Cape Cod real estate

5 essential concerns when hiring a contractor

Your home is among your greatest investments. When planning a remodel, don’t jump blindly into a relationship with an unknown contractor. You’ll probably be seeing quite a bit of each other; covering some important points beforehand will help assure a favorable connection and successful completion to your project. Like the dating game, don’t rush into…
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Cape Cod Vacation Rentals

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Tired of the snow already? We’re booking Cape Cod summer rentals now for the 2012 season. “Walk to water” and beachfront vacation rentals are still available for some prime weeks, but they are booking quickly. From great water front locations to affordable cottages, Steele Associates has a fine selection of prime vacation rentals. Browse our…
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Habitat for Humanity ReStores Cape Cod with Retail Furnishings

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Are you buying or selling a Cape Cod home? Are you downsizing, expanding, rehabing, furnishing a vacation home, or simply relocating to a new village on the Cape? Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod has opened ReStore, a 3500 square foot showroom featuring new and used household goods at affordable prices. Part surplus warehouse, part…
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Cape Cod Sun and Fun

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A summer rental tenant phoned the Steele Associates Real Estate office the other day with a plaintive query. “Is there anything to do on Cape Cod besides go to the beach?” It’s hard to imagine not wanting to simply lounge away your vacation days on our beautiful beaches–but if you’ve become just a little restless…
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There’s Music in the Air on Cape Cod

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It has always amused me when city dwellers vacationing on Cape Cod describe our natural surroundings as “noisy.” It is true, from evening peepers to the whir of insects; from the early morning screech of soaring gulls and flocks of blackbirds; surely, even the most rural areas of Cape Cod do not lie silent. Having…
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Cape Cod Real Estate Trends

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Have we reached bottom yet? Isn’t that the question on every real estate buyer’s mind? Statistically, both median sales price and sales volume on Cape Cod is reported to have fallen from February 2010 to February 2011. However, January statistics for 2010 vs. 2011 showed the median sale price to have risen. So has the…
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