Redfin looked up the numbers for all Suffolk County sales listings put on the market in 2009, to see how many had sold by August 11, 2010. The answer? 36.1%.
The survey looked at homes that were listed for sale last year in Suffolk County and about 36% of those listings had sold by August 11, [...]

The avg. days on market for Boston condos:
Back Bay Condos – Avg. market time 156.16 days.
Beacon Hill Condos – Avg. market time 152.64 days.
Charlestown Condos – Avg. market time 113.63 days.
South Boston Condos – Avg. market time 103 days.
South End Condos – Avg. market time 99.35 days.

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Wall Street Journal reports on the outlook of the housing market. Here are few stats regarding Boston:
Months supply of inventory – 6.1
Jobless rate – 8.3%
Loan payments overdue – 8.7%

Boston condo sales inventory per neighborhood:
Back Bay condos
Number of listings 2009 – 238
Number of listings 2010 – 274
Beacon Hill condos
Number of listings 2009 – 79
Number of listings 2010 – 86
Charlestown condos
Number of listings 2009 – 150
Number of listings 2010 – 142
Fenway condos
Number of listings 2009 – 46
Number of listings 2010 – 76
J.P. condos
Number of listings [...]

The number of condos for sale on Feb 26, 2009 – 1,758.
The number of condos for sale on Feb 26, 2010 – 1,826.
So far, no signs of “shawdow inventory” flooding the market.
Source: MLS.

More Boston homes were listed for sale in January compared to the previous month, according to a new report.
Nationwide, January marked the first time in 18 months that more homes were listed for sale compared to the previous month, with an additional 15,000 homes, or a 2.9 percent increase, listed for sale compared to December, [...]

It feels like I’ve been hearing about “shadow inventory” — Boston proper condos that are in foreclosure but haven’t hit the market yet — forever. Yet no flood of foreclosures has yet inundated the market, and as a matter of fact, inventory has been quite scarce lately. Is there anything to this shadow inventory [...]

The following information is from the local MLS database as of January 23, 2010, compared to (January 24, 2009) and (January 26, 2008).
Total # of condos for sale in Boston: 1,548 (1,608) (2,021)
Number of condos sold, past 30 days: 180 (148) (187)
Average days on market, sold units: 131 (110) (115)
Ratio, closing/sales price to list price: [...]

Boston condo inventory numbers:
January 24, 2006 – 2,360 Boston condos for sale.
January 27, 2007 – 2,010 Boston condos for sale.
January 24, 2008 – 1,607 Boston condos for sale.
January 24, 2009 – 1,608 Boston condos for sale.
January 23, 2010 – 1,548 Bosotn condos for sale.
These numbers are based on MLS data. What are your thoughts? Are [...]

A third of homes listed for sale in the Boston area cut the sale price, putting the local market in the top 10 nationwide in terms of the percentage of listings with price reductions, according to real estate tracker Trulia.
In Boston, 33 percent of homes on the market reduced prices an average 7 percent. The [...]