Boston Median List Price for Back Bay, Beacon Hill and Boston South End Boston Home Values – Interactive chart

So, what about the crime rate in Boston? Yes, there is a problem, but it might not be as bad as you might think. There are many studies and the one I am quoting today says that across the country Boston didn’t even make the top 100 of cities with the worst crime.  Check it out….

Bloomberg is really on top of things. They have another great, detailed article on yet another “faulty foreclosure” case in Massachusetts. The new case is Belivilacqua v. Rodriguez and deals with the issue of someone who bought a foreclosed property from U.S. Bancorp — only to find title-and-timing problems, similar to the Ibanez case. Here’s the [...]

Fenway News Online reports that the owners of Burbank Apartments have their way, the Fenway neighborhood may lose 173 affordable homes – nearly 10% of the subsidized housing in the Fenway – beginning on April 1, 2011. The mortgage of Burbank Apartments was financed by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) 40 years [...]

Boston condo sales inventory per neighborhood: Back Bay – 165 listings Beacon Hill – 62 listings Charlestown – 80 listings Dorchester – 91 listings Hyde Park – 22 listings Jamaica Plain – 78 listings Leather District – 9 listings Boston Midtown – 42 listings North End listings – 39 listings Roxbury listings – 16 listings [...]

If you haven’t used Google today (which usually means you haven’t woken up yet), you’ll see today is a special tribute to JFK on the 50th anniversary of his inauguration. Words used in the speech make up the word “Google.” If you click on the words it sends you to a page of info and [...]

According to the Suffolk Registry of Deeds, 45 Province Street had their first condo sale in 2011. The unit was located on the 7th floor, the original asking price was $799,000 and sold for $749,000 or approx $661.00 per square foot. This condo was a 1bed and 1 1/2 bath with 1,132 sq ft of living area. [...]

Boston.com has a good tally of the towns and neighborhoods where foreclosures decreased or increased the most in 2010. The place where foreclosures fell the most, however, isn’t a town, it’s a part of Boston: Roxbury. Foreclosures fell 24.7 percent in 2010 in Roxbury. Other Boston neighborhoods show up on the list for decreases in [...]

According to MLS, 45 Boston luxury condos are presently under agreement (list price of $800,000 or more.) The W Boston Residences, The Bryant and 45 Province Street all have one unit under agreement.