Should I dare say, this is good news about the stock market (housing) today and NOW is the time to get off the sidelines and buy a Boston condo. Is it possible that Bradley one of my blog readers a Boston real estate blog reader – who’s long held prediction will now come true. I [...]

New money is about to flow into a part of the real estate market that has been squeezed hard by the credit crisis: mortgages too large to be purchased or backed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or the Federal Housing Administration. Higher-cost areas throughout the country traditionally have depended on the ready availability of “jumbo” [...]

Do you pay your mortgage and Boston condo fees on time? If yes, your part of the stimulas is in the mail: tragically, for you it will be the invoice. Source of the idea: Wall Street Journal

From the Boston Globe: The S&P/Case-Shiller index shows Boston housing prices dropped 1.3 percent in December, from the month before – the smallest price drop of any of the 20 cities monitored by the national index. Since the housing peak in September 2005, home values have fallen about 16 percent in Boston, while places such [...]

Crashing home prices have led to the most affordable housing market in at least five years, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index released Thursday. According to NAHB 4th Q 2008 affordable home survey, Boston-Quincy was ranked 168 out of 222 areas surveyed. It also stated that the share of [...]

Today, I’ll be the most hated real estate broker in Dorchester. Dorchester condo sale stats: 4th Q 2007 avg sales price – $246,838.00 4 th Q 2008 avg sales price – $176,250.00 Attention: Dorchester real estate brokers, don’t get mad at me for these MLS data stats. Dam those MLS people, there are out to get us. [...]

The number of new Boston condo listings from 1/1/09 – 1/3/09 is nine. Average list price for these new Boston condo listings is $480,167.00. Average sq. ft. price is $483.00