Archive for February, 2008


Weekly Boston Condo and Real Estate Sales and Listings Update, February 23, 2008

The following information is from the local MLS database, as of February 23, 2008, compared to (February 16, 2008) (and February 24, 2007 - where available).
Total # of condos for sale in the city of Boston: 2,213 (2,152) (2,109)
Average # of days on market: 141 (142) (141)
Number of condos sold (closed) over past 30 days: […]



Weekly Boston Condo and Real Estate Sales and Listings Update, February 16, 2008

The following information is from the local MLS database, as of February 16, 2008, compared to (February 9, 2008) (and February 19, 2007 - where available).
Total # of condos for sale in the city of Boston: 2,152 (2,100) (2,052)
Average # of days on market: 142 (145) (141)
Number of condos sold (closed) over past 30 days: […]



How to get a mortgage loan

It’s a great time to buy. Right?
Plenty of people are buying homes, right now. You’d think otherwise, if you read the papers.
Anyway, the Globe had a great article yesterday on how to get a mortgage. It also covered all the new and proposed regulations coming our way thanks to the kind people […]



Sometimes, people move

Some people like to move. A lot.
From Newsday:

[Terry] Sciubba is among that rare breed of homeowner undaunted by the prospect of packing up and moving five, six or more times. Some are motivated by a quest for more or better space; others can’t resist the urge to turn a profit on a fixer-upper, and […]



Weekly Boston Condo and Real Estate Sales and Listings Update, February 9, 2008

The following information is from the local MLS database, as of February 9, 2008, compared to (February 2, 2008) (and February 10, 2007 - where available).
Total # of condos for sale in the city of Boston: 2,100 (2,025) (2,044)
Average # of days on market: 145 (147) (143)
Number of condos sold (closed) over past 30 days: […]



Weekly Boston Condo and Real Estate Sales and Listings Update, February 2, 2008

The following information is from the local MLS database, as of February 2, 2008, compared to (January 26, 2008) (and February 4, 2007 - where available).
Total # of condos for sale in the city of Boston: 2,025 (2,021) (2,016)
Average # of days on market: 147 (151) (145)
Number of condos sold (closed) over past 30 days: […]



Congressman: let’s give people money to encourage them to buy homes

Well, this is insanity.
Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) has introduced a proposal in Congress to give home buyers a tax credit of $15,000, to be distributed over a three-year period. Property purchases by owner-occupiers that close between March 2008 and February 2009 would qualify for the incentive, which Isakson said will stimulate new demand for homes.
“I […]



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