebound, and see what other cities made the list.Source: “Cities Where Real Estate Is Ripe for a Rebound,” Forbes (January 2012)
Real Estate isn't Re/Max only success!
January 19, 2012
READ GWEN LORIMER’S STORY
From birth, Gwen’s body had been unable to digest food. Dependent on an IV for all her nutritional needs (she couldn’t even swallow water without excruciating pain) and confined to a wheelchair, Gwen got sicker and sicker until a multi-organ transplant offered her a chance at the childhood she always dreamed of. Now Gwen is a healthy 8-year-old who has happily given up her IVs for ICE CREAM!
We are a proud supporter of Children’s Hospital Boston through the Children’s Miracle Network.
2012 Home Sales: Positives on Many Fronts
January 5, 2012
NAR released its latest pending home sales index figure last week and for the second month in a row the index is up. But more than that, the index has broken 100. This is significant because the only time since the housing boom collapsed that the index has broken 100 is when the home owner tax credit was in effect. The fact that the index has returned to that level a year since the credit has been in effect means the housing market is strengthening completely on its own, without any stimulus.
NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun is upbeat about 2012 because in a number of areas indicators are pointing upward. Not only are home sales up but housing starts are up and home prices are stabilizing in many markets and heading up in some. In areas where they’re still down, the declines aren’t that great. More fundamentally, broader U.S. economic signs are looking positive, including the all-important jobs picture. About 100,000 job are being created a month, and that could rise to 150,000—still not a quick enough pace to get us back to where we were before the downturn but the headwinds are in the right direction.
In the video, Yun talks about what the latest figures mean.
I think this internet really might turn into something...
December 9, 2011
Massachusetts Single-Family Pending Home Sales up Again in November
December 6, 2011
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Seventh straight month of increases
WALTHAM, Mass. – December 6, 2011 – The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) reported today that the number of single-family homes put under agreement in November went up again for the seventh straight month compared to the same time in 2010. Condominium pending sales were also up from the same time last year.
“We are taking another step toward an eventual housing market recovery with pending sales going up in November,” said 2011 MAR President Laurie Cadigan, broker-owner of Barrett & Company in Concord. “I don’t think it is a coincidence that as the unemployment rate here in Massachusetts ticks down, buyer confidence starts to increase.”
The number of single-family homes put under agreement in November was up 5.2 percent compared to the same time last year (3,404 homes in 2010 to 3,580 homes in 2011). This is the seventh straight month of year-over-year increases. On a month-to-month basis, single-family homes put under agreement were down 7.2 percent from 3,857 homes in October.
The number of condos put under agreement in November was up 7.0 percent compared to November 2010 (1,251 units in 2010 to 1,333 units in 2011). On a month-to-month basis, condos put under agreement were up less than a half of one percent (0.3%) from 1,329 units in October.
About Pending Sales: The tracking of signed purchase and sales agreements (also called “pending sales”) provide reliable information about where the real estate market is heading in coming months. A pending sale or a sale “under agreement” is when the buyer and seller agree on the terms of the sale of a home and have a signed purchase and sale agreement, but have yet to close and be recorded as such. MAR is the only organization which compiles this statewide information from Multiple Listing Services each month. About the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS®: Organized in 1924, the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® is a professional trade organization with more than 18,000 members. The term REALTOR® is registered as the exclusive designation of members of the National Association of REALTORS® who subscribe to a strict code of ethics and enjoy continuing education programs. |
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RE/MAX Leading Edge, with offices in Arlington, Newton, Waltham, Watertown, Winchester and Woburn, was named to The Boston Globe’s 100 Top Places to Work2011. Companies were ranked by size and RE/MAX Leading Edge was ranked #7 out of the 40 award winners in the small company category.
In 2001 Paul Mydelski, owner, set out to establish a real estate company where real estate professionals would not only feel valued by the company but would be able to enhance their careers in an environment where personal and professional development was encouraged and supported.
“I believe that the only way an associate is going to give his clients his best is when he is happy. The organization must provide an environment that attracts the best and the brightest and then treats them with respect loyalty and support”, answered Mr. Mydelski when asked why he thought his surveyed associates’ answers put the company high on the list.
The Globe invited 1076 employers throughout Massachusetts to participate in the survey. Of those 237 organizations employing a total of nearly 200,000 people went through the confidential survey process. Nearly 75,000 employees of the organizations ranked as the top 100 told their story of how their companies pay well, offer progressive benefits and creative perks and allow the flexibility needed to have good lives both at work and at home, embrace the diverse backgrounds of their associates and offer a promising future to all their associates.
Arlington International Film Festival opens tonight
October 7, 2011
Boston, October 6, 2011- Tonight the Boston suburb of Arlington, MA will kick off the first ever Arlington International Film Festival (AIFF) at the historic Regent Theatre, starting at 7 pm. This brand new multicultural film festival, years in the making, will showcase more than 30 films. Included in the film festival program are shorts, features, narratives and documentaries. The Arlington International Film Festival will run from October 6th through 9th.
The AIFF Opening Night screening of festival’s jury award for best documentary. “We Still Live Here — Âs Nutayuneân,”
Leading off Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. will be We Still Live Here (As Nutayunean), AIFF’s winner of Best Documentary. "The hour-long film by American director Anne Makepeace tells the story of Jessie Little Doe, a Wampanoag social worker in her thirties who begins having recurring dreams about familiar-looking people from another time speaking to her in an unknown language. Later, she learns the language was Wampanoag, which hadn’t been spoken in more than a century," according to information on the Regent Theatre website.
The film follows Jessie as she earns a master’s degree in linguistics from MIT and eventually revives the language within the Native American community indigenous to Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard. A panel discussion after the film will feature Makepeace, MIT professor of linguistics Norvin Richards III and Jesse Little Doe Baird with an opening night party at Tango restaurantng follow the discussion.
Films from Afghanistan, Armenia, Ireland, and Nepal, along with works by US filmmakers, and short pieces selected in a contest for local high school students will also be screened, according to Boston.com. The films were selected by a panel of local judges from Arlington and Greater Boston as well as judges from as far away as Afghanistan and Lithuania.
Arlington’s Regent Theatre is one of the Boston area’s classic theatres and is an excellent venue for this up and coming Boston area film festival. The AIFF looks like a great new festival for film buffs and filmmakers and is definitely worth checking out.
Ticket information for AIFF, a new Boston area film festival
- $10 per movie, or $35 for a festival pass
- Tickest available and will be available online at The Regent Theatre or at the box office.
- More information is available at the AIFF festival’s website
Arlington, MA Regent Theatre location and contact information:
7 Medford Street, Arlington, MA
Phone: {781} 646-4849
Fax: {781} 643-4747
If you live in or around Arlington MA. here is a great place to take the family and the bowling is in expencive...
September 29, 2011
If you live in or around Arlington MA. here is a great place to take the family and the bowling is inexpensive...
Flatbread Company has ten wood-fired pizza spots in New England, but its Somerville location is the only one that also offers bowling while you eat. The restaurant/bowling alley caters to a diverse crowd, including those looking for a unique date night. It is also a popular destination for families with young children who have no problems handling the smaller, candlepin bowling balls. A bar serving beer and wine is available for the grown-ups.
All of Flatbread Company's delicious, organic pizzas are wood-fired and contain local ingredients. There are also lots of options for those with dietary needs, including gluten-free hard cider and desserts. Pizzas start at $7.50 and bowling costs $3 per person per game.
* Fax: 617-440-6096 *
Hours: Bowling: Mon - Sun 9am - 12pm
Dining: Mon - Sun 11:30am - 11:30pm
