Halloween is going to be tough for the little kids in Dorchester  er … Florida with foreclosed properties.

 
See this is my problem. I lack creative real estate marketing ideas.

Craigslist.org in Seattle, NYC and San Francisco are now requiring real estate brokers to register and pay fees before they’re abe to post ads on their site. I know many Boston real estate agents are going to be upset with me but I can’t wait until the party is over in Boston.
Have you seen apartment ads in July or [...]

The internet is a powerful tool for those interested in real estate aside from providing useful information to buyers and sellers.  It may start to change the way we do business and this is a good thing.  Today I got a call from a buyer.  It was a telephone interview as this buyer was not just asking me about properties [...]

 According to MLS data Fenway condo sales and prices are up. I compared Jan – Sept 07 with Jan – Sept 08. The results are as follows:
Fenway condo sales from 1/1/07 – 9/30/07
Number of Fenway condos sold – 124/ Avg. sales price $316,544.00
Fenway condo sales from 1/1/08 – 9/30/08
Number of Fenway condos sold – 126/ Avg. [...]

Mortgage applications jumped 16.8 percent during the week ending Oct. 24 from the previous week, but applications were down 30 percent from a year ago, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.
The MBA’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey showed applications for refinance loans up 28.5 percent from a week ago, while applications for purchase loans rose a more [...]

 Today I read that 10% of all real estate agents are now blogging and the numbers are expected to double by next year.
My question to you. Would you hire an agent because of their blog?

 
The word on the street in that Grancey Real Estate of Charlestown closed their real estate office after many, many years in the neighborhood.

 Feds cut interest rates by a 1/2 percentage point. Do you think this will help the countries housing woes? Or is it a Hail Mary Pass?

Today, I’m going to give up drinking  going on a diet. Thank you, thank you, please stop, thank you, your to kind, thank you for all your applause. But wait, I have more good news for Boston real estate blog readers……..John Keith put a Boston condo under agreement. (No. This is not a joke. I’m telling the truth [...]