Marblehead beach makes Boston Globe list
Boston.com has published this list of 10 Beaches within an hour of Boston
This is what it says about Devereux Beach:
“Not far from Marblehead’s historic district is family-friendly Devereux Beach, which offers sandy slides and swings for the littlest of beachgoers. When hunger strikes, grab a lobster club sandwich and a frappe at Lime Rickey’s, not far from the surf. Parking costs $5 to $10 per car.” (more…)
Open Houses on July 19
Here are today’s Open Houses: (more…)
New listings in mid-July
Here are this week’s new listings: (more…)
But I thought you only wrote about Marblehead
Last night a friend, who lives in Swampscott, said when I told him I was publishing my Swampscott Mid-Year Housing Review “but I thought you only wrote about Marblehead.”
As I told my friend, I maintain statistics on all 34 Essex County cities and towns. While I publish regularly on Marblehead, Beverly, Salem and Swampscott individually, and Essex County overall, I monitor all towns – and not just in Essex County. I have provided market reports to buyers and sellers from Amesbury to Andover to Revere, as well as for Middlesex County. (more…)
Swampscott Mid-Year Housing Market Review
Inventory in the Single Family Home (SFH) in Swampscott remained well down on last year, while sales were slightly up. The outlook is for an increase, possibly a sharp one, in the median price in the second half of the year.
Median Prices
The median price for the first half of 2015 was $445,000, up 1% from $439,000 in 2014. (more…)
Salem MA Condo Open House bonanza
There are currently 103 condos for sale in Salem and 36 of them have Open Houses today in the following price ranges: (more…)
Real estate recovery is global, well except for the Ukraine
As reported by IMF Global Housing Watch global real estate prices increased 2.1% in 2014 to a six-year high. But not every country participated. The first chart shows the overall picture; the second shows the difference between recovering and rebounded markets. (more…)
Marblehead Mid-Year Housing Market Review
This article will review prices, sales and supply for the Single Family Home (SFH) market in Marblehead in the first half of 2015.
Median Prices
The median price for the first half of 2015 was $573,000, down 2% from $583,500 in 2014. Note, however, that while there was a drop in Q1, Q2 saw an increase. Read my First Quarter Review for the explanation behind the Q1 drop.
Staging: don’t copy The Greenbrier
While I celebrated my 50th birthday at The Greenbrier, I fear that staging your house in Marblehead like these areas at the great resort would limit the number of buyers: (more…)
Marblehead: Birthplace of the American Navy
Read Marblehead Magazine’s Birthplace of the American Navy for the definitive history. (more…)
Why there are so few houses for sale
For the past two years the main story in the housing market has been the lack of inventory, of houses for sale.
But why is that? (more…)
“Buyers are coming back in force”
That quote comes from Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors (NAR), following publication of the NAR’s Economic and Forecast Update.
Highlights of the report include:
– Existing home sales in May were the highest since 2009, when there was a homebuyer tax credit
– Pending home sales hit a 9 year high
– New home sales hit a 7 year high
– Housing permits for new homes hit an 8 year high
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Who is John Kerry’s new neighbor?
A couple of weeks ago I posted John Kerry or a 6 car heated garage? comparing two nearby Beacon Hill properties: one had a 6 car heated indoor motor court, the other no garage but John Kerry as a neighbor.
Which would attract a buyer first?
Well the verdict is in and the winner is….John Kerry.
“Who did you say is my new neighbor?”
Well we know the Russians have been buying up real estate in major cities, but I just can’t imagine Vl-d-m-r P-t-n hoping to become best buds while strolling round the square. (more…)
Man-cave? Nah, pub-shed
According to the San Francisco Globe Pub-sheds are a growing trend. The article has some examples of how the space can be used once the tools and junk are cleared out.
I do have one concern: outdoors sheds may be great for San Francisco, but I am not sure about trekking to and sitting in one during a New England blizzard.
(more…)Bruce Willis’s $8 million price cut – and no Demi Moore
As we head into July 4th, the date which traditionally sees a slow down in sales and some price cuts to try to sell houses that have been on the market for a while, Bruce Willis’s Idaho ski resort has a slightly larger than normal cut: from an original $15 million to a bargain at only $7.05 million.
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