Jon Gorey is an award-winning freelance writer and editor specializing in real estate, home improvement, travel, personal finance, profiles, and the occasional opinion essay. Based in Boston, he writes most frequently for the Boston Globe and the Boston Globe Magazine; other bylines include Apartment Therapy, The Culture Trip, Mommy Poppins, and Boston Magazine. Jon is founder of House and Hammer, an award-winning blog about real estate and home improvement and winner of the President’s Award for Best Freelance Collection, 2019 (National Association of Real Estate Editors--NAREE).