The market updates have been released for October 2011 as reported by the Greater Boston Association of Realtors.  Newton single family homes enjoyed a robust October with a strong surge in median prices and volume of sales. Moreover, condominiums continued to buck the overall market trend with strong gains in both median sale price and [...]

The market updates have been released for October 2011 as reported by the Greater Boston Association of Realtors.  After a solid September, which saw a slight rise in the median prices of single family homes in Waltham, October saw a sharp decline.  Much of this can be attributed to the typically slow sales months of [...]

September was another solid month for Newton single family homes with a year-over-year increase in number of homes sold.  More encouraging was the number of new homes listed that also saw a modest gain.  Lack of inventory in this category has been an ongoing challenge as many sellers continue to wait for what they perceive [...]

September was a difficult month for buyers as new listings were down for both single family homes as well as condominiums.  The drop was particularly sharp for condominiums as sellers in the $350-$400K market segment have been discouraged by this year’s poor results with overall sales down 20% and median prices off 8.5%.  Great time [...]