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Archive for October, 2007


Weekly Boston Real Estate Condo Market Report, 10-29-2007

This week’s Boston Real Estate Condo Market Reports are now available.
The market reports provide readers with detailed information on the state of the Boston real estate market. The reports include data on inventory, recent sales, and price per square foot of condos for sale and recently closed.
I have detailed listings and sales information for 11 […]

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More good news: I’m popular

Ha!
If you use Firefox, you can automatically see each website’s Google PageRank. I’ve been stuck at 4/10 or 5/10 for the past year or two.
I looked this evening … and I’m finally at 6/10.
Those are Curbed.com numbers.
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Sphere: Related Content

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Job Posting: Director, Department of Neighborhood Development

Hmmm.
I was surprised to find in my Inbox the other morning a job posting for the Director of Boston’s Department of Neighborhood Development.
I believe this position is currently held by Charlotte Golar Richie. She does a dynamite job.
I didn’t realize she was leaving.
Hopefully, she’s doing so to prepare for a run for Mayor of […]

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Boston residential real estate condo sales, October 27, 2007

The following information is from the local MLS database, as of October 27, 2007, compared to (October 20, 2007).
Total # of condos for sale in the city of Boston: 2,457 (2,480)
Average # of days on market: 129 (128)
Median price of all condos for sale in the city of Boston: $389,000 ($389,000)
Average price of all condos […]

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You can trust your Realtor

A lot of people greet press releases published by the National Association of Realtors with a good dose of skepticism.
Which they should! We’ve all seen their rosy forecasts, month after month. Often, it seems as though they have no grasp on reality.
I mostly agree - their forecasts seem to be off, and they […]

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A bad market is good for you …

Interesting concept.
If you already own and are thinking of trading up, a bad real estate market is good for you.
At least that’s what agent Rona Fischman thinks.
Suppose you own a condo that is worth $400,000 today, and want to buy a house that is worth $650,000 (spending $250,000 more.) Suppose, both markets were depressed equally […]

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D4 sets “better” prices

Looks as though they’re trying to stimulate sales over at the D4 condo project, in the South End.
At least three units have had price resets over the past couple of days - one unit dropped over $100,000.
MLSPIN shows twelve units having closed, already, for prices between $650,000 and $1.6 million. Almost all of them […]

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Ocean Club sales going strong, 4-6 units under agreement, each month

It seems as though they’re making good progress in putting units under agreement, up at the Ocean Club development, on Revere Beach.
Pre-sales started last summer, 2006. The sales office is putting 4-6 units under agreement, each month. Impressive. Especially since the units are priced in the $500-$700 per square foot range!
Ocean Club […]

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