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    • Georgetown MA - The North Shore Town That's Earning Attention

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      Most towns on the North Shore have a story people already know. Newburyport is the Federal architecture and the waterfront. Ipswich is Crane Beach and the quiet confidence of a town that doesn't need to try. Gloucester is the sea and everything the sea brings with it. Georgetown is earning its story

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      There is a particular kind of buyer who falls in love with a Newburyport historic home. They walk through the door, see the wide plank floors and the twelve-over-twelve windows, and something in them settles. They have found it. They know it immediately. What they often don't know is what comes next

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      Flood Zones on the North Shore - What Every Buyer Needs to Know Before They Fall in Love,William Phipps

      _*]:min-w-0 gap-3"> Flood Zones on the North Shore - What Every Buyer Needs to Know Before They Fall in Love _*]:min-w-0 gap-3"> There is a particular sequence of events that nobody in real estate likes to talk about. Buyer finds home. Buyer falls in love with home. Buyer makes offer. Buyer discover

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