The Other Side of the Real Estate Fence

My family and I had the wonderful, enllightening privilege of experiencing the world of subletting in Boston today. As we set out on a number of appointments to search (frantically) for a place for our transferring sophomore daughter we thought we had things covered. My real estate experience couldn’t have prepared me more [...]

Cape Cod Waiting Game

Although the Greater Boston real estate market has been rather quiet, it apparently is nothing compared to Cape Cod. Vanessa Parks, in The Boston Sunday Globe real estate section, writes that sellers who have put their Cape second home on the market are in no hurry to sell. She quotes an older couple [...]

Seller Opposition

Well I admit that I received a number of agitated calls and emails about my recent post on pricing below market value. I really do understand any seller or would-be seller’s difficulty with this concept but this is the nature of the current declining real estate market. Walter Sanford, notable real estate speaker [...]

Pricing Homes Below Market Value in a Declining Market

The Massachusetts Association of Realtors released their third quarter market report this week and it shows a 23.4% decline in the sale of single family homes from a year ago. Third quarter 2005 saw 15,211 homes sold, whereas 2006 shows only 11,650 homes sold.
Interestingly, median selling prices show only a small decline [...]

Real Estate Has Gone to the Dogs

During a time when many companies have been vying for a Realtor’s commission monies, a company in West Palm Beach, Florida is instead offering to pay out 10 percent commissions to any Realtor who participates in the sale of one of their “doggie mansions.” Who would know that being a dog-lover and knowing other [...]

Savvy Buyers Making the Most of Slower Market

Although buyers usually get busy with the holidays and most years do not feel the urgency to purchase during the colder months, many of these same folks are coming to life now. A recent Boston Sunday Globe article “Here Comes Winter–as if the real estate market wasn’t cold enough” points out that sellers may [...]

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