I’m about to start a week’s vacation, but wanted to say thanks to all visitors to my blog.
I just sliced open my finger while cutting up vegetables for a birthday party, so this entry will be short, bloody short.
It was a great year for me, professionally. This blog brought me lots of business. [...]

Single-family home sales dropped precipitously, in November, according to The Warren Group.
Condo sales, although lower than 2005 and 2004, were still at their 2003 levels, which were at historic highs, at the time.
“We’re still in a decline, but the slope is not as steep as it was in the summer and early fall,” said Timothy [...]

Moody’s Economy.com and Fiserv Lending Solutions have estimated where real estate prices will be, a year from now.
The Boston-Quincy real estate market, an ill-defined area (it’s a Census Bureau thing) is estimated to drop 1.7%, next year. In 2008, prices should increase a nominal 0.2%.
(I can live with that!)
This puts the area 78th out [...]

The Boston Redevelopment Authority gave approval to plans for a new W Hotel to be constructed at the corner of Tremont Street and Stuart Street, in the Theater District.
The new W Hotel will have 235-plus hotel rooms, approximately 123 residential condominium units, as well as 12,000 square feet of retail, restaurant, and spa uses. Underground [...]

Pretty much, Massachusetts’ population has stagnated at close to 6,400,000 residents, over the past couple of years.
Culprits? Some say a poor job market is to blame – according to the Boston Herald, overall, the state is still down 143,800 jobs, compared to 2001.
Others say people are moving away because of the high cost of [...]

I was hoping, praying, that December 15th would bring closure to the Alexandra Hotel mess.
Nope.
The long and the short of it is, the hotel was in receivership, I think meaning that the city (the BRA) was suing to take ownership of the decrepit building, an eyesore at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue & Washington Street, [...]

The Ocean Club is a luxury midrise condominium project about to break ground in the most unlikely place – near Revere Beach.
The developer has signed reservations or contracts on 30 percent of its 42 units.
Construction is scheduled to commence during the first quarter, 2007.
Units range in price from $300,000 for a one-bedroom to $1,250,000 for [...]

Would anyone be interested in me posting entries with all the properties currently on the market, for less than their assessed values?
There aren’t that many, to be truthful.
Leave me a comment. It would take some work to put together the list, so I’m not sure it’s worth the time and effort, to do every [...]

From a reader’s comments:
I was initially excited by Menino’s proposal to relocate City Hall and free up that huge waste of space that is City Hall Plaza, but have since cooled to the idea somewhat.
I am now beginning to think that the better options would be to not inconvenience the people who need to access [...]

“South Boston, from present appearances, is predestined to be the magnificent section of the city in respect to costly residences, fashionable society, and the influence of wealth.”
From the Boston Almanac for 1853
Source: City Record and Boston News-Letter