The Meads, the luxury condominium project recently completed at the head of Beacon Street, where the Back Bay meets Kenmore Square, has adjusted prices on many of the available homes.
MLSPIN is showing six residences still available in 13-unit building, located at 413-415 Commonwealth Avenue.
A 1,900+/- square foot, second floor unit is currently priced at $1,900,000. […]

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This is a very slowww-going video, but worth watching at least once so you’ll be up to speed on what is proposed for the Rose Kennedy Greenway.
Yeah, it’s a bit dated (Hello and goodbye, Mr Amorello) but most of it is still accurate. If, unbuilt.

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John Hynes and Gale International have released preliminary designs of their massive Seaport Square project, planned for the South Boston Waterfront (ha ha!). (There are more renderings in the .pdf.)
Also, they have created several renderings of what Washington Street will look like when their Filene’s building rebuild is completed.
Meanwhile, the developer is busy with […]

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Here is the condominiums activity for the past twenty-four hours, within “Boston Proper”, meaning South End, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Midtown, North End, Waterfront, Leather District, Ladder District, Seaport District (their terminology, not mine), Chinatowns, The West End, and The Fenway.
New: 15
Price change: 8
Back on market / reactivated / extended: 10
Withdrawn / canceled / expired: […]

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Sadly, I don’t have a column in this week’s South End News. Next week, they promise me, and I think it will be worth the wait!
Last week, the newspaper printed a column I wrote about the state of the South End real estate market.
Basically, it’s good. If you’re a seller, that is.
Inventory is […]

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The sort of thing that makes me angry:

Trash on the sidewalk, two days after pick-up day
The sort of thing that makes me happy:

Inspectional Services violation notice/ticket on doorway; fine: $40
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So, maybe this doesn’t add anything to what you already know, but it does clarify things, a bit.
Here’s an excerpt from a speech that Treasury Secretary Paulson gave to the US Chamber of Commerce, the other day. I’ve highlighted the parts that I think are important.
Home foreclosures are also a significant issue today. Foreclosures […]

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I thought this map was very interesting. It puts into perspective the whole foreclosures mess we are currently working through.
As important, I think it also shows that there are many areas where the problem has not deepened as much as you might otherwise think.
Yeah, it’s not a big map. Squint.

Source: First American / […]

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