Today’s Open Houses
The most notable aspect of this list is the relatively high number of SFHs in Swampscott – a market which has experienced very limited inventory this year – where today’s Open Houses range in price from $330,000 to $1.7 million. (more…)
Open Houses tailing off
Here are today’s Open Houses together with a chart showing that the number today, in Marblehead, Salem, Beverly and Swampscott, is a little over half the number just two weeks ago: (more…)
New listings dwindling
As the beach beckons so the number of new listings is dropping off. (more…)
Essex County Median Home Prices Town by Town
This report shows Single Family Home (SFH) median prices for each city and town in Essex County for 2015 compared with 2014. Several towns have a very small number of sales, especially in the first quarter, so I have used the half-year prices to calculate the change from 2014.
The second table shows the towns with the largest increase and decrease year over year. Overall, the message is that prices in both Essex County and Massachusetts have edged up 1% in 2015. As always, there are variations from town to town. (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…)
Marblehead: Birthplace of the American Navy
Read Marblehead Magazine’s Birthplace of the American Navy for the definitive history. (more…)
Marblehead’s Housing Inventory jumps
After many months when Marblehead’s housing inventory was running sharply below that of a year ago, the position has improved in the last few weeks – at least for buyers. Here are tables showing the month by month totals, and the current inventory by price, for Single Family Homes (SFH): (more…)
Housing Inventory still down heading to July 4
As we head towards July 4th, often the target date for home buyers wanting to be in their new homes for the start of the school year, housing inventory remains well down from a year ago. (more…)
Recent Comments