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Sold Over Asking: 21 Warwick Road # 6 Brookline

Sold $390,000. When I think of Brookline condos, I think of turn-of-the century buildings with ornamental details, hardwood floors, high ceilings and brilliant floor plans.  There is a feeling of “they don’t make ’em like they used to,” when you walk around these brownstones. 21-23 Warwick Road is such a building.  A top floor unit is […]

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Mortgage Requirements for Condos in Boston: Your Checklist

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8 Chiswick Road: One Bedroom Condo in Brighton

Sold $265,000.  Zero Days on Market: 8 Chiswick Road Unit 42 Pre-war condo buildings in Brighton are known for their simplicity and austerity, wasting little space and sparing no amenities.  Yet there is nothing like a classic one bedroom condo from the 1930’s.  Comfortable floor plans that make sense, high ceilings, and just the right […]

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Townhouse in Brighton MA: 22 Abbey Road #3

22 Abbey Road #3 is a young Brighton townhouse for sale, offering a rare opportunity minutes from Harvard Square! SOLD $452,000.  Brighton MA is often overlooked by home buyers searching for a condo in Cambridge MA.  Sometimes we forget how Brighton and Allston border Cambridge separated only by the Charles River.  Some people don’t know Brighton used […]

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8 Kinross Road: Brighton MA Condo with Parking

SOLD over asking $241,500.  Two days on market. Sometimes you open the door to a surprise.   In the Brighton MA condo market that’s a rare treat.  With a tight real estate market in Boston, it is a pleasure for me to present a condo such as 8 Kinross Road unit A. Located in highly sought […]

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Holiday Shopping: Boston Real Estate

One of the best examples of a self-fulfilling prophecy is in the seasonality of the Boston real estate market.  Every year, as Thanksgiving approaches, home sellers ask me, “Does it make sense to put the home on market now? There are no buyers looking.” From potential home buyers I hear, “ Should we wait until Spring to buy?  […]

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Banish the Boston Condo Search Overwhelm!

Are you totally overwhelmed by the idea of looking for a condo in Boston?  Are you curious, and just don’t know how to start looking?  If you are regularly thinking about becoming a first time homebuyer, but don’t know what to expect, t his post is for you. When prospective first time homebuyers are curious […]

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Accepted Offer, Open House and Annoyed Buyers

I annoyed many people on Sunday.  After an offer was accepted, I went ahead and hosted an open house.  Why would I host an open house if I have an accepted offer?  Isn’t it a waste of time for me and the prospective buyers? Before you go huffing and puffing because you came to a […]

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New Listing: 137A Sutherland Road, Brighton

SOLD, $265,500. On the corner of Sutherland Road and Lanark Road stands a German style stucco house with a red roof and shutters which is unlike anything else in the area.  This is a row of two family houses, and in a rare opportunity, one of the condos  just came on market. Not only is […]

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