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We’re not quite sure how they did it.
But the Beacon Hill Civic Association and city have apparently tinkered with commercial-loading designations and times and come up with 13 new metered public parking spaces on Charles Street after 4 p.m.
As officials note, that’s a surprisingly large number of street spaces to open up for parking — and it’s undoubtably going to be most welcome by shop owners.
The plan must still get final approvals. But it looks like a done deal.
File under: Logical and welcome
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Posted by Ford Realty on 05/23/13 | | Leave a comment »

The Feds say that Beacon Hill’s Church on the Hill was effectively looted by its less-than-distinguished director and his cronies. From the Globe:
The director of a venerable church in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood is facing charges that he took over the church and intimidated its members while he and his associates looted its coffers.
Police arrested Edward J. MacKenzie Jr., 54, of Weymouth today after a federal grand jury indicted him on more than a dozen charges, including racketeering, mail fraud, money laundering, extortion, and bribery, prosecutors said.
MacKenzie is the director of the Boston Society of the New Jerusalem, which operates the Church on the Hill on Bowdoin Street, US Attorney Carmen Ortiz’s office said in a statement. The Swedenborgian church is just across the street from the Massachusetts State House.
Fyi: This has been a long unfolding saga at Church on the Hill, almost like a bad nightmare come true for a church that one day found out it was no longer in charge of its own workings and destiny. … By all means, read Peter’s column on Eddie MacKenzie. He’s a real-throwback character with distant ties to the entire Whitey Bulger era.
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Posted by John Ford on 05/23/13 | | Leave a comment »

Just in time for Memorial Day and the start of the summer season, Scott has a funny post about Bostonians’ favorite vacation spots.
And the winners are … Cape Cod, in nine of the ten places where people in Greater Boston apparently like to vacation.
So to “get away” from it all, Bostonians effectively hang out with each other just in another part of the state.
Classic Boston.
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Posted by John Ford on 05/22/13 | | Leave a comment »
No one is quite sure how much all the anti-foreclosure laws and settlements have helped people and the housing market in general.
The hunch here is that the various programs only made a marginal difference in the big scheme of things. More than anything, the markets just needed time to heal and adjust following the subprime mortgage fiasco last decade.
But the fact that Bay State homeowners received $610 million in mortgage assistance, via the huge $25 billion settlement case with large banks, is still an impressive statistic. That amount of money had to have had at least some impact on people’s lives and the market.
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Posted by Ford Realty on 05/22/13 | | Leave a comment »

The potential sale of the most expensive home on the US market is being closely watched as a possible harbinger of hot markets to come.
This humble little ocean-front cottage is located in Greenwich, Conn.
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Posted by Ford Realty on 05/20/13 | | Leave a comment »

Now this is news we can use: An interactive map of all the outdoor bar cafes in the city and Cambridge.
It’s almost as useful as always having a handy Red Sox schedule during the summer.
Btw, click on the story link to get real interactive map.
File under: Lazy summer days
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Posted by Ford Realty on 05/20/13 | | Leave a comment »

The Bruins-Rangers showdown wasn’t the only game in the North Station area yesterday.
Boston Properties and Garden Development Corp. (i.e. the Bruins owners) have officially applied to build a 1.7 million mixed-use development next to TD Garden. The complex would have 500 residential units and lots of retail, office and hotel space.
P.S. — Bruins won in another OT thriller, fyi.
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Posted by Ford Realty on 05/17/13 | | Leave a comment »
Jennifer has the latest update on what happens when there’s too many people chasing too few homes on the market in the Boston area: bidding duels.
Not to be confused with a market bubble.
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Posted by Ford Realty on 05/17/13 | | Leave a comment »

The Liberty Hotel’s Alibi Bar & Lounge on Beacon Hill ranks as one of the trendiest hotel bars in the country.
Not to be confused with one of the trendiest dive bars in the country immediate neighborhood, i.e. the Beacon Hill Pub.
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Posted by Ford Realty on 05/16/13 | | Leave a comment »

Well, all we can say is: OMG.
Bloomberg has a story about how there’s a housing bubble threat, not to be confused with an actual housing bubble reality, and how it’s a worrisome development.
Let’s get this straight: After five years of being in the dumps, the housing market finally bounces back, stronger in the usual-suspect areas (Boston, San Fran, New York etc.) than in other usual-suspect areas (Detroit, Cleveland, etc.), but by and large, everyone can agree there’s an honest to God recovery going on overall.
So is a recovery by definition a housing bubble threat? Is a market that’s not contracting automatically a bubble threat? Is any teeny tiny improvement in the market officially classified as bubble threat?
It’s just ridiculous.
File under: Silly
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Posted by Ford Realty on 05/16/13 | | Leave a comment »
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Boston condo sales for June 2012 - 643.
Number of Boston condos sold: 643
Average sales price for a Boston condo: $585,113
Median sales price of a Boston condo: $445,000
Average square foor price: $510.00
Average days on the market: 67
Boston Real Estate / Boston Condos
Click on the links below for Boston condo neighborhood sales listings
Boston Back Bay Condos
Beacon Hill Condos
Boston Charlestown Condos
Fenway Boston Condos
Boston South End Condos
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Back Bay Condos Sales Stats 2012
Boston Back Bay Condos 1st and 2nd Quarters 2012
Back Bay condo sales in the 1st Quarter of 2012 - 80
Back Bay condo sales in the 1st Quarter of 2011 - 82
Back Bay average condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2012 - $1,261,255
Back Bay average condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2011 - $1,306,435
Back Bay median condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2012 - $789,750
Back Bay median condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2011 - $828,895
Back Bay condo 1st Q 2012 sales price per square foot - $804
Back Bay condo 1st Q 2011 sales price per square foot - $809
Back Bay condos days on market 1st Q 2012 - 142
Back Bay condos days on market 1st Q 2011 - 133
Back Bay condo sales in the 2nd Quarter of 2012 - 170
Back Bay condo sales in the 2nd Quarter of 2011 - 118
Back Bay average condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2012 - $1,100,149
Back Bay average condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2011 - $1,329,678
Back Bay median condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2012 - $761,000
Back Bay median condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2011 - $840,000
Back Bay condo 2nd Q 2012 sales price per square foot - $787
Back Bay condo 2nd Q 2011 sales price per square foot - $823
Back Bay condos days on market 2nd Q 2012 - 80
Back Bay condos days on market 2nd Q 2011 - 133
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Beacon Hill Condos Sales Stats 2012
Boston Beacon Hill Condos 1st and 2nd Quarters 2012
Beacon Hill condo sales in the 1st Quarter of 2012 - 35
Beacon Hill condo sales in the 1st Quarter of 2011 - 25
Beacon Hill average condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2012 - $808,840
Beacon Hill average condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2011 - $852,720
Beacon Hill median condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2012 - $549,000
Beacon Hill median condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2011 - $542,250
Beacon Hill condo 1st Q 2012 sales price per square foot - $747
Beacon Hill condo 1st Q 2011 sales price per square foot - $675
Beacon Hill condos days on market 1st Q 2012 - 108
Beacon Hill condos days on market 1st Q 2011 - 198
Beacon Hill condo sales in the 2nd Quarter of 2012 - 65
Beacon Hill condo sales in the 2nd Quarter of 2011 - 69
Beacon Hill average condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2012 - $677,684
Beacon Hill average condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2011 - $661,045
Beacon Hill median condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2012 - $516,250
Beacon Hill median condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2011 - $511,750
Beacon Hill condo 2nd Q 2012 sales price per square foot - $743
Beacon Hill condo 2nd Q 2011 sales price per square foot - $686
Beacon Hill condos days on market 2nd Q 2012 - 67
Beacon Hill condos days on market 2nd Q 2011 - 80
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Brighton Condos Sales Stats 2012
Brighton Condos 1st and 2nd Quarters 2012
Brighton condo sales in the 1st Quarter of 2012 - 41
Brighton condo sales in the 1st Quarter of 2011 - 47
Brighton average condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2012 - $254,685
Brighton average condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2011 - $254,324
Brighton median condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2012 - $237,000
Brighton median condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2011 - $250,000
Brighton condo 1st Q 2012 sales price per square foot - $316
Brighton condo 1st Q 2011 sales price per square foot - $297
Brighton condos days on market 1st Q 2012 - 28
Brighton condos days on market 1st Q 2011 - 84
Brighton condo sales in the 2nd Quarter of 2012 - 91
Brighton condo sales in the 2nd Quarter of 2011 - 73
Brighton average condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2012 - $268,434
Brighton average condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2011 - $255,140
Brighton median condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2012 - $255,500
Brighton median condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2011 - $254,000
Brighton condo 2nd Q 2012 sales price per square foot - $337
Brighton condo 2nd Q 2011 sales price per square foot - $311
Brighton condos days on market 2nd Q 2012 - 59
Brighton condos days on market 2nd Q 2011 - 99
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Charlestown Condos Sales Stats 2012
Charlestown Condos 1st and 2nd Quarters 2012
Charlestown condo sales in the 1st Quarter of 2012 - 43
Charlestown condo sales in the 1st Quarter of 2011 - 47
Charlestown average condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2012 - $491,085
Charlestown average condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2011 - $485,918
Charlestown median condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2012 - $435,000
Charlestown median condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2011 - $467,500
Charlestown condo 1st Q 2012 sales price per square foot - $432
Charlestown condo 1st Q 2011 sales price per square foot - $444
Charlestown condos days on market 1st Q 2012 - 112
Charlestown condos days on market 1st Q 2011 - 125
Charlestown condo sales in the 2nd Quarter of 2012 - 115
Charlestown condo sales in the 2nd Quarter of 2011 - 72
Charlestown average condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2012 - $474,847
Charlestown average condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2011 - $423,006
Charlestown median condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2012 - $452,000
Charlestown median condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2011 - $408,500
Charlestown condo 2nd Q 2012 sales price per square foot - $438
Charlestown condo 2nd Q 2011 sales price per square foot - $437
Charlestown condos days on market 2nd Q 2012 - 81
Charlestown condos days on market 2nd Q 2011 - 60
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Fenway Condos Sales Stats 2012
Fenway Condos 1st and 2nd Quarters 2012
Fenway condo sales in the 1st Quarter of 2012 - 19
Fenway condo sales in the 1st Quarter of 2011 - 20
Fenway average condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2012 - $404,579
Fenway average condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2011 - $320,828
Fenway median condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2012 - $375,000
Fenway median condo sales price in the 1st Q of 2011 - $291,500
Fenway condo 1st Q 2012 sales price per square foot - $513
Fenway condo 1st Q 2011 sales price per square foot - $436
Fenway condos days on market 1st Q 2012 - 42
Fenway condos days on market 1st Q 2011 - 180
Fenway condo sales in the 2nd Quarter of 2012 - 79
Fenway condo sales in the 2nd Quarter of 2011 - 58
Fenway average condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2012 - $358,981
Fenway average condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2011 - $321,013
Fenway median condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2012 - $360,000
Fenway median condo sales price in the 2nd Q of 2011 - $292,000
Fenway condo 2nd Q 2012 sales price per square foot - $519
Fenway condo 2nd Q 2011 sales price per square foot - $491
Fenway condos days on market 2nd Q 2012 - 86
Fenway condos days on market 2nd Q 2011 - 51
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