A co-applicant's income and financial status are added together with the primary applicant to provide the basis for qualifying for a loan. For instance, while a marriage contract already provides co-ownership of a home, one applicant can sign the loan and the property is still shared.
This list does not include the American Bison and Caribou, which have been reported archaeologically, but disappeared after European settlers came to the state. It also does not include the Fox Squirrel, which only occurs accidentally. The Atlantic right whale is the state marine mammal of Massachusetts.
Less than ten percent of land in Massachusetts is public land (i.e. national and state parks, national forests, BLM land). With numerous opportunities to hunt species including deer, boar and wild turkey, hunting land was the most common type of land for sale in Massachusetts. Of the 14 counties in Massachusetts, Middlesex County had the most land and farms for sale, while Berkshire County was trending recently as the county with the most land sales recorded through the Lands of America Comparable Sales program.