What does $4 million buy in and around Boston?
A prospective buyer looked at a $4 million listing in Marblehead recently and commented: “this house would sell for $18 million in the Hamptons.”
Well we’re not in the Hamptons, Dorothy, but it was an interesting comment and led me to look at what a paltry $4 million would buy today in different areas in and around Boston. The table below is in four sections: the North Shore, towns close to Boston, and then Boston SFHS and Boston condos: (more…)
The Best Streets in Greater Boston – really?
One of real estate’s fascinations is that it is subjective: what I love you may hate and vice versa. So it should come as no surprise that I might differ on the pick for the Best Street in Marblehead. I accept the words of the writer that Atlantic Avenue is three miles long, but the Best Street in Marblehead?
Here we go again: bubble, bubble, toil and trouble
I know it’s really: Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble. (Macbeth).
When I read articles like Is Massachusetts headed toward another housing bubble?, I am reminded of the saying that economists have forecast 10 of the last 3 recessions. (more…)
But if you do leave New England…..
Last week I posted Why we don’t all move to San Francisco.
But if you do move here’s movoto.com’s 30 Things they don’t tell you about Leaving New England.
I experienced 12 in TN this winter. The evening news had a map showing snowfall amounts for the area: 0.1 inch and 0.3 inch. On a map. Seriously. (more…)
Why we don’t all move to San Francisco
After this winter we’re all planning to move to a warmer climate right? Like San Francisco.
But no, we will stay here, at least most of us will. Buy why? (more…)
Still time to buy that $37.5 million Boston condo
70% of the condos in the 60-storey Millennium Tower building at Downtown Crossing have been sold, according to this Millennium condos mostly sold to local buyers Boston Globe article, with 3/4 of sales going to local buyers.
In case you fear you have missed out, worry not: the $37.5 million, 12,000 sf penthouse is still available. Call me for a showing and if you buy through me I will donate half my commission to Lifebridge, the homeless organization based in Salem. (more…)
Tom Brady’s Boston real estate adventures
This The greater Boston real estate adventures of Tom Brady article from boston.curbed.com is much more interesting than ones about you know what.
Roll on Sunday. GO PATS!!!
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Luxury condo shortage in Boston !
It may come as a surprise – it did to me – but despite the booming luxury condo market in the last few years, Boston is actually facing a shortage of luxury condos, according to this article Luxury condo shortage – believe it or not by Scott Van Vorhis on boston.com. (more…)
Luxury condos in Boston sell in average of 20 days compared with 167 last year
As a timely response to my post last week Is the housing recovery really slowing down? the Boston Globe has published an article Boston luxury condo prices soar.
Luxury condos are “flying off the market” according to the Globe article. It cites Millennium Place, which opened last fall, with 256 condos priced from $550,000 to $3.5 million. The last condo sold two weeks ago. Next up, Millennium Tower, which opened its sales registration portal this week. (more…)
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