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For property managers around Boston, we build websites whose listings, "no fee" wording and owner FAQs match the broker fee law in force since August 1, 2025. Since August 1, 2025, the person who hires a rental broker pays the broker. The state says there are no exceptions, that admin, finder’s and leasing fees are not allowed either, and that a landlord can owe up to three times the amount charged. Listing templates, "no fee" wording and owner FAQs all have to match.
At move-in a landlord may collect no more than first and last month’s rent, a security deposit of one month’s rent and the cost of a new lock and key. The deposit sits in a separate interest-bearing account in a Massachusetts bank. The deposit, or any balance of it, goes back to the tenant within 30 days after the tenancy ends, so resident pages copied from another state can be wrong here.
Most Boston homes were built before 1980. The Lead Law requires lead paint hazards to be removed or covered in homes built before 1978 where a child under six lives. An owner cannot refuse to rent to anyone because of lead paint, so listings never say or imply "no children". This is general information, not legal advice.
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