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Five Qualities to Look for in a Luxury Real Estate Agent
Whether you’re looking to rent or to own, one of the most important decisions you’ll make along the way is the person you’ll select as your real estate advisor. Take some time to vet the luxury real estate agent community in your area—and pay close attention to our...
Boston’s Best: Boutique Fitness Classes
Boutique fitness studios have been on the rise across the country over the past few years, and Boston is no exception. What are boutique fitness studios you ask? Great Question! Boutique fitness studios are essentially smaller gyms that focus on group or individual...
5 Healthy Restaurants in Boston You Need To Try
Looking for a healthy, seasonal and fresh meal in Boston? Here are a few of the best spots for breakfast, lunch or dinner in Boston’s top neighborhoods.
The Seaport – A new Era in Boston Luxury Real Estate
Boston’s Seaport, formerly known as the South Boston waterfront, was long seen as a sparsely populated urban wasteland. Parking lots and functionally obsolete wharfs and warehouses stretching from Congress Street in the Fort Point Channel to the Marine Industrial Park...
Top Ten Most Instagram Worthy Spots in Boston
Who doesn’t want an Instagram that’s the subject of all of your friends envy? Boston has no shortage of instagrammable sites and we have got you covered with our top 10 picks that need to be on your Instagram! Boston Public Garden The Public Garden is the perfect...
Inferno
It's hard to say exactly what's going on right now in the South End but suffice to say it is HOT. As we closed out 2016, signs were suggesting that 2017 might be a year when pricing and demand would level off. The fall market was strong but not wild and with rising...
2016 Year End Market Recap with Pricing Averages and Data visualizations
It was another strong year for Boston luxury real estate in 2016. Here are our year end pricing statistics for the core neighborhoods that we focus on in downtown Boston. Some notes: Every segment of the market that we track was UP during 2016 against 2015. Downtown...
2017 Boston Luxury Real Estate Market Forecast
For the TL:DR crowd… We expect mortgage rates to rise through 2017 Tempered by rising mortgage rates, we expect luxury condo prices to increase gently in 2017 (less than 3 percent) in core downtown markets. Demand outpaces supply in our core markets, particularly for...
In real estate, “Acute” Statistics are Meaningful Statistics – preview of year end market data
The residential real estate market is often subject to sweeping, market wide (even state, regional or national) statistics that can be very misleading for local markets. Not to say that broader stats lack all merit, but when our clients are preparing to make...
Livin’ On a Prayer
Taking unlikely locations and turning them into residential luxuries is a trend that has been around for many years. The hit HGTV show “You Live In What?” chronicles the unusual abodes of those across the country. Recently, the conversion of churches, in particular,...
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