Open Houses weekend June 7/8
Here are this weekend’s Open Houses:
Click on these links for details:
Marblehead Open Houses
Swampscott Open Houses
Salem Open Houses
Beverly Open House
(more…)
New Listings and Inventory week ending June 6
Here are the latest New Listings and Inventory.
Click on these links for details:
Marblehead New Listings
Swampscott New Listings
Salem New Listings
Beverly New Listings
Here are the latest Inventory numbers:
If you – or somebody you know – are considering buying or selling a home and have questions about the market and/or current home prices, please contact me on 617.834.8205 or ajoliver47@gmail.com.
Andrew Oliver, M.B.E.,M.B.A.
REALTOR®
m 617.834.8205
www.OliverReportsMA.com
““If you’re interested in Marblehead, you have to visit the blog of Mr. Andrew Oliver, author and curator of OliverReportsMA.com. He’s assembled the most comprehensive analysis of Essex County we know of with market data and trends going back decades. It’s a great starting point for those looking in the towns of Marblehead, Salem, Beverly, Lynn and Swampscott.”
“Thank you for the wonderful, wonderful job you do for the community (explanation of property tax process and calculation) – it is so helpful and so clearly explained.”
Licensed in Massachusetts with Stuart St.James
Licensed in Florida with Compass
www.OliverReportsFL.com
Open Houses weekend May 31/June 1
Here are this weekend’s Open Houses:
Click on these links for details:
Marblehead Open Houses
Swampscott Open Houses
Salem Open Houses
Beverly Open House
(more…)
New Listings and Inventory week ending May 30
Here are the latest New Listings and Inventory.
Click on these links for details:
Marblehead New Listings
Swampscott New Listings
Salem New Listings
Beverly New Listings
Here are the latest Inventory numbers:
If you – or somebody you know – are considering buying or selling a home and have questions about the market and/or current home prices, please contact me on 617.834.8205 or ajoliver47@gmail.com.
Andrew Oliver, M.B.E.,M.B.A.
REALTOR®
m 617.834.8205
www.OliverReportsMA.com
““If you’re interested in Marblehead, you have to visit the blog of Mr. Andrew Oliver, author and curator of OliverReportsMA.com. He’s assembled the most comprehensive analysis of Essex County we know of with market data and trends going back decades. It’s a great starting point for those looking in the towns of Marblehead, Salem, Beverly, Lynn and Swampscott.”
“Thank you for the wonderful, wonderful job you do for the community (explanation of property tax process and calculation) – it is so helpful and so clearly explained.”
Licensed in Massachusetts with Stuart St.James
Licensed in Florida with Compass
www.OliverReportsFL.com
Politics, Financial Markets, and The Magnificent Seven
At the end of The Magnificent Seven (1960) Yul Brynner says: “…only the farmers won. We lost. We always lose.” (The “we” refers to the gunslingers hired to protect a Mexican village from bandits.)
I am reminded of this quote whenever politicians try to take on financial markets – the markets are the farmers, and the politicians are the gunslingers.
Let us look at two recent examples – I asked my best buddy ChatGPT for non-political commentaries.
UK 2022
When Prime Minister Liz Truss announced large, unfunded tax cuts in September 2022, it triggered a sharp loss of confidence in the UK’s financial markets. Here’s a non-political explanation of what happened and how it was resolved, focusing purely on economic and financial mechanisms:
What Happened: (more…)
New Listings and Inventory before Memorial Day
Here are the latest New Listings and Inventory.
Click on these links for details:
Marblehead New Listings
Swampscott New Listings
Salem New Listings
Beverly New Listings
Here are the latest Inventory numbers:
If you – or somebody you know – are considering buying or selling a home and have questions about the market and/or current home prices, please contact me on 617.834.8205 or ajoliver47@gmail.com.
Andrew Oliver, M.B.E.,M.B.A.
REALTOR®
m 617.834.8205
www.OliverReportsMA.com
““If you’re interested in Marblehead, you have to visit the blog of Mr. Andrew Oliver, author and curator of OliverReportsMA.com. He’s assembled the most comprehensive analysis of Essex County we know of with market data and trends going back decades. It’s a great starting point for those looking in the towns of Marblehead, Salem, Beverly, Lynn and Swampscott.”
“Thank you for the wonderful, wonderful job you do for the community (explanation of property tax process and calculation) – it is so helpful and so clearly explained.”
Licensed in Massachusetts with Stuart St.James
Licensed in Florida with Compass
www.OliverReportsFL.com
Open Houses Memorial Day weekend
Here are this weekend’s Open Houses:
Click on these links for details:
Marblehead Open Houses
Swampscott Open Houses
Salem Open Houses
Beverly Open House
(more…)
Open Houses weekend May 17/18
Here are this weekend’s Open Houses:
Click on these links for details:
Marblehead Open Houses
Swampscott Open Houses
Salem Open Houses
Beverly Open House
(more…)
New Listings and Inventory week ending May 16
Here are the latest New Listings and Inventory.
Click on these links for details:
Marblehead New Listings
Swampscott New Listings
Salem New Listings
Beverly New Listings
Here are the latest Inventory numbers:
If you – or somebody you know – are considering buying or selling a home and have questions about the market and/or current home prices, please contact me on 617.834.8205 or ajoliver47@gmail.com.
Andrew Oliver, M.B.E.,M.B.A.
REALTOR®
m 617.834.8205
www.OliverReportsMA.com
““If you’re interested in Marblehead, you have to visit the blog of Mr. Andrew Oliver, author and curator of OliverReportsMA.com. He’s assembled the most comprehensive analysis of Essex County we know of with market data and trends going back decades. It’s a great starting point for those looking in the towns of Marblehead, Salem, Beverly, Lynn and Swampscott.”
“Thank you for the wonderful, wonderful job you do for the community (explanation of property tax process and calculation) – it is so helpful and so clearly explained.”
Licensed in Massachusetts with Stuart St.James
Licensed in Florida with Compass
www.OliverReportsFL.com
Open Houses weekend May 10/11
Here are this weekend’s Open Houses:
Click on these links for details:
Marblehead Open Houses
Swampscott Open Houses
Salem Open Houses
Beverly Open House
(more…)
New Listings and Inventory week ending May 9
Here are the latest New Listings and Inventory.
Click on these links for details:
Marblehead New Listings
Swampscott New Listings
Salem New Listings
Beverly New Listings
Here are the latest Inventory numbers:
If you – or somebody you know – are considering buying or selling a home and have questions about the market and/or current home prices, please contact me on 617.834.8205 or ajoliver47@gmail.com.
Andrew Oliver, M.B.E.,M.B.A.
REALTOR®
m 617.834.8205
www.OliverReportsMA.com
““If you’re interested in Marblehead, you have to visit the blog of Mr. Andrew Oliver, author and curator of OliverReportsMA.com. He’s assembled the most comprehensive analysis of Essex County we know of with market data and trends going back decades. It’s a great starting point for those looking in the towns of Marblehead, Salem, Beverly, Lynn and Swampscott.”
“Thank you for the wonderful, wonderful job you do for the community (explanation of property tax process and calculation) – it is so helpful and so clearly explained.”
Licensed in Massachusetts with Stuart St.James
Licensed in Florida with Compass
www.OliverReportsFL.com
May Housing Inventory shows sharp Jump
Inventory always starts the year at a low level, before picking up in the spring and early summer. There has, however, been a very sharp jump in inventory in the last month.
Single Family Homes (SFH)
May 2024 was the first month t0 show a year-over-year increase for some time. That trend has continued and was supercharged as of May 1. It will be interesting to see how inventory builds over the next 2-3 months; there has not been a reduction in sales YTD.
Condos
Condo inventory has increased sharply in the last month, reaching withing striking distance of the highest level in the last 5 years.
Mortgage rates
Mortgage rates have stayed withing a narrow range for most of 2025:
If you – or somebody you know – are considering buying or selling a home and have questions about the market and/or current home prices, please contact me on 617.834.8205 or ajoliver47@gmail.com.
Andrew Oliver, M.B.E.,M.B.A.
REALTOR®
m 617.834.8205
www.OliverReportsMA.com
““If you’re interested in Marblehead, you have to visit the blog of Mr. Andrew Oliver, author and curator of OliverReportsMA.com. He’s assembled the most comprehensive analysis of Essex County we know of with market data and trends going back decades. It’s a great starting point for those looking in the towns of Marblehead, Salem, Beverly, Lynn and Swampscott.”
“Thank you for the wonderful, wonderful job you do for the community (explanation of property tax process and calculation) – it is so helpful and so clearly explained.”
Licensed in Massachusetts with Stuart St.James
Licensed in Florida with Compass
www.OliverReportsFL.com
Open Houses weekend May 3/4
Here are this weekend’s Open Houses:
Click on these links for details:
Marblehead Open Houses
Swampscott Open Houses
Salem Open Houses
Beverly Open House
(more…)
New Listings and Inventory week ending May 2
Here are the latest New Listings and Inventory.
Click on these links for details:
Marblehead New Listings
Swampscott New Listings
Salem New Listings
Beverly New Listings
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Here are the latest Inventory numbers:
If you – or somebody you know – are considering buying or selling a home and have questions about the market and/or current home prices, please contact me on 617.834.8205 or ajoliver47@gmail.com.
Andrew Oliver, M.B.E.,M.B.A.
REALTOR®
m 617.834.8205
www.OliverReportsMA.com
““If you’re interested in Marblehead, you have to visit the blog of Mr. Andrew Oliver, author and curator of OliverReportsMA.com. He’s assembled the most comprehensive analysis of Essex County we know of with market data and trends going back decades. It’s a great starting point for those looking in the towns of Marblehead, Salem, Beverly, Lynn and Swampscott.”
“Thank you for the wonderful, wonderful job you do for the community (explanation of property tax process and calculation) – it is so helpful and so clearly explained.”
Licensed in Massachusetts with Stuart St.James
Licensed in Florida with Compass
www.OliverReportsFL.com
Open Houses weekend April 26/27
Here are this weekend’s Open Houses:
Click on these links for details:
Marblehead Open Houses
Swampscott Open Houses
Salem Open Houses
Beverly Open House
(more…)
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