As I sit here trying to block out the Jack Johnson music in the background, I’ve begun to think about cities, in general, and Jane Jacobs, in particular. I’ll definitely have to pick up her most famous book, as soon as I can (what are the chances that the BPL still has copies, on […]

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From the Mortgage Matters blog, by Holden Lewis, at bankrate.com:
I hope you weren’t floating your mortgage rate this week. Tuesday and today have been brutal on mortgage rates because of the economic news. Consumer confidence is up when investors had expected it to go down. Used-home sales in March rose when investors had expected them […]

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I’ll leave it to others much smarter, wiser, and more educated than I (I couldn’t get through her book, to tell you the truth) to sum up the life of Jane Jacobs, who died today, but I found this, from today’s New York Times, too precious to ignore.
Ms. Jacobs became a beloved intellectual pioneer characterized […]

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So, suppose you love a certain neighborhood, in a certain city. Say you love a specific street, in a certain neighborhood, in a certain city.
What’s for sale on that street?
Today’s episode: West Canton Street, in Boston’s South End neighborhood.
For sale, as of 4/24/2006:

MLS #70329325
$2,195,000, 4,253 square feet, 5 bedrooms, three full baths, single-family home

South […]

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A new project has been announced for the South End, at 301-319 Columbus Avenue.
Details are sketchy, but it appears it will be called “The Bryant”, according to a banner across the front of a building at that address (to be torn down).
It will be a 9-story mixed use building with 50 residential units, including 5 […]

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Let’s see if I keep up with this topic.
Over the past several months, a lot of real estate agents have left their old companies, and either joined up with new companies, or gone out on their own (ahem).
Here’s a run-down of what I know (if you see your name, and I’ve got it wrong, let […]

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Twenty-one units will be built in the new City Green development, on Green Street, in Jamaica Plain.
From the developer’s website:

City Green is an intimate community in Jamaica Plain, where the world is at your doorstep - and steps away from your door.
Celebrating that elusive sense of balance we all seek; CityGreen is where a busy […]

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The following information is from the local MLS database, as of April 22, 2006.
Total # of condos for sale in the city of Boston: 3115 (+123)
Average # of days on market: 100 (-4)
Lowest priced condo in city of Boston: $119,900 (price reduction!)
Median price of all condos for sale in the city of Boston: $389,000 […]

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