Well, it’s very unlikely!
What is it?
It’s a window / balcony, of course!
On hot summer days, let down the wall and enjoy cocktails and passing parades from the privacy of your own home.
For cold days, or for when the peasants revolt, you roll up the balcony and it becomes a window.
Coming this fall from Amsterdam based [...]

The Warren Group, publishers of Banker and Tradesman, is out with their report on the Massachusetts real estate market.
2006 – The Year in Numbers (warning, .pdf)
It is an awesome read.

I added the ability to see all of the new (and under construction) developments in Boston on one single map.
Go here: All Boston developments

What are you doing on Sunday?
Why aren’t you going out to Open Houses?
Why aren’t you asking me to go with you?
Just wondering …

Here is an excellent blog post by a real estate agent in New York City, discussing the eternal topic – should you buy or should you rent.
Don’t get caught up in the whole debate right now that is going on about the nationwide housing market. If you plan on owning for medium to long term, [...]

The city owned a parking lot behind the Ritz-Carlton Towers and across the street from the Opera House until 2001, when the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) took the land by eminent domain.
The BRA then sold the lot to Millennium Partners, developers of the Ritz-Carlton Towers, who said they wanted to build an office tower on [...]

Now, I’m going to have to assume that the issue is more complex than what is written here … or, maybe not.
Ouch.
Disney Sues Over Low-Income Housing Plan – Associated Press by way of Realtor.org
The Walt Disney Co. is suing the Anaheim, Calif., government over its plan to build 1,500 condominiums and apartments, including 225 for [...]

They want to improve Downtown Crossing. The city has seen some high-profile retail defections over the past months (notably Barnes & Noble, and Filene’s is closed), but the area has never lived up to anyone’s expectations, I don’t think.
The main street is blocked off to traffic; a debatable idea, I think, although the city [...]

Hey, I just report the news.
The Massachusetts real estate market is rebounding, at least in terms sales volume, according to two reports released today.
The Massachusetts Association of Realtors, which collects data from multiple listing services, said single-family home sales jumped 12.6 percent, and condominium sales were up 5.3 percent in January, compared to the same [...]

If you are buying a condo, ask the seller if he or she pulled building permits for any work done.
If you don’t, you run serious risk.
For example, what if the electrical wiring was not done up to code and suddenly the building burns down? Ooops.
Or, what if your seller put an addition on the [...]