Household Hazardous Waste Day- Boston Residents

Household Hazardous Waste

The City Of Boston holds Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Days twice a year.

The next one is:

Saturday, October 9, 2010 from 9am to 2pm

UMASS Boston Harbor Campus
100 Morrissey Blvd. Dorchester

Guide Lines

Put household poisons, insecticides, paint, tires, auto fluids, car batteries, wood preservatives, herbicides and pool supplies, propane tanks, motor oil , and products labeled corrosive, flammable or toxic in cardboard boxes for safe transport and bring them to the above location.

For a complete list of acceptable materials, download the Hazardous Waste Flyer.

For Boston residents only. No commercial waste will be accepted. Proof of residency required. The City reserves the right to reject materials. For more information call 617-635-4959.

TVs & Computer Monitors TVs & computer monitors are NOT accepted at Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Days. Please call 617-635-7574 for home pickup of TVs and computer monitors.

Why now is a great time to buy!!!

Brett Arends of the Wall Street Journal on Why Now is a Great Time to Buy!

Interesting Reading.

Time Magazine is being overly pessimistic in its recent cover piece that called into question the benefits of home ownership. In fact, now is a great time to buy. And, what's more, tomorrow will be a great time to own, because the fundamental strength of home ownership hasn't changed.

Here are 10 reasons:

1. You can get a good deal. Prices are down 30 percent on average. They're at a level that makes sense for people's income.

2. Mortgages are cheap. At 4.3 percent on average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, your costs to own are down by a fifth from two years ago.

3. You can save on taxes. When you add up the deductions for mortgage interest and others, the cost of owning can drop below renting for a comparable place.

4. It'll be yours. The one benefit to owning that never changes is that you can paint your walls orange if you want (generally speaking; there might be some community restrictions). How many landlords will let you do that?

5. You can get a better home. In some markets, it's simply the case that the nicest places are for-sale homes and condos.

6. It offers some inflation protection. Historically, appreciation over time outpaces inflation.

7. It's risk capital. If the economy picks up, you stand to benefit from that, even if you're goal is just to have a nice place to live.

8. It's forced savings. A part of your payment each month goes to equity.

9. There is a lot to choose from. There are some 4 million homes available today, about a year's supply. Now's the time to find something you like and get it.

10. Sooner or later the market will clear. The U.S. is expected to grow by another 100 million people in 40 years. They have to live somewhere. Demand will eventually outpace supply.