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Diane Sawyer from ABC News: “Big blow for the housing market”

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The W seems to be moving forward with their sales. The last closing was on August 23, 2010 unit 27B sold for $2,250,000 or $1,254 per sq ft., which included an indoor parking space.
File Under: Big cheer for the W marketing team.

Whew! I was starting to wonder if I was too optimistic. The Banker & Tradesman most recent Massachusetts condo sales report :
Condominium sales also dropped in July, decreasing 32 percent from a year earlier. A total of 1,484 condos sold in July, down from 2,185 a year ago. Year-to-date condo sales were up 16 [...]

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Florida Realtors have negotiated a settlement for Realtors who have been affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Terms of how the Realtor group will handle the dispersement of funds has not been released yet.
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First, he was thought to be looking at a Boston downtown luxury condo. Now Shaq is reportedly eying Sudbury as his permanent home while playing with the Celts over the next two years. Excerpts from the Herald:
Word on the luxe real estate front is that the newest Boston Celtic – and possibly the newly engaged [...]

The sales of Massachusetts single-family homes fell 26 percent in July, reversing a trend of 12 straight months of increases, the Warren Group reported this morning.

The real estate quote of the day is from Barry Ritholz:
Everyone knew that Existing Home Sales were going to stink the joint up today — but I just had to laugh when I read the NAR commentary; The headline along was priceless: Existing-Home Sales Slow in June. Too bad they don’t cover other events: “Lincoln [...]