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Archive for August, 2005


Weekly Boston Real Estate Sales & Listings Update, August 19, 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: 108
Back on market (listings that went under agreement but deals fell through): 16
Price changes (almost always downward, but some go up): 64
Under agreements: 74
Off [...]



Housing cost burden – spending more than 50% of income on housing

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development guidelines recommend
that a household pay no more than 30 percent of its income on housing. 
Here are the top ten states where people spend more than 30% of their income on housing.
1. California 39.6%
    2. Hawaii 36.4%3. Washington 33.5%4. Florida 33.2%5. Nevada 33.0%6. New York 32.9%7. Massachusetts [...]



Where have all the guesthouses gone?

If you have tried to book a room at a  Cape Cod guesthouse or a B&B, this summer, you may have encountered difficulty in finding a place to stay.  The reason is, many of these small inns are being sold, and turned into single-family homes or condos.

By Lisa Kalis, New York Times

Tom and Janet Durkin [...]



Glass Factory condos

The Glass Factory Condominiums is a brand-new development, across the street from the Lechmere Green Line subway station, convenient to downtown Boston.  The building was originally rehabbed into apartments; the building was then bought and converted into condos.
A two-bedroom, two-bathroom, 1017 square foot home would cost around $490,000.  That would include one off-street parking space, [...]



Today’s announcement ensures that Fan Pier will finally become a reality

Great news out today about possible development of Fan Pier.  Apparently, developer Joe Fallon and a subsidiary of Mass Mutual Life Insurance have joined forces to purchase the land, presumably to build housing, and maybe commercial and/or office space.
Fallon is already heavily involved in the area and this looks like a good strategic fit.
I’m hopeful [...]



Let’s turn Boston around!

I wish our city’s official website looked something more like this or this or even this.
Give people a positive first impression.




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