I’ve been reading that individuals are selling homes using only Twitter. As a skeptic, I would like to find out for myself how effective this social media tool is for selling real estate. So here’s my challenge – I’m looking for Boston condo seller that will allow me 30 days to sell their condo using [...]

You gotta love a real estate story with the headline: “Where a Greedy Wall Street Villain Would Feel Right at Home.” The 6,250-square-foot Manhattan duplex is featured in the upcoming “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” Oliver Stone’s sequel to his hit movie “Wall Street.” It’s definitely a high-end bachelor’s pad: heavy oak, leather, “Taxi Driver” [...]

You just knew this was going to happen: The board overseeing the Rose Kennedy Greenway says it doesn’t have enough money to maintain and build out the park system. They spent $14 billion on the Big Dig — and probably spent more on tunnel handrails alone than they did on the surface park itself. The [...]

A sure sign the economy is improving (or at least loosening up): Cape Cod summer rentals are running strong so far this year. Some of prices apparently exceed pre-2008 Wall Street carnage levels. Well, at least the asking prices are higher. We’ll see how it goes when crunch time arrives. File under: There’s always Hampton [...]

The W had another closing earlier in the week, bringing the total to 12, with another 19 buyers are under contract to close on this year. Read more about The W in today’s Boston Globe.

Back Bay condo sales using two metrics: The first includes “all Back Bay condo sales.” The second data point is based on “Back Bay re-sales” only. In other words, no new condo developments. 2010 1st Q all condo sales prices: The average Back Bay condo sales price – $1,362,860 The median Back Bay condo sales [...]

In order to provide balanced information on the real estate market, I though I would include a foreclosure update, in lieu of all the postive Boston condo 1st Q sales data that was released today. In Massachusetts, more than 9,000 homeowners lost their homes to foreclosure last year. In the first two months of this [...]

The owner of the former restaurant row on Peterborough Street is planning to construct apartments, not a boutique hotel that was originally planned. The Boston Courant reported that according to a source, the developer will build residential units at the corner of Peterborough and Kilmarnock Streets. If you recall, Peterborough Street is where six restaurants [...]

I’m excited to announce that the LINK 2010 First Quarter Report is now available. Boston 1st Q 2010 sales stats from LINK: Click here Citywide Sales. Click the links below for each Boston neighborhood. Back Bay Sales Stats Beacon Hill Sales Stats Charlestown Sales Stats Fenway Condo Sales Stats Leather District Condo Sales Boston Luxury [...]

The Boston Herald reported in today’s paper that the “last empty lot” in the Back Bay has been sold including the adjacent building. The new buyer plans to build a single-family home on the site. Read the Boston Herald to find how much it sold for.