According to LINK data Back Bay condo sales and prices continue to increase:
Back Bay condo sales from 1/1/09 – 7/31/09
Number of Back Bay condo sales – 189
Avg Back Bay condo sales price – $980,702
Median Back Bay condo sales price – $650,000
Avg. Back Bay condo price per sq ft – $748.00
Avg. days-on-market for a Back Bay [...]

The W seems to be moving forward with their sales. The last closing was on August 23, 2010 unit 27B sold for $2,250,000 or $1,254 per sq ft., which included an indoor parking space.
File Under: Big cheer for the W marketing team.

According to MLS, 50 condominiums are presently under agreement in the Back Bay; 21 of those condos are priced $1,000,000 and above.

The following is an email that was sent to me from 45P: “45 Province Street real estate transactions since the new marketing team took over. . 6 contracts – 3 closed and 3 U/A.”
45 Province Street sold listings for June and July 2010:
6/25/10 – #901
List Price – $1,200,000
Sale Price – $1,140,000
Sq ft – 1615
Bedrooms [...]

Not even one of the best salesmen in Massachusetts can sell off his home.
After three years on the market, auto king Herb Chambers keeps slashing the price of his Beaux Arts-style mansion at 128 Commonwealth Ave. in the Back Bay. The posh pad’s price has fallen from $14.9 million to $10.5 million, despite a [...]

An update on the Mandarin: The good news, according to MLS, three luxury condos are under agreement in the building. The bad news: it appears at least two out of the three owners at the Mandarin will be taking a loss on the sale.
File Under: Mary this one’s for you.

Back Bay condo sales using two metrics: The first includes “all Back Bay condo sales.” The second data point is based on “Back Bay re-sales” only. In other words, no new condo developments.
2010 1st Q all condo sales prices:
The average Back Bay condo sales price – $1,362,860
The median Back Bay condo sales price – [...]

The Boston Herald reported in today’s paper that the “last empty lot” in the Back Bay has been sold including the adjacent building. The new buyer plans to build a single-family home on the site.
Read the Boston Herald to find how much it sold for.

One of the original owners of a Four Seasons condo is selling a penthouse unit for $4.9 million, down from $6.5 million.
If there’s a unit with better views of Boston, we haven’t seen it. The Scandinavian design of the penthouse is also gorgeous. Here’s the photo gallery. You be the judge.
The article says Egil Stigum [...]

Let’s give a big round of applause to Beth Dickerson of Gibson Sotherby’s for putting the 51 Commonwealth Ave. penthouse under agreement. Asking price: $11,500,000.00
The following is a description from MLS:
Renovated Penthouse in Doorman Bldg. Completed in 2006 this well appointed front facing triplex 7 bedroom suite home. All baths white Thassos marble. Amazing [...]