Larkin Real Estate Group

Larkin Real Estate Group turns up more often in planning-board coverage than in customer reviews. The company works out of 10 Maple Street in Middleton, and Michael Larkin has appeared before local boards on its behalf. Massachusetts outlets have followed its housing proposals: a 2023 report on newburyportnews.com described a plan to put 19 housing units — nine duplexes and a single-family home — on a.69-acre lot, and Universal Hub covered a West Roxbury apartment building the company said in 2024 fully complied with the lot's zoning. First-hand accounts from clients are scarce. One Google review, posted in May 2021, describes an agent named Jeremy who was "so responsive to every question we had" and walked the writer through the process; that single five-star rating is the entire Google score. The same comment also appears on a local business directory listing, so it is one customer speaking twice rather than two people agreeing. Two things are worth raising before you sign anything. Its Massachusetts real estate broker licence, number 9659-RE-C, is held under Larkin Real Estate Group, Inc., and the state registry shows it expired — ask where that stands now. A federal violation database also lists a $7,760 workplace-safety penalty against Larkin Real Estate Group, Inc., recorded as an OSHA action dated April 30, 2018. The development side has drawn neighborhood pushback too. Universal Hub reported in 2024 that residents on a narrow West Roxbury side street worried a planned building would add traffic and squeeze already-tight parking, and in April 2025 the same site reported that proposal was no longer being pursued and the city application had gone inactive. For a buyer or seller around Middleton, this is a small outfit with real development experience and a very short public history with clients — one account, five years old. Ask for recent client references, and confirm the brokerage licence status with the state before you commit.