Comparing the 3rd Q of 2011 with the 3rd Q of 2011 for Beacon Hill condo sales.
Number of Beacon Hill condo sales 3rd Q 2011 – 53
Number of Beacon Hill condo sales 3rd Q 2010 – 48
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Average Beacon Hill condo sales price 3rd Q 2011 – $617,460.00
Average Beacon Hill condo sales price 3rd Q 2010 [...]

With the economy stuck at 9.1% unemployment, you would expect that we would be a buyer’s market in Boston — and there would be an over supply of Boston condos for sale to choose from. Well, not so fast.
Last week, the National Association of Realtors announced that the number of listings in September dropped [...]

A new report says Massachusetts has the best foreclosure deals in the country, if we’re reading this right, providing a 53 percent “foreclosure savings” to buyers of foreclosed homes.
Not sure if this No. 1 ranking is all that it seems. They define “foreclosure savings” as the average sales price of foreclosures to the average sales [...]

This is one of those infuriating economic reports that drive people crazy. Ready? Here goes:
The state’s jobless rate fell to 7.3 percent last month, from 7.4 percent in August. The national average is 9.1 percent. So far, so good. We like good news.
But a separate “payroll survey” of companies shows Massachusetts lost 2,300 jobs in [...]

The Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report came out today.
First the somewhat good news: This past summer’s stock market volatility may not have harmed the economy as much as some feared. It’s still growing, though not at a level that will create a lot of jobs.
Second, the Boston region’s housing market is only performing so-so [...]

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has issued a ruling that questions the legal ownership of those who purchased foreclosed homes, throwing the state’s housing market into potential chaos. Edward M. Bloom, president of the Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts, on the ruling:
It leaves us nowhere. The residential housing market is never going to stabilize [...]

Quick: What state has the nation’s richest zip code? California, with Beverly Hills, Malibu and Silicon Valley millionaires? Some place in Connecticut or the Florida Keys? New York? What?
Hint: You used to think you just drove through it.
File under: Bruce, we hardly knew ye

The last Boston luxury condo sale at the Boston W Residences was on September 19, 2011. The sales price was $670,000.00

The most recent luxury condo sale at 45 Province Street was on August 29, 2011. The sales price was $721,000.

Did you know that women now make up the majority of the American workforce? Did you also know, based on the real estate web site Trulia.com, that in my humble real estate world there are more woman real estate agents than males?  Based on their just released study on the gender of the real estate industry, [...]