Real Estate Investment Strategies Part 1

Real Estate Investment Strategies Part 1 There is no one way to invest in real estate. Depending on your specific goals, available assets, your intended level of personal involvement and your particular skills there are many ways to profit. In this series of blogs I’d like to discuss a number of broad strategies my clients [...]

Marblehead MA Fourth Quarter 2012 Market Report

Marblehead MA Fourth Quarter 2012 Market Report Let’s keep this simple… the 2012 trend of steady year over year growth in sales has continued right on through fourth quarter with a December that felt more like a Fall month with respect to Marblehead home sales (and weather!). For an area showing steady home sales growth [...]

Salem MA Third Quarter Market Report

Massachusetts Housing Market Recovery Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past year or visiting one of the country’s much harder hit housing market areas like Nevada or Florida then you have likely noticed the rebound in MA home sales throughout 2012. August 2012 crossed 14 consecutive months of home sales gains year [...]

Beverly MA Third Quarter Market Report

Massachusetts Housing Market Recovery Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past year or visiting one of the country’s much harder hit housing market areas like Nevada or Florida then you have likely noticed the rebound in MA home sales throughout 2012. August 2012 crossed 14 consecutive months of home sales gains year [...]

North Shore Coastal Waterfront Properties June 22 2012

NORTH SHORE COASTAL WATERFRONT PROPERTIES JUNE 11 2012 Interest rates have hit new historic lows and home prices are on the rise as Massachusetts has crossed 13 straight months of year over year pending home sales growth. The bottom is, pardon the expression, behind us. Whether moving up to your dream home on the waterfront [...]

Cape Ann Seaside Waterfront Homes

Single Family Listings MLS #: 71219026 Status: ACT DOM: 317 Orig. Price: $549,000 List Price: $499,000 84 Granite St U:B List $/SqFt: 150.08 List Date: 4/19/2011 Rockport, MA 01966 Style: Attached – Colonial Rooms: 9 Beds: 4 Baths: 2f 1h Living Area: 3325 Tax: $3843.56 Garage: 0 Parking: 2 Acres: 0 (0 sq.ft.) Year Built: [...]

Selling Fast to Move Up

Selling Fast to Move Up During 2011 I saw a shift in many markets with less first time buyers and more “move-up” buyers, or people who already own a home looking to sell it and move up to a bigger or more expensive home. Obviously unstable economic conditions put a lot of would-be first time [...]

Endicott College is increasing its donation to Beverly

The following article was posted by the Salem News (salemnews.com)   Endicott College is increasing its donation to Beverly to $500,000 over the next three years, a total that includes the equivalent of the real estate taxes on two estates it has purchased in recent years. Endicott announced the donations in a letter last month [...]

Smoke Inspection is Buyer or Seller Responsibility for MA Buyers

Who is Responsible For Smoke & Carbon Inspection? When purchasing any property it is crucial to know if the smoke inspection is buyer or seller responsibility for MA Buyers. In most MA home sales the Seller takes responsibility for having the fire department inspect the smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and issue a certificate of [...]

Danvers MA Market Report 2011

Danvers MA Market Report 2011 Single Family Home Sales The current Danvers MA Market Report 2011 shows single family home sales slipped 17% from Danvers’ 2010 sales dropping from to 186 to the 2011 volume of 154. During the same period we saw the average sale price level off with no notable shift hovering right [...]