Jay Rooney is one of the principals at Rooney Real Estate, in South Boston. I found this article on the Internet, and thought it gave a lot of great advice for people about to list their properties for sale. As a successful Boston real estate agent, it always puzzled...
In March, MSNBC did a story about high-end homes, and how the market had cooled. One of the properties they mentioned was in Brookline. BROOKLINE, Mass. – What exactly does a cool $1 million get you in the suburbs of Boston? House-hunters hoping for a stately...
Ever noticed a bunch of spray-painted lines on the street? Of course you have (I’m not talking about graffiti). What do these strange markings mean? The standard color-coding system used by most utilities is: Red: Electric power lines, cables or conduit;...
Quoting Peter Coy, Business Week Online columnist: I’ve spent the last couple of months talking to a slew of homeowners, real estate attorneys, Realtors, fair-housing pundits, Wall Street bank analysts, mortgage brokers, economists, and bankers. Many are quite...
Joe Fallon offered a sneak peak of his plans for the South Boston Waterfront (what I call the Fan Pier / Seaport District redevelopment), and everything sounds and looks great. It’s not a small project. When completed, it will take up 21 acres, nine city blocks...
The following information is from the local MLS database, as of September 3, 2006. Total # of condos for sale in the city of Boston: 2633 (-154) Average # of days on market: 132 (+3) Median price of all condos for sale in the city of Boston: $379,900 (+$900) Average...