I just did a quick search on LINK comparing $1,000,000-plus Boston condo sales of the 3rd Q of 2009 compared to 2010: July – Sep 2009 Number of Boston condo sales – 84 Average Boston condo sales price – $1,663,631.00 Median Boston condo sales price – $1,426,400 July – Sep 2010 Number of Boston condo [...]

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Today’s Wall Street Journal  has an article on how some of the nation’s wealthiest home sellers refuse to lower their asking prices, even as their properties have lingered on the market for years. Here in Boston, we also have a few holdouts who haven’t budged on their initial asking prices,  some of which were set at the [...]

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The Massachusetts Association of Realtors says pending single-family home sales dropped by 10 percent in August, compared with last year. But the group’s president, Kevin Sears, says a federal tax credit inflated last year’s sales, making that 10 percent drop less worrisome. Excerpt from the Massachusetts Assoc. of Realtors: The number of condos put under [...]

On August 26, 2010 The Clarendon Back Bay recorded their 34th 35th closing. The purchase price was $1,050,000 and included one deeded garage parking space. This was a 22nd-floor, one-bedroom plus, two-bathroom, 1,134 square foot condo, approximately $925.93 per square foot. The building is now approximately 33 percent occupied.

Real estate sales are up in these two Boston neighborhoods:

According to the Regisrty of Deeds the W sold another condo on August 12, 2010. The unit was 22J, one bedroom, one bath that sold for $750,000. Total units sold 18 out of 122-unit building.

The following are million dolllar plus condo sales for July 2010: 1. 68 Marlborough #E List price: $1,099,000 – Sales Price: $1,050,000 Sales date: 7/28/10 2. 160 Commonwealth Ave. #618 List price: $1,119,000 – Sales price: $1,065,000 Sales date: 7/30/10 3. 1 Charles Street #11C List Price: $1,695,000 – Sales price: $1,535,000 Sales date: 7/30/2010 [...]

Click chart to enlarge. The excerpts below are from a Banker & Tradesman article regarding the surge in single-family homes sales in Massachusetts for the month of June: More than 5,700 single-family homes sold in Massachusetts in June, the highest amount for any month since June 2006, according to the latest report by The Warren [...]