I thought people might be considering making visits to open houses during the long weekend.
It being the end of the summer and a holiday, there is not much from which to choose.
Here are three:

MLS # 70809555 - $459,000, 1,315+/- SF, 2 beds, 2 baths
24 Custer Street - Unit 3, Jamaica Plain, Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 [...]

The following information is from the local MLS database as of August 30, 2008, compared to (August 23, 2008) (and September 1, 2007).
Total # of condos for sale in the city of Boston: 1,919 (1,999) (2,171)
Average # of days on market: 141 (136) (132)
Number of condos sold over past 30 days: 522 (474) (468)
Average days [...]

From NYC craigslist:
Here’s an opportunity to get the latest designer looks for your home.
Home Garden Television (HGTV) is beginning production of a new program to feature makeovers by the winner of the design competition show, Design Star. We need homeowners willing to have a room/s transformed by Jennifer Bertrand, a woman who has a fresh [...]

I know I already wrote about this, but I have to say it again, inventory is tight.
Yesterday, I was out with a client looking in the South End for a two-bedroom, 750+ square foot condo, under $600,000.
There are eleven on the market.
ELEVEN!
Five of these are on Massachusetts Avenue, which is less than desirable to many [...]

The Boston Globe’s Casey Ross wrote today:
The city’s largest property owner [Equity Office Properties Trust] - spurred by high energy prices and rising demand from tenants - is seeking “green” certification for all of its office buildings, marking a major milestone in Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s push to make Boston the nation’s most environmentally friendly [...]

Kevin Ahearn of Otis & Ahearn was interviewed by CNBC recently:
“Our high end is surging,” says Boston Realtor and marketing executive Kevin Ahearn, president of Otis & Ahearn, which controls 14.5 percent of the downtown market. “Pricing and fundamentals are as strong as they’ve ever been.”
As of mid year, transactions at Otis & Ahearn were [...]