Welcome to the Arlington Real Estate Market Report

Here’s our monthly look back at Arlington MA real estate activity with February 2010’s numbers.  Single family houses in Arlington continue to sell briskly with many receiving multiple offers the first weekend on the market.

Arlington Homes On The Market

99 homes were listed for sale in Arlington MA on February 28, 2010 priced from $139,000 to $1,349,000. Average days on market for these homes was 98. 

Arlington MA Home Sales – February 2010

23 homes sold  in Arlington in February.  The median price paid was $435,000.  Homes sold on average for 98% of the asking price. 

13 single families sold in February for sales prices between $375,000 and $839,000.  The median price paid was $490,000.  Houses were on the market an average of just 38 days and sold on average for 100% of list price.

8 condos sold in Arlington MA last month for prices from $275,000 to $533,500.   The median sales price was $337,750.  Condominiums sold for an average of 97% of list price and were on the market an average of 81 days.

2 Arlington multi-family house sales closed last month for $357,500 and $855,000.

Total value of Arlington MA real estate sales in February was $11,040,350.

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ARLINGTON REAL ESTATE SALES January 2010

Information about Arlington  Real Estate Activity in February 2010 from MLSpin

I’ve got to confess to being a lifelong fan of stuff. I’m a collector – some might say packrat – and really like my stuff.  Why have one of something when five or six or a dozen is so much more satisfying?  George Carlin’s routine about stuff where he describes our houses as piles of stuff with roofs on top hit pretty close to home.

I’m reforming, though, and in December celebrated my third anniversary of being storage-unit free.   Admittedly that’s due in large part to an attic crammed to the rafters  – but still – it’s an improvement.

What appeals to me though is typically second-hand if not antique. Our throw-away culture worries me and the endless array of stunningly cheap imported merchandise that fills big box stores gives me the willies.

Nowadays it’s too easy to buy and buy and put the week’s trash out at the curb. Too little thought is paid to how all that stuff gets here and where it goes when discarded.

Annie Leonard spent ten years studying just that- “where our stuff comes from and where it goes” and this video is the result.  Watch it and pass it on!

Welcome to the Cambridge Mass Real Estate Market Report

Here’s a quick recap of Cambridge Mass real estate market activity in February 2010.

On the Market In Cambridge - February 28, 2010

On February 28, 2010  there were  287 homes on the market in Cambridge MA.  Asking prices ranged from $189,900 to $4,500,000.  The median asking price was $525,000.  Average days on market for these properties was 126. 

Cambridge Mass. Real Estate Market in Feb. 2010

34 home sales closed in Cambridge during February for sale prices between $190,500 and $3,882,000.   Homes were on the market an average of 96 days.

6 single family homes sold in February 2010 for prices ranging from $386,000 to $3,882,000.  Average days on market was 110 and houses sold on average for 93% of asking price.  The median sales price was $2,215,000.

26 condos sold in Cambridge during February for prices from $190,500 to $1,900,000.  The median condo sales price was $399,086.  Condominiums sold for an average of 97% of the list price and were on the market an average of 95 days.

2 multi-families sold last month for $581,000 and $875,000. 

The total value of residential real estate sold in Cambridge during February 2010 was $27,733,072.

Information from MLSpin.

Last month’s numbers:

Cambridge Real Estate Sales in January 2010

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Welcome to the Watertown Real Estate Market Review for February 2010

Here’s  a quick review of the Watertown real estate market in February 2010. 

Watertown Homes on the Market

112 Watertown homes were listed for sale in the MLS  on February 28, 2010 priced between $169,900 and $1,395,000.  These properties had been on the market an average of 132 days. 

Watertown Real Estate Sales – Feb. 2010

Total value of Watertown real estate sales in February 2010 was $$3,107,000

See Also:

Watertown Real Estate Market - January 2010

Info about Watertown MA real estate sold in January 2010 from MLSpin

Enjoy Boston skyline views from your private roof deck at 10 Caldwell Ave

Tomorrow is supposed to be nice – for March – and a great day for an open house.  Sunday too.  I’ll be hosting an open house at my new listing at 10 Caldwell Ave in Somerville on Saturday and Sunday.

It’s a two-bedroom, one-bath condo on the top floor of a three-family. Renovated, open and bright - and best of all – the roof top deck is all yours – it’s private to the unit.

Priced at $329,000 with a modest condo fee of $150 per month.

So join me on the roof deck – 10 Caldwell Avenue, Somerville will be open on Saturday, March 6, 2010 from noon to 1 pm and on Sunday, March 7, 2010 from noon to 1:30.

Can’t make it this weekend? Call me to schedule a showing, at 617-504-1737.

Belmont Mass Real Estate Activity

Belmont Mass Real Estate Activity – February 2010  It’s March already – complete with snow falling on forsythias today. Here’s a look at last month’s real estate activity in Belmont, Mass. 

Belmont Homes On The Market:

65 homes were listed for sale in Belmont on February 28, 2010 for prices ranging from $159,900 to $2,275,000.  Homes had been on the market an average of 172 days.

Belmont MA Real Estate Sales in February 2010:

9 homes sold  in Belmont in February.  Properties had been on the market an average of 145 days and sold for an average of 100% of the asking price.  

4 single family homes sold in February for prices from $440,000 to $654,000.  The median sales price was $602,500.  Houses were on the market an average of 70 days and sold for an average of 97% of asking price.

4 Belmont condos sold in February 2010  priced betwee $375,000 and $790,000.  The median price was $485,800.   Condominiums sold for an average of 97% of list price.

1 multi-family property sold last month.  It was a bank-owned two-family. The asking price was $349,900. The sales price was $425,000. 

Total value of Belmont MA real estate sold in February was $4,860,600.

Also see:

BELMONT MA REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY – JAN. 2010

Info about Belmont Mass. real estate activity is  from MLSpin.

36 Highland Ave, Cambridge Mass

Highland Terrace at 36 Highland Avenue in Cambridge is a 49-unit condo building.  Built in 1940, it’s distinctive Art Deco architecture is unique in Cambridge condominium buildings.  Rich in well preserved architectural detail, the building is a visual treat.

The five-story brick building is located on a pretty tree lined Mid-Cambridge street close to Harvard, Inman and Central Square.

There are studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom condos at Highland Terrace.

36 Highland Ave Cambridge Features

• Elevator building
• Hardwood floors
• Common roof deck with views of Boston
• Bike room
• Common laundry
• Heat and hot water included in condo fee

Recent Sales at Highland Terrace

Two one-bedroom condos sold in 2007 -  for $285,000 and $327,500

If condos are available in the building they’ll appear below. Click on the small photo for more information and additional photographs.

More Cambridge Condo Buildings:

321 Harvard Street

88 Hancock Street

15 Upland Road

And if you want to see yet more – click on the Property Info or Cambridge Condos links below.

Highland Terrace condos are located at 36 Highland Avenue, Cambridge, Mass 02139

My dad is the kind of guy they invented the Weather Channel for.  He’s been obsessed with the weather since he was a young boy, filling small notebooks with daily weather observations.

In our house, the weather report was  (and is!) sacred time.  No talking at the table was allowed during the weather.  Speak at your peril.

And for years it was Don Kent who gave the forecast.  He was the weatherman on Channel 4 from the 1950s to 1983.  He set the standard for weather reporting and was hugely popular in Massachusetts. He was a weather buff’s weatherman.

Here’s a video segment produced for Don Kent’s retirement from WBZ-TV:

 
In our family Don Kent was revered.  A story that we still tell gives some idea of how big a part he played in our daily life for decades.

I was a baby – about a year and a half old.  My grandparents were over for a visit and I was in my bedroom, babbling.  My grandfather, asked “What’s she saying in there?  Don Kent! Don Kent!”?

Though I would come to know and love our favorite weatherman I wasn’t that precocious.  I was calling ”Down crib! Down crib!”. 

But to my grandfather, who well knew how important the weather was to his son-in-law, it made all the sense in the world that his small granddaughter was invoking the name of our local weatherman.

I had planned to write Mr. Kent to tell him that story and yet regretfully I never did. My sympathies to his family. I hope they know how much he meant to so many.