Latest Listings :: Updated February 06, 2012

MLS #

Address

Description
List Price

71334472

54 Dwight St.

10 room, 5 bed, 2 bath 2/3 Family
$1,995,000

71334761

400 Stuart St

4 room, 2 bed, 2 bath 2/3 Family
$1,849,000

71334499

221 Columbus Ave

7 room, 2 bed, 2 bath 2/3 Family
$1,699,000

71334635

64-66 Salem Street

0 room, 0 bed, 0 bath 2/3 Family
$1,095,000

71334984

39 Winchester St

7 room, 2 bed, 2 bath 2/3 Family
$939,000

71334985

39 Winchester [...]

The Kennedy’s famous home within the Kennedy compound is being donated to the nonprofit institute that Ted Kennedy had set up to study the history of the U.S. Senate.
From what we can gather from the article, this is the main home within the compound. The other properties within the larger compound will remain within the [...]

The Back Bay condo chart above shows fourth quarter sales comparison based on a per square foot basis. Click on Back Bay condo chart to enhance.
Back Bay condo sales for 700 square ft or less increased 81.25% compared to the 4th Q 2010.
Back Bay condo sales from 701 – 1,000 square ft increased 11.76% compared [...]

President Obama will give his State on the Union address tonight and he’ll reportedly claim that the economy is improving, but we need to do more. Bravo to that!
The unemployment rate has improved since last year. But one can argue that the slight improvement is due to the fact that people have stopped looking for [...]

I would like to share this message from a Boston real estate mortgage broker from MetLife, who also wrote several articles for this Boston Real Estate Blog:
Good afternoon, I hope all is well.
As many of you already know MetLife Inc. has stated it is exiting the business of originating forward residential mortgages. (1/11/12 [...]

MetLife, Inc. announced last week that it is getting out of the business of originating residential mortgages. MetLife Home Loans, the residential mortgage division of MetLife Bank, will no longer accept new loan applications for forward mortgages. MetLife Home Loans continues to originate reverse mortgages.
MetLife exits forward mortgages.
More from the Wall Street Journal:
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Buffett’s Real Estate CEO is optimistic about the national housing market.

From “The wit and wisdom of Winston Churchill” by James Humes:
“Late in his life, Sir Winston took a cruise on an Italian ship. A journalist from New York newspaper approached the former prime minister to ask why he chose to travel on an Italian line when the Queen Elizabeth under British flag was available.
“Churchill gave [...]

Everyone seems to have predictions where the housing market will head in 2012. Some are pessimistic, but others are singing a more positive tune, including many on Wall Street. Some prominent hedge funds as well as Goldman Sachs are putting on a bullish bet that housing will rebound, according to the Wall Street [...]

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