Joe Nocera at the NY Times has a strange tale in his story entitled In Prison for Taking a Liar Loan:
Mr. Engle’s is a tale worth telling for a number of reasons, not the least of which is its punch line. Was Mr. Engle convicted of running a crooked subprime company? Was he a mortgage [...]

Today, we had 19 more Boston condo listings come on the market for sale. Finally the Boston condo inventory is looking up.

New Real Estate Listings � Updated March 25, 2011

MLS #
 
Address
 
Description
List Price

71202770
 
287 Commonwealth
 
11 room, 6 bed, 5 bath 2/3 Family
$5,300,000

71204222
 
776 Boylston St
 
4 room, 2 bed, 2 bath 2/3 Family
$5,000,000

71203636
 
4 Battery Wharf
 
4 room, [...]

The New York Times has published an interactive map on its site. By selecting a Boston neighborhood, you can find the 2010 census data that includes population and racial changes per Boston neighborhood.
Interesting data. Check it out here.
View today’s new Back Bay condo listings
Don’t forget to check our our new Boston condo listing by clicking on the blue box.

Okay, if you read the Boston Herald and the blog post below, you know that the Boston condo market is off to a slushy start. But lets dig deeper into these numbers on a per neighborhood basis.
Back Bay condo sales from Jan 1st – March 15, 2011 – 60.
Back Bay condo sales from Jan 1st [...]

Well, it seems like the general consensus on why Boston condo sales and or Massachusetts real estate sales are down is because of the snow. I’m sure it had nothing to do with the poor selection of Boston condo inventory with high prices and buyers worried about their jobs.
I know some of you might be [...]

Citiing preliminary data from the MLS Property Information Network, the Herald is reporting a huge tumble in house sales last month. But there could be a sound explanation for at least some of the decline:
“February was just a bad month for housing,” said Boston-based economist Karl Case, co-creator of the widely followed Case-Shiller Housing Index. [...]

The U.S. Attorney’s office in Boston is pressing charges against a slew of people who allegedly tried to scam the government via the now-expired housing tax credit.
One of those charged is a long-time Internal Revenue Service agent from New Hampshire. Which raises the old question: What was he thinking?

 
$839,000

View today’s new Back Bay condo listings

Three Back Bay luxury condo sales were completed so far at the Boston W Residences in March 2011.
Midtown – W Boston # 17H Status: Sold Price: $630,000 Type: Condo
Bedrooms: 1+ Bathrooms: 1.5 Sq. Footage: 1040 $/Sq. Foot: $605.77
Condo Fee: $936.00 Bldg Loc: Corner Space: None Parking: Deeded Garage(1)
Description: W Boston in it’s iconic glass tower [...]

Today when I was at Panifico on Charles Street waitng for my take-out order, I had a conversation with a real estate broker that has been running a one man real estate office on Beacon Hill for about 20 years. Our conversation was about Boston condo sales and apartments rentals and it went something like this:
Beacon [...]

Well, this is good news, it seems with the warmer weather (sort of) more Boston condo listing are finally coming on the market. Most of the buyers that my agents are working with have been discouraged by the lack of good housing inventory for the last couple of months. I love the spring market.
New Real Estate Listings - [...]