Boston Common condos that sold in the 4th Q of 2011 compared to 2010:
Number of Boston Common/Midtown sales 2011 – 27
Number of Boston Common/Midtwon sales 2010 – 26
Average Boston Common/Midtown sales price 2011 – $1,220,586.00
Average Boston Common/Midtown sales price 2010 – $1,039,838.00
Average Boston Common/Midtown sales price per sq ft – $883.00
Average Boston Common/Midtown sales price [...]

There’s a saying: You cannot hold back a surging tide and apparently, Boston real estate brokers couldn’t hold back the housing tidal wave slump from hitting the South End.
Boston South End condo sales for the 4th Q.
Number of South End condo sales 4th Q 2011 – 132
Number of South End condo sales 4th Q 2010 [...]

Boston condo price reductions based on MLS data.
BOSTON CONDO ASKING PRICES 
Boston condo price reductions, last 60 days.
 
Number of Back Bay condo listings – 187/# price reductions  -4
Number of Beacon Hill condo listings – 57/# price reductions – 1
Number of Hyde Park condo listings – 22/# price reductions – 1
Leather District condo listings – 11/# price reductions – [...]

A friend reports that a Brighton couple who just bought their modest condo in 2007 had to sell this winter to relocate for a job. The young couple was naturally concerned about selling in winter, and in this market — and in Brighton. As it turns out, they didn’t have to worry. First, they had [...]

Numbers that came out yesterday from the Warren Group and and Massachusetts Association of Realtors paint a similar picture. Statewide,  single-family home sales are increasing while prices continue to drop. In other words, it finally seems like we’re hitting the trigger point in the market where prices drop to the point it’s getting buyers off [...]

Boston condo sales inventory per neighborhood:
Back Bay – 165 listings
Beacon Hill – 62 listings
Charlestown – 80 listings
Dorchester – 91 listings
Hyde Park – 22 listings
Jamaica Plain – 78 listings
Leather District – 9 listings
Boston Midtown – 42 listings
North End listings – 39 listings
Roxbury listings – 16 listings
Seaport District – 32 listings
South Boston – 163 listings
Boston South End [...]

Although, many in the real estate industry still anticipate price corrections, the November RE/MAX Housing Report indicates that prices are remaining stable, or in some cases on the rise. Of the 54 cities survey for the RE/MAX report, 36 showed price increases from last year. The top five markets with real estate price increases:
1. Burlington, VT: [...]

November Boston condo sales
Comparing November 2010 Boston condo sales to November 2009:
Boston condo sales November 2010 – 207 condos sold.
Average Boston condo sales price – $699,000
Median Boston condo sales price – $435,150
Average Boston condo sales price per sq ft – $527.00
Average days-on-market – 98
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Boston condo sales November 2009 - 368 condos sold.
Average Boston condo sales price [...]

The October condominium market was down 38.8 percent compared to the same time last year (from 1,595 units sold in 2009 to 976 units sold in 2010).  On a month-to-month basis, condominium sales were down 12.7 percent compared to the 1,118 units sold this past September.  
 
Condominium median selling prices in October were down less than [...]

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Boston condos under agreement last 30 days:
* Number of condos pending/under agreement  – 236
* Average days-on-market for a Boston condo – 92
* Least expensive asking price condo UA - $38,000
* Most expensive asking price condo UA-  $4,555,000
* Median Boston condo asking price – $414,500.00
* Average Boston condo asking price – $623,429
* The price point [...]