For a couple of years we’ve seen condo prices in Brighton MA surge. But is this market slowing down soon? Since the beginning of 2012, median prices of condos on market in Brighton increased from $259,000 to $337,000 this past week. This is a 30% jump in prices. The laws of supply and demand play out […]
Continue readingThe Brighton MA condo market is hot and getting hotter! Homes recently sold in Cleveland Circle and near Wholefoods were on market for little time and many sold for over asking. Here are a few recent condo sales, I represented the sellers on all of these. 8 Kinross Road Unit #A Asking Price: $239,00 Sale […]
Continue readingBrookline MA real estate didn’t suffer as much in the downturn as the majority of communities. Still, we see a substantial pick-up in the condo market. Brookline MA‘s condo market is known to be spread over a wide price range. The condominiums in Brookline come in a variety of styles, settings, types of buildings and […]
Continue readingAvoid overpaying taxes by understanding Boston’s abatement process for real estate taxes Every year the City of Boston adjusts assessed home values for a real estate tax base, and there is a lot of confusion around this number. Allow me to offer some clarifications and suggest how to avoid overpaying real estate taxes. What is […]
Continue readingNewton real estate is in high demand and in analyzing the market for Newton houses; you find almost across the board, the market is favoring sellers. Inventory of houses on market in Newton is just meeting demand or falling shy of it in some price ranges. The price range with most pressure is the $800,000-$899,999 […]
Continue readingIn a real estate market with rising prices, pricing your home can be a bit tricky. I meet some home sellers who think it is easier to price a home in a rising market, but that’s not necessarily true. The risk of mispricing is always the same, and leaving thousands of dollars on the […]
Continue readingWhen home prices are going up, and going up fast, you should be concerned about under pricing your home. Boston real estate prices have been coming out of the slump, most prominently in the last few months. And as more sellers are getting ready to finally sell, under pricing can be a problem. It is […]
Continue readingLast Spring market, which ended roughly a week ago, looked something like this: buyers want to buy, sellers unsure they want to sell, plenty multiple-offer situations and many deals falling apart mid-way to closing. This is the nature of a market with rising prices. Homeowners, believing prices will rise, stay on the sidelines and don’t […]
Continue readingI overheard someone talking about the long and disappointing process of looking for a home in Brookline the past year. “There is nothing in our price range.” I hear this often, especially about Brookline and Newton houses. So I want to give all the frustrated buyers a few words of advice from experience. Here are […]
Continue readingLooking at the Brighton real estate market numbers I feel like I’m time traveling back to 2004. Not enough inventory! Instead of anecdotal stories I will give you actual multiple listing service statistics. In researching the difference in our local Brighton, Brookline and Newton trends versus the National real estate trends, I came across these […]
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