A high-end condo development on the border of the South End and Lower Roxbury is apparently getting off to a somewhat fast start.
Though the project isn’t slated to be completed until this summer, the developer says 11 of 37 units at the Modern 2 have already been “reserved.”

Click on link to view real estate video: Back Bay and South End condo prices
The real estate market may not be booming. But there’s a niche market that’s faring quite well.  One-room condos in the high-end neighborhoods of Boston may be tiny, but their price tags are big.
 The golden rule of real estate is location, location, location. [...]

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Boston South End Condo Sales Stats for October 2010
Lowest paid Boston South End condo – $325,000
Highest paid Boton South End condo – $1,560,000
Median sales price of a South End condo – $574,000
Average sales price of a South End condo – $654,484
Boston South End condo market sales voulme – $20,320,000
comparing to October 2009…
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Believe it or not, new condos are stilling coming on line these days. The latest: ‘The Signal Building.’
From the article:
South Boston’s new Signal Building hosts 75 condos carved out of the 110-year-old former Signal Industries factory site. … The result: 47 market-rate condos, 24 spaces for artists to live and work and four affordable units [...]

Comparing the 1st Q 2009 South End condo sales with the 1st Q in 2008.
Boston South End Condo Sales – 1Q 2009
Number of condos sold – 67
Avg. sales price – $590,758.00
Median sales price – $530,000.00
Avg. price per sq ft – $539.00
Days on the market – 116
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Boston South End condo sales – 1Q 2008
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South End condo sales:
South End condo sales -3/30/07 – 3/30/08
Number of sales – 750
Avg sales price – $632,367.00
Median sales price – $543,000.00
Avg price per sq ft – $581.00
South End condo sales – 3/30/08 – 3/30/09
Number of sales – 713
Avg. sales price – $612,741.00
Median sales price – $532,100.00
Avg. price per sq ft – $587.00
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South End real estate sales, comparing asking price to sales price
1 St. George Street U:5
$295,000 $295,000
514 Massachusetts Ave U:4
$369,000 $335,000
17 E Springfield St U:4
$389,000 $365,000
129 Charles Street South U:2
$394,000 $373,000
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Adress
Purchase
Sold
+/-

98 Waltham #3
1/8/07
1/6/09
 

Sales Price
$1,275,000
$1,375,000
+ $100,000

Address
Purchase
Sold
+/-

17 E. Springfield 4
8/15/09
 1/6/09
 

Sales Price
$420,000
$365,000
- $55,000