A Haunting? The Specter of Seller Disclosures in Certain Massachusetts Real Estate Transactions.

What happens when a stereotypical Massachusetts haunted house – perhaps a large old Victorian with creaky boards and cobwebs, easily pictured on a dark and stormy night – comes up for sale? And what if the seller thinks that the house actually might be haunted? Does the prospective buyer need to know about the skeletons in the closet before the deal closes?