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More condo sales data, 2004-2007

Here is more sales data for 04/01 - 07/01, for the four years, 2004 - 2007.

Whereas the other data (below) covers just the downtown Boston real estate market, this data includes all reported sales in ALL Boston neighborhoods, but only includes one-bedroom units.

(The reason I only did the three months from 04/01 - 07/01 is that the data is from LINK and they truncate the results if there are more than 600 sales … which there were, during the entire year, each year.)

2007, 308 units, average $402,588, median $380,000, $565/SF, 73 average days on market
2006, 349 units, average $407,570, median $396,000, $585/SF, 62 average days on market
2005, 416 units, average $403,347, median $388,000, $586/SF, 52 average days on market
2004, 421 units, average $377,020, median $359,000, $534/SF, 62 average days on market

As you can see, there has been a big drop in volume (25%). This, as much as anything, is probably due to two things: lack of new development closings, and the exit in the market of first-time homebuyers, this year, due to market uncertainty. (For example, 2005 & 2006 had a lot of closings at 15 North Beacon, which raised the #s, that spring.)

Source: Listing Information Network, Inc.


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5 Responses to “More condo sales data, 2004-2007” »»

  1. Comment by John A Keith | 08/24/07 at 9:58 pm

    Here’s some data about sales in Dorchester:

    250,000 - 600,000, DOT sales,

    04/01-07/01

    2007 104, 328k mean, 310k median, $269/SF, 124 DOM
    2006 79, 316k mean, 299k

    median, $276/SF, 87 DOM
    2005 71, 323k mean, 315k median, $282/SF, 88 DOM
    2004 38, 304k mean,

    280k median, $252/SF, 50 DOM

    I am very surprised by this, especially about the sales volume.

    I would have expected much less activity (maybe these are all properties being foreclosed on and

    sold off by banks? Ha ha.)

    Also, I’m surprised by the price resiliency - if there was

    going to be any drop in sales prices, I’d expect to see it in Dorchester and other “marginal”

    neighborhoods. Of course, Dorchester is HUGE, so each part of it may be facing a different type of

    market, right now.

  2. Comment by John A Keith | 08/24/07 at 10:04 pm

    Collusion?

    Here is data for the South End, for the four years, from 4/1 - 7/1,

    each year.

    2007 142 sales, $443k, $444k, $579/SF, 98 DOM
    2006 123 sales, $441k, $437k,

    $576/SF, 77 DOM
    2005 181 sales, $442k, $441k, $571/SF, 53 DOM
    2004 199 sales, $431k, $424k,

    $518/SF, 50 DOM

    Certainly, there were several large developments that have closed over the

    years, which pushed the prices up. These are now a part of the mix of units available for sale.

  3. Comment by Anon | 08/26/07 at 11:40 pm

    Hi

    John,

    Thanks for putting these numbers together. One small tip that I’ve found useful when

    looking at current trends. Rather than doing one quarters worth of numbers and doing a

    year-to-year comparison, I like to do trailing 12 months and compare with the same 12 month period

    in years past.

  4. Comment by Confused | 08/27/07 at 7:53 am

    great stuff…thank you

  5. Comment by John A Keith | 08/28/07 at 12:24 am

    Yes, as I mentioned, I am unable to show full-year #s since the data comes from an

    external source, and they limit the amount of information I can pull at any one time.

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