Well, according to both LINK and MLS the Boston W Residences is off to a very slow start for 2011. As of February 19, 2011 no sales have been reported at the W according to the two largest  Boston multi-real estate listing services.

The Back Bay Clarendon had a total of two sales so far in 2011:
1) Unit 17E, 2 bed, 2.5 bath.
Original asking price – $1,695,000.00. Actual sales price – $1,615,000.00
Sales price per square foot $1.080.00.
Sold on Janaury 14, 2011.
2) Unit 26D, 2 bed, 2.5 bath.
Original asking price – $1,800,000.00. Actual sales price – $1,690,000.00
Sales price per [...]

Well, it only took a friggin’ Medal of Freedom award and a heavy hint from President Obama to prod city hall into action, but it looks like there’s serious talk about giving Bill Russell a statue! It’s not like the issue has totally gone ignored by Bostonians. There’s a Facebook page specifically called “

The old Chinatown development at the corner of Hudson and Kneeland — right at the gate of Chinatown — got the greenlight from the city and will start construction in 2012. The new $130 million, 20-story development will feature 295 apartments and 50 condos, a 13,000 s/f park, and a community center. A whopping 40 [...]

The Boston Courant ran an article today on how a new wave of foreign real estate investors are buying up Back Bay, Fenway and other Boston proper neighborhoods.
The article stated that Boston is the third most popular market in the United States of foreign investors, according to the Association of Foreign Investors. It is also in the [...]

According to LINK only one luxury condo sold at 45 Province so far this year. The unit that sold was 45 Province Street #704, a one bedroom duplex with 1.5 baths. The original asking price was $799,000.00. The actual sales price was $749,000 which averages to $662.00 per square foot. This seems like a very good [...]

So if you’re on Twitter today, you should definitely check out the hashtag #matownslogans. Here are some of the gems from the Twitterati:

Rockport: Gloucester’s spinster aunt.
Medford: If you have to ask where Meffa is, you’re not from around here.
Somerville: Cambridge’s Kid Brother With The Perpetually Runny Nose
Revere: Well, we’re not Lynn
South Hadley: Where downtown is [...]

If you’re a Boston real estate investor, I know of a nine unit apartment building for sale in Beacon Hill. Asking price $2,250,000. All units have hardwood floors, updated fire alarm system. Ideal for Boston condo conversion. This building won’t be going on MLS.
The building features: four two bedrooms and four one bedrooms. One commercial space.
More [...]

The Boston Business Journal reports that it looks like the Borders chain of bookstores is swinging the axe on six Massachusetts locations. Luckily, the one on School Street (which I like) is not closing, but the one on Boylston is going bye-bye. Other Mass. locations: Burlington, Peabody, Hyannis, Holyoke, and Wareham.

Either Boston brokers are doing a good listing their condos for sale, or sellers are holding firm on their asking prices. The following shows the ratio of the original list price to sales price per Boston neighborhood:
Back Bay condos – 93%
Beacon Hill condos – 93%
Charlestown condos – 95%
Dorchester condos – 94%
East Boston condos – 90%
Hyde Park condos - 86%
Jamaica Plain [...]