The top three most expensive Boston Back Bay luxury condo sales in 2011:
45-47 Commonwealth Avenue #1 sold for $6,200,000 or $1,183.00 per square foot.
The Mandarin W12-B sold for $12,200,000 or $2,479.00 per square foot. The seller purchased this Back Bay condo on 10/8/2008 for $8,700,000. On the market for 608 days.
The [...]

Top three most expensive Back Bay apartment rentals listed on MLS:
1. 1 Charles Street PHC – $30,000.00 per rmonth.
2. 776 Boylston Street – $27,000.00 per month.
3. 294 Newbury Street PH – $25,000.00 per month.

The number of Boston Back  bay condo sales from 1/1/11 – 8/1/11 – 250
The number of Boston Back Bay condo sales from 1/1/10 – 8/1/10 – 278
The average price per square foot for a Back Bay condo 1/1/11 - 8/1/11 - $812.00
The average price per square foot for a Back Bay condo 1/1/10 – 8/1/10 – $798.00

Boston Back Bay condo sales.
Number of Back Bay condo sales from 1/1/11 – 6/12/11 – 161
Number of Back Bay condo sales from 1/1/10 – 6/12/10 – 189
Median Back Bay condo sales price from 1/1/11 – 6/12/11 – $1,310,572.00
Median Back Bay condo sales price from 1/1/11 – 6/12/10 – $1,340,031.00
Average Back Bay condo sales price per [...]

Back Bay open houses May 22, 2011
Back Bay – 62 Commonwealth Ave # 1 Status: Available Price: $269,900 Type: Condo
Bedrooms: S Bathrooms: 1 Sq. Footage: 283 $/Sq. Foot: $953.71
Condo Fee: $150.00 Bldg Loc: Space: None Parking: Street
Description: Charming front facing Studio [...]

In the last 30 days The Clarendon had three luxury condo sales:
1. #25D sold for $1,835,000.00 2bed / 2.5 baths. Price per square foot $1,212.00.
2. #20E sold for $2,025,000.00 3 bed / 3.5 baths. Price per square foot $1.078.00
3. #22A sold for $2,225,000.00 3 bed / 3 baths. Price per square foot $1,240.00

Back Bay condos priced $500,000 – $800,000
Back Bay – 290 Commonwealth Ave # 15 Status: Available Price: $515,000 Type: Condo
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Sq. Footage: 635 $/Sq. Foot: $811.02
Condo Fee: $376.00 Bldg Loc: Space: None Parking: Street
Description: Sunny, bright renovated one bedroom with nine windows facing all four exposures. The upper floor South facing condo [...]

I just received an email from a Boston Real Estate Blog reader:
John -
You may want to use this quote that was in one of Boston’s local papers explaining why the Bay Bay sales numbers are down. It’s only fair that you present both sides of the story:
“It was a very slow winter…with five-foot snowbanks and [...]

The chart below breaks down Back Bay condo sales on a per square foot basis. Almost all size Back Bay condos had a drop in sales in the first quarter of 2011 compared to 2011.
Back Bay sales for 700 sq ft condos or less has a -18.75% drop in sales compared to the first [...]

Boston luxury Real Estate sales at the Boston W Residences for the month of April 2011:
Midtown – W Boston # 21C Status: Sold Price: $1,250,000 Type: Condo
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Sq. Footage: 1286 $/Sq. Foot: $972.01
Condo Fee: $1,145.00 Bldg Loc: Space: None Parking: Deeded Garage(1)
Description: W Boston in it’s iconic glass tower, is also Boston’s [...]