Open Houses weekend before Thanksgiving
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
New Listings and Inventory week ending November 21
Here are the latest New Listings:

And Inventory:

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
New Listings and Inventory week ending November 14
Here are the latest New Listings:

And Inventory:

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 November 15,16
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
New Listings and Inventory week ending November 7
Here are the latest New Listings:

And Inventory:

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
New Listings and Inventory before Labor Day
Here are the latest New Listings and Inventory:

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
New Listings and Inventory week ending August 22
My computer and I are both recovered so here are the latest New Listings and Inventory:

And the week ending August 15

Click on these links for details:
Marblehead New Listings
Swampscott New Listings
Salem New Listings
Beverly New Listings
Here are the latest Inventory numbers:

Read the July Inventory report: here
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
New Listings, Inventory week ending July 18
Here are this week’s New Listings:
:
And the latest Inventory

Essex County Inventory – Relative and Absolute Levels
While Inventory levels have increased significantly in the last year or so, it is useful to put current levels into the pre-COVID perspective.
Single Family Homes
SFH levels are 75% higher than they were in 2023 – but only half the level of 2019:

Condos
Condo levels have doubled in the last 3 months but are still well below levels of 2019:

Comment
From many points of view, the cheap post-COVID cheap money era lasted much too long (as I wrote repeatedly at the time). For Essex County, the ending of cheap mopney as far as real estate is concerned has only produced higher (normal) inventory levels, not the price reductions seen elsewhere in the country. But Essex County is not Florida: people weren’t heading to Essex County in their thousands.
(My economic commentaries at the time can be read here: Mortgage and Economic Commentary?
New Listings and Inventory week ending June 27
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
New Listings and Inventory week ending June 20
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 February 22/23
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
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New Listings, Inventory, week ending February 21
Here are the latest New Listings. Please note that going forward this post will appear weekly at 8 a.m. on Saturdays.

Click on these links for details:
Marblehead New Listings
Swampscott New Listings
Salem New Listings
Beverly New Listings
The formatting has changed and gives you more options to search.
Here are the latest Inventory numbers:

Open Houses Sunday November 17
Here are today’s Open Houses:

Click on these links for details:
Marblehead Open Houses
Swampscott Open Houses
Salem Open Houses
Beverly Open House
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New Listings, Inventory, mid-week November 13
Here are the latest New Listings:

Click on these links for details:
Marblehead New Listings
Swampscott New Listings
Salem New Listings
Beverly New Listings
And here are the latest inventory numbers:

and the November Inventory report:
November Inventory and Mortgage Rates
And read these recent articles:
What drives Mortgage Rates – and no it’s not the Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve’s new buzzword: Recalibrate
Federal Reserve Chair Powell:”The Time has Come”
Earth to Federal Reserve: What are you waiting for?
The Federal Reserve’s Analysis Paralysis
July Housing Inventory and H1 Sales to List Price
Marblehead Mid-Year 2024 Market Review
Swampscott Mid-Year 2024 Market Review
Salem Mid-Year 2024 Market Review
Essex County Mid-Year 2024 Market Review
Essex County Mid-Year 2024 Market Review: Town by Town Guide
My Property Tax reports mentioned at Town Meeting
(more…)
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