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Archive for March, 2005


Mortgage Matters

There is a great blog you should read every day.  There’s a link, below, plus I copied a whole entry into my journal, so you can see how good he is.  You should add this to your "FAVORITES" folder.  It’s useful advice…and where else are you going to get that on the Internet?
Link: Mortgage Matters […]

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Weekly Update, March 25, 2005

Below is a report of sales and listing activity for the past week. Information is derived from LINK, the online database that is used by most Boston real estate agents.
New listings: 82
Back on market (listings that went under agreement but deals fell through): 13
Price changes (almost always downward, but some go up): 42
Under agreements: 171
Off […]

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Weekly Update, March 18, 2005

Below is a report of sales and listing activity for the past week. Information is derived from LINK, the online database that is used by most Boston real estate agents.
New listings: 203
Back on market (listings that went under agreement but deals fell through): 9
Price changes (almost always downward, but some go up): 67
Under agreements: 136
Off […]

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Weekly Update, March 11, 2005

Below is a report of sales and listing activity for the past week. Information is derived from LINK, the online database that is used by most Boston real estate agents.
New listings: 175
Back on market (listings that went under agreement but deals fell through): 13
Price changes (almost always downward, but some go up): 66
Under agreements: 127
Off […]

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Weekly Update, March 4, 2005

Below is a report of sales and listing activity for the past week. Information is derived from LINK, the online database that is used by most Boston real estate agents.
New listings: 157
Back on market (listings that went under agreement but deals fell through): 9
Price changes (almost always downward, but some go up): 56
Under agreements: 148
Off […]

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Weekly Update, February 25, 2005

Below is a report of sales and listing activity for the past week.  Information is derived from LINK, the online database that is used by most Boston real estate agents.
New listings: 157
Back on market (listings that went under agreement but deals fell through): 10>
Price changes (almost always downward, but some go up): 64
Under agreements: 129
Off […]

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Trading Places: Real Estate Instead of Dot-Coms

Link: The New York Times > Business > Trading Places: Real Estate Instead of Dot-Coms

Real estate-crazed Americans have started behaving in ways that eerily recall the stock market obsession of the late 1990’s.

In Naples, Fla., some houses have been bought twice in a single day, an early-21st-century version of day trading. Buying stocks on margin […]

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Ten Steps to Prepare for Home Ownership

10 Steps to Prepare for Home Ownership (courtesy
of National Association of Realtors)
1. Find out how much home you can afford.
(Contact a lender - NOW. This is the number-one step to make sure your home-buying experience is relaxed and stress-free.)
2. Develop a wish list of what you’d like your home to have (maybe […]

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What is buyer’s agency

I saw some cool lofts today in downtown Boston, on Beach Street. The interiors were done quite nicely - the flooring is especially well-done (maple), and the kitchens were done with great maple cabinets, GE Profile appliances, and nice granite counter tops.
However, an issue came up which I think is important to address. It has […]

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Lynn is nice

All about Lynn.
If you haven’t seen my website, www.lynnlofts.com, you should go there now.
There’s a lot going on in Lynn. If you’re not from Massachusetts, you might not have ever heard of Lynn. It used to be quite a popular city, I think mostly manufacturing and mill work. General Electric was big there, and […]

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My name is John A Keith. I am a real estate broker in Boston, helping buyers and sellers of homes throughout Boston, including the South End, Back Bay, and Beacon Hill neighborhoods.

There is a lot of useful information on my site, starting with the blog entries, in the left-hand column. I update my site three or four times a day, so check back, often.

On my site, you can search through all of the listings in MLS. Complete details on the listings, including addresses and Google maps, are available if you sign-up (no obligation inferred / implied).

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