Boston Condos

As we draw closure to 2007, it’s time to take a look at some of the top available options for 2008 in Boston condo developments. It’s actually quite difficult to single out the cream of the crop in the downtown Boston market because there are so many options for Buyers currently as great product [...]

Over the past two months, we have been running a plugin to the Boston Condo Blog in the background which calculates the posts that readers think are the most popular. The algorithm used to determine the most popular posts is based mainly on permalink page views (the direct URL to a post, rather than [...]

Our Featured Open House postings that you typically see on Sunday mornings will resume in the new year.
We wish all of our readers a very happy holiday season, and a joyous new year.

We recently received some year-end positive comments from readers, with one of them inquiring if we can spend a little bit more time on a go-forward basis covering Boston condos that are less than $500,000. This is definitely a fair request, and we will strive to cover interesting Boston condo happenings, regardless of price [...]

With the final penthouse at 360 Newbury still languishing on the market (see One Condo Left at 360 Newbury…Still), a new resale opportunity has come along. Unit 405 at 360 Newbury is a 1,342 square foot two-bedroom, two-bathroom unit listed at $1,250,000 ($931 per square foot). For comparison, the remaining penthouse unit is [...]

The Federal Reserve is in the midst of considering a plan that would curtail the types of subprime products lenders can offer, prohibit certain misleading disclosures, and limit the compensation of mortgage brokers. What makes this news somewhat significant? The Federal Reserve’s plan is forward thinking, and despite being reactive, is perhaps one [...]

Are you headed out of town this holiday season? If you are in downtown Boston, and need to get to Logan Airport, you should consider taking the T (MBTA Subway). The T provides an inexpensive, and relatively efficient, means to get to Logan.
There are several ways to get to Logan Airport from downtown [...]

Our Featured Open House of the week is taking place at South Boston’s green Macallen Building. From Noon - 2 PM on Sunday, December 16, 2007, Pappas Properties will hold open units at not only the Macallen Building (141 Dorchester Avenue), but their adjacent Court Square Press loft development.
This weekend provides you the opportunity [...]

It was just over a week ago that we visited the 285 Columbus Lofts Broker Open House, at which time, there were 4 units Under Agreement at the luxury rehab of the former American Red Cross building at the corner of Clarendon Street and Columbus Avenue. According to Boston Homes, 12 are now Under [...]

One would think that the market would bundle up for the winter and hibernate, but there have been a large handful of great listings that have hit the market over the past week, be them new, or several price reductions. The Boston real estate market is pushing to finish the year strong, despite getting [...]