Here are the median sales price of condos in the South End for the past five years. I chose May, since that is probably one of the busiest months when it comes to closings; I used March of this year, since it’s the most recent full-month of sales.
5/01/00 - 5/31/00 - median sales price: $329,000, […]

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Bay State condo prices and sales surged ahead last month, though sales of
single-family homes grew at a more modest pace, a real estate trade group reported
yesterday.
Condo sales rose 26 percent in March compared with the same month the year
before. That represented an increase in sales to 1,689 units - the best March […]

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Here’s some random thoughts, off
the top of my head.  I need more original content on this site, instead of just copying things
from other websites (although that’s pretty much what bloggers do, now, don’t
they?).
First, if I had to choose which projects I’m most interested in seeing come
to life, the list would include […]

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Funny story about closing day disasters.  Well, funny as long as it doesn’t
happen to you, I guess.
By Patrick O’Gilfoil Healy, New York
Times

So
metimes, adultery and deceit can put a crimp in the closing.
In the summer of 2001,
Andrew Sokol, a real estate lawyer in Manhattan, was closing a condominium sale for a couple […]

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Great story about open house
disasters.  I haven’t heard many shocking stories about open houses in Boston, but I’ll see
what I can find out.
By Teri Karush Rogers, New York
Times

As
some brokers see it, displaced anxiety or even rage is causing a higher proportion of buyers -
battered by high prices, low inventory and […]

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This is an adorable story about a real estate agent who went nuts on a
prospective client, while checking out his for-sale-by-owner at an open
house.
From Property Grunt

The
couple advertised the open house, and Gia Wang, an agent with Prudential Douglas Elliman, was one
of several brokers who showed up to look at the apartment. […]

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