Comparing 2009 Boston Common condo sales with that of 2010 (Jan 1st – Dec 1st)
Boston Common condo sales 2009
Number of Boston Common condo sales: 62
Average Boston Common condo sales price: $947,512
Median Boston Common condo sales price: $775,000
Average price per square foot Boston Common sales price: $755.00
Average days-on-market: 136
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Boston Common condo sales 2010
Number of Boston Common [...]

Comparing Boston Fenway condo sales from January 1st  – December 1st for 2009 & 2010:
Boston Fenway Condos Sales in 2009
Number of Boston Fenway condo sales: 134
Average Boston Fenway condo sales price: $339,042
Median Boston Fenway condo sales price: $323,500
Average price per sq ft for a Fenway condo: $507.00
Average number of days on the market: 75
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Boston Fenway [...]

Charlestown condos that sold from January 1, 2009 – December 1, 2009:
Charlestown condos that sold – 238
Median Charlestown condo sales price – $443,059.00
Average Charletown condo sales price  - $415,000.00
Average price per square foot – $434.00
Average days on the market – 115
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Charlestown condos that sold from January 1, 2010 – December 1, 2010:
Charlestown condos that sold [...]

Comparing Beacon Hill condo sales from January 1st  - December 1st  in 2009 and 2010:
Beacon Hill condo sales 1/1/09 – 12/1/09
Number of Beacon Hill condo sales – 163
Average Beacon Hill condo sales price – $675,768.00
Median Beacon Hill condo sales price – $505,000.00
Avg Beacon Hill condo sales price per sq ft – $707.00
Average days-on-market – 122
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Comparing Back Bay condo sales from January 1st – December 1st for 2009 and 2010:
Back Bay condo sales 1/1/09 – 12/1/09
Number of Back Bay condo sales – 367
Average Back Bay condo sales price – $1,109,117.00
Median Back Bay condo sales price – $693,750.00
Average price per square foot – $748
Number of days-on-the-market – 114
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Back Bay condo sales [...]

Okay, let’s admit it, we all have our favorite holiday shows. My favorite, you don’t see that often – The Twilight Zone.
Christmas in the Twilight Zone (December 23, 1960). Actor, Art Carney is a forlon department store Santa who takes to drinking – only to find himself experiencing the best Christmas ever!
Part 1

The second half of [...]

If you’re anything like us, we know it’s the last Friday before Christmas and you are in your office feverishly working away. Aw, who are we kidding. Here’s a great way to wait for the phone to ring — another stupid online game. Lowest score in the office has to buy the drinks.

Where in the world is Julian Assange ( the spokesperson and editor in chief for WikiLeak) now that he’s been released from prison?
Answer: He is spending the holidays at Ellingham Hall, the 650 acre, ten bedroom home of Vaughan Smith, a British newspaper journalist, who is obviously wealthy by independent means.
Source: Business Insider

Shocker… Mortgage Rates Down

Well here’s a pitcher with some confidence in his 2011 season. Red Sox pitcher John Lackey just bought a $2 million townhouse in Back Bay, as reported by the WSJ. According to the WSJ, the unit sold for about 13% off its $2.4 asking price (sold by Coldwell Banker) . Though there’s no mention of [...]