Essex County Housing Market Q1 2021 Review
- The median price of Single-Family Homes (SFH) sold in Q1 2021increased 11% to $550,000 from Q1 2020, but was in line with the $555,000 in the second half of the year 2020.
- Every one of the 34 cities and towns in Essex County saw Year-on-Year (YOY) increases in the median selling price; only 6 of the 34 cities and towns recorded a median SFH price under $500,000, while 3 saw that figure exceed $1 million.
- Numbers in any Q, especially Q1, need to be treated with caution: some of the largest apparent increases in median prices occurred on a small number of sales.
- The Condo median sales price increased 9.9% to $365,000. In Boston, the median price was very similar to the levels of the last 3 years, during which time the Essex County Condo median price has increased some 20%.
For a more detailed report on the market in Q1 go to Team Harborside’s website and read: Essex County Q1 Market Review (more…)
New Listings week ending April 16
Still a small number of New Listings:
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Open Houses weekend April 17/18
Here are the weekend’s Open Houses. Be aware that with such low inventory, many new listings receive offers before the weekend Open Houses.
This list will be updated on Sunday morning (because of the quirks of MLS many of the Sunday Open Houses don’t show up on Saturday.)
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New Listings mid-week April 14
A modest number of New Listings this week:
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‘When is the housing market going to crash?’
The housing market has been white hot for the past year, thanks to the stay at home and work from anywhere culture of the coronavirus pandemic.
But there is increasing concern among consumers that housing is experiencing a price bubble – and that the bubble may be ready to burst.
Google reported last week that the search question “When is the housing market going to crash?” had spiked 2,450% in the past month. “Why is the market so hot?” searches had doubled in just a week. (more…)
Why Is The Liquor Store Called The Packie?
In North Carolina they call it the ABC store, and in Pennsylvania, it’s the “state store.” Michigan residents make runs to the “party store.” And in Massachusetts, the liquor store is known as the “packie,” short for “package store.”
If you ever asked where our slang term came from, you were probably told it’s because the Boston Brahmins wanted drinking to be discreet. So, the story goes, they used their clout to get laws passed requiring liquor to be packaged discreetly in nondescript, brown paper after it was sold.
Hence, the package store.
But food historian Robert F. Moss says that origin story came from the historical research method he calls “just making stuff up.” That story, after all, doesn’t explain why the term is also used in South Carolina, where the Brahmins had no influence over lawmakers. (more…)
Open Houses Sunday April 11
A lot more Open Houses are scheduled for today than were in yesterday’s list:
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Open Houses weekend April 10/11
Here are the weekend’s Open Houses. Be aware that with such low inventory, many new listings receive offers before the weekend Open Houses.
This list will be updated on Sunday morning (because of the quirks of MLS many of the Sunday Open Houses don’t show up on Saturday.)
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New Listings after Easter
A modest increase in New Listings this week:
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Marblehead New Listings
Swampscott New Listings
Salem New Listings
Beverly New Listings
Lynn New Listings
These tables show that inventory is greatly reduced from a year ago, when levels were already low: (more…)
A handful of Open Houses on Easter Sunday
Just a few Open Houses on Easter Sunday:
Read these articles:
Buyers are overpaying, but are there signs of a bubble?
“Party on, dude” says the Federal Reserve
Goodbye sub 3% mortgages
It’s 80 degrees in Florida….
How Marblehead’s 2021 Property Tax Rate is Calculated
Essex County 2021 Property Tax Rates: Town by Town guide (more…)
Pink bathroom – really?
Pink bathrooms became fashionable in the 1950s because pink was Mamie Eisenhower’s favorite color. At one time it was estimated that there were 5 million pink bathrooms in this country, but they faded almost as fast as they arrived. Pink was swapped for woods and neutrals in the ’60s and the retro oranges and greens of the ’70s. The world simply fell out of love with pink.
Today, there is a resurging interest in the pink bathroom—thanks to the revival of mid-century design and millennials’ love affair with all things retro. An intact pink bathroom is now more of an intriguing design challenge than a renovation project, plus it’s a fun selling point for homeowners and renters alike.
Maybe, but a pink bathroom is not something I would choose.
It was a surprise therefore when, earlier this week, I went into my bathroom and to be confronted with this:
But shortly thereafter that wall looked like this:
The culprit? A red towel reflecting the morning sun.
Phew.
Andrew Oliver
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New Listings week ending April 2
The number of New Listings remains small:
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Open Houses weekend of April 3/4
Here are the today’s Open Houses. There are none currently scheduled for Easter Sunday. If that changes this list will be updated tomorrow morning. Be aware that with such low inventory, many new listings receive offers before the weekend Open Houses.
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