Legal information about landlord and tenant issues, buying and selling real estate, and issues related to owning property.
- This page, Massachusetts law about housing and real estate, is offered by
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- Massachusetts Court System
Law Library Massachusetts law about housing and real estate
Organization: | Trial Court Law Libraries Massachusetts Court System |
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Date published: | September 30, 2019 |
Introduction
We have many pages on the law about housing and owning real estate. Each is a collection of laws, regulations, cases and other legal information on a particular topic. Select your subject from under one of the two main topics below:
- Owning, for information about buying, selling and holding real estate, or
- Renting, for information about being a landlord or tenant.
Table of Contents
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- Real estate in general, including buying and selling
- Adverse possession ("squatters' rights")
- Keeping backyard chickens
- Beach rights
- Carbon monoxide detectors
- Eminent domain
- Flood insurance
- Foreclosure
- Home improvement
- Homestead
- Lead poisoning and control
- Mechanics' liens
- Mortgage loans, brokers and lenders
- Neighbors and trees
- Property taxes
- Real estate brokers
- Reverse mortgages
- Snow and ice removal
- Title 5 septic regulations
- Utility service
- Winter heating
- Zoning
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