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Archive for September, 2005


Great, I’ll take ten of them

There is still money to be made in real estate, apparently.  This investor put down $100,000 for nine condos, made some renovations, then sold off some of them, for a pretty-quick 100% return.
Not bad.  But, really, would you be willing to invest in a condo-development where a newly-renovated unit goes for under $25,000?
By Jane Hodges, [...]



1031 Exchanges are good for Boston real estate investors

Even small investors should consider doing a 1031 exchange, whereby you sell one investment property and immediately put the proceeds toward another investment property.  You benefit, because you only pay taxes when you finally stop buying new properties…hopefully sometime way down the line, when you’re old.

By Vivian Marino, The New York Times
As real estate prices [...]



Higher housing inventory gives Boston buyers a chance to negotiate

The Boston Herald continues its nine-hundred part series on the "housing bubble", with this past week’s story about high inventory levels in the city.
But serious, as I’ve been saying for the past month, if you are a buyer, now is a very good time to be looking - there’s plenty of inventory and, although prices [...]



Spending a million dollars to live in East Boston�

Welcome to my million dollar home … in Somerville.
The high price of real estate has moved into less desirable neighborhoods, for better or worse.
By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe
Dorchester, East Boston, Somerville, and the Fenway may lack Newbury Street’s boutiques, but they share one trait with the Back Bay: homes selling for $1 million or [...]



Weekly Boston Real Estate Sales & Listings Update, September 23, 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: 280
Back on market (listings that went under agreement but deals fell through): 11
Price changes (almost always downward, but some go up): 261Under agreements: 83
Off [...]



How do we live?

As you may have read in the gossip columns, I am selling my condo.
You can see photos, here.
Please direct all inquiries to David Garten, at Coldwell Banker, at 617 424-6244 or david.garten@nemoves.com.




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