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Anyone that has read this blog for any length of time knows that I’m a big believer in Google Analytics as one tool in predicting improvement in the local real estate market. I just did another Google Analytic (today) on the term “Boston real estate” the [...]

According to MLS, the highest price cut in 2010 was at the Mandarin Oriental (776 Boylston Street unit 12-B). The original asking price was on September 4, 2009 for $13,700,000 and remained at the price until mid August 2010. On August 17, 2010, the listing broker slashed the asking price by $1,000,000.00 to $12,700,000.00.
This Boston [...]

According to MLS the following are the top three most expensive Boston condos under agreement:
#3 – One Avery Street, Boston, Midtown
List Price: $3,700,000.00
Listing real estate agent: Myma Rotman of Otis & Ahearn.
#2 – 399 Boylston Street, Boston, Back Bay
List Price: $4,200,000.00
Listing real estate agent: Tracy Campion of Campion & Company.
#1 – 100 Beacon Street #7, [...]

Witches In Real Estate
Well, I never once thought I’d write about witches in real estate, but the Wall Street Journal video below shows how foreclosure buyers in Massachusetts are using witches for house cleansings.
The rest of the country must think we’re nuts.

Attention Boston apartment renters: If you switched rentals for the new year or saw your rent change in the last few months, I’d be interested in hearing your story.
Leave a comment, or just email me directly at realtyford@yahoo.com
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Cramer claims that the decrease in housing starts, has created a “monumental shift” that explains the turn in housing. Fewer new homes are being built, which helps to shrink the overall housing inventory and boost prices.
This has Cramer thinking the housing market’s “on the mend” and that “the bears who keep saying that the [...]

I’ve shown numerous Boston condos and apartments with small bathrooms, but nothing that had a sink like this.

Interesting use of a closet.

File under: Creative thinking.

This may be old news, but I didn’t know about this until today. According to an article from the Boston Business Journal; “check-writers” banks are charging fees of $5.00 to $6.00 to check cashiers who do not hold bank accounts at the writers bank, okay, that’s high fee, but I don’t have a problem with it. [...]

10 Major Mortgage Mistakes to Avoid

The black and white box you see above is called a QR Code for my Boston Real Estate Blog. QR (Quick Response) Codes is one form of technology that I am using to market my Boston condo listings and of course to market my real estate blog and websites. The best use of  the QR Code boxes is to [...]