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Cambridge Home Sales – March 2010
Welcome to the Cambridge Home Sales Report
Time for a look back at last month’s real estate activity – here are the Cambridge homes sales in March 2010.
On the Market In Cambridge - March 31, 2010
On March 31, 2010 there were 368 homes listed for sale in Cambridge MA. Asking prices ranged from $189,900 to $6,800,000. The median asking price was $529,500. Homes had been on the market an average of 94 days.
Cambridge Mass. Real Estate Market in March 2010
57 home sales closed in Cambridge during March for sale prices between $243,500 and $1,750,000. Homes that sold had been on the market an average of 90 days.
Just 5 single families sold in March 2010 for prices ranging from $615,000 to $1,750,000. Average days on market was 88 and houses sold on average for 97% of asking price. The median sales price was $850,000.
47 condominiums sold in Cambridge in March for sales prices from $243,500 to $1,340,000. The median condo sales price was $416,000. Condos sold on average for 98% of the asking price and were on the market an average of 96 days.
5 multi-families sold last month for sales prices from $500,000 to $775,000. These properties were on the market an average of 41 days and sold for an average of 101% of asking price.
The total value of homes sold in Cambridge during March 2010 was $29,179,793.
Information about Cambridge home sales in March 2010 from MLSpin.
Last month’s numbers:
Cambridge Real Estate Sales in February 2010
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Street Cleaning Starts In Cambridge
Street Cleaning In Cambridge Starts Today
It’s no joke if your car got towed this morning – street cleaning in Cambridge started today, April 1, 2010.
Cambridge streets are swept each month and if your car is still on the street you’ll be towed and get a ticket. Ouch!
There’s more information on the Cambridge street schedule on the City’s website.
Moving the car is a hassle and getting towed is a lousy way to start or end your day but I’m psyched that the streets are getting cleaned again. Litter is one of my biggest pet peeves and Cambridge is overdue for a cleaning.
Happy April Fool’s Day!!
First Day Of Spring In Cambridge
The first day of spring in Cambridge felt more like summer. Wow! What a week of great weather. We earned it after the torrential rain the weekend before.
Well you know what they say about showers… flowers follow.
Only the crocuses are out now but there’s lots to look forward to.
Here, to celebrate the first day of spring, are some photos taken last year of spring gardens in Cambridge and Somerville.
You’ll get a chance to see more spring flowers when the Secret Gardens of Cambridge garden tour returns on June 13th.
Oysters In Cambridge – Then And Now
Former Aku-Aku Tiki Is Now A Sea Captain At The Summer Shack
Oysters in Cambridge – Then and Now. Did you know that Cambridge was once home to extensive oyster beds?
Cambridge Oysters – Then
The oyster beds were along the banks of the Charles in what is now Cambridgeport. In the 1600s the oyster beds produced enormous oysters in such quantities that navigating past the reef on the Charles River was difficult.
The salt marshes that bordered the river were filled in the 1800s and the oyster beds are now covered by land that includes Fort Washington and MIT.
Oysters In Cambridge – Now
A local group – the Massachusetts Oyster Project - is working to reintroduce oysters to rivers that flow into Boston Harbor. The group has introduced oysters to the Charles River in Charlestown.
Oysters filter water and can counteract pollution. A renewed oyster population will lead to a cleaner Charles and a cleaner Boston Harbor.
You’re probably not going to be eating oysters out of the Charles anytime soon. So where can you get oysters in Cambridge?
Where To Buy Oysters In Cambridge
Cantabridgians in search of raw oysters have a number of local options:
Jasper White’s Summer Shack at Alewife has a popular oyster bar. This is the first Summer Shack, opened in 2000, in the former Aku-Aku. The tiki at the front entrance is now a sea captain in a yellow slicker. 617-520-9500.
The raw bar at the East Coast Grill on Cambridge Street in Inman Square is another popular option for oyster lovers. 617-491-6568
Rialto in Harvard Square has Duxbury oysters for $1 on Monday nights. 617-661-5050
Cambridge Mass Real Estate Market – February 2010
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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37 Lancaster Street Cambridge MA – An Avon Hill Masterpiece
37 Lancaster Street Cambridge MA – An Avon Hill Masterpiece. Old and untouched houses are my weakness. The less done to a house over the years the happier I am with it.
For years, whenever I walked or drove past 37 Lancaster Street on Avon Hill I would think to myself that one of the many reasons I loved being a real estate agent in Cambridge was that someday I would get to see inside that amazing house.
37 Lancaster Street Cambridge Mass
Well, a few weeks ago, someday finally came. John Petrowsky and Christian Jones of Hammond Real Estate listed the Yerxa-Field House for sale and held an open house for brokers. Cambridge real estate agents turned out en masse to see the house, a number bringing spouses who, like me, had long dreamed of seeing the inside of this landmark house.
The house was every bit as extraordinary as people had imagined, leaving at least one agent in tears, overcome by its beauty (no – it wasn’t me - I’m not the crying type!).
The reading nook off the living room. An exquisite stained glass window is on the left wall
37 Lancaster Street was built in 1888 for Henry Yerxa and is an example of Shingle Style architecture. When it was sold to the Field family in 1919 many original furnishings remained with the house, giving us a rare glimpse of how people lived 12o years ago. Walking through the house it seemed that the children’s books of the 1880s and 1890s that I loved as a girl had come to life.
The two families that have owned the house kept extraordinary care of this masterpiece. Shades were pulled to prevent sun damage and the lavish finishes on walls and ceilings in room after room are in superb condition. There are nine different types of wood used for the woodwork throughout the house and it is all in impeccable condition.
Everywhere you look there is incredibly rich detail – far too much too describe here. Window seats, built-ins galore, fine paneling, hand carved details - the house is a feast for the eyes. Here are a few of my favorite things:
37 Lancaster Street, Cambridge – A Few of Many Fine Features
- There are ten fireplaces in the house, each with a different fire back, each with a different set of andirons that match the light fixtures in the room.
- The reading nook off the living room is one of my favorite spaces with a large stained glass window and a window seat to curl up on with a book
- The laundry room has eight soapstone sinks in a row, each with two brass faucets, and at the end of the row of sinks, a brick reservoir that held the hot water is still intact.
- There are two wonderful pantries. A third is now a bathroom though the original icebox with its marble shelves remains, now used as storage for towels.
- Even normally mundane features like door hooks and hinges are over the top – “like fine jewelry” one agent exclaimed when she spotted a particularly fine hook that held the pantry door ajar.
- My heart almost stopped when I first saw the second reading nook off an upstairs bedroom. This sweet space has a built-in bench opposite a lovely bookcase-flanked fireplace. This is happiness.
- Best yet – the small square stained glass window in the reading nook that opens up and looks out over the fireplace in the landing downstairs. What fun it must have been for a child to poke her head out the small window to wave at the adults below!
- A second floor bath has a painted mural of a river above the vintage fixtures.
- The carriage house has a row of horse stalls, complete with original raffia fringe trim above the stalls. The tack room has racks for saddles and tack, bearing 1880s patents from a Boston company.
At once grand and charming, the house has beautifully proportioned rooms and an elegant flow. To walk or drive up to this house and call it home – to wake up and walk out to the beautiful golden oak hall – to sit on a bench and gaze out at the neighboring houses on Avon Hill – the new owners of 37 Lancaster Street will be very fortunate. It’s truly a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Click on the small photo below for more information and additional photographs.
Here’s a peek at the fireplaces at 37 Lancaster Street. I have lots more photographs to share in another post or two.
37 Lancaster Street, on Avon Hill in Cambridge, MA 02140 is listed for $4,495,000.
Cambridge Real Estate Sales in January 2010
Welcome to the Cambridge Real Estate Sales Report
Before too many days go by let’s take a look at Cambridge real estate sales last month in January 2010.
On the Market In Cambridge - January 31, 2010
On January 31, 2010 there were 211 homes in Cambridge Mass. on the market. Asking prices ranged from $189,900 to $4,900,000. The median asking price was $499,900. Average days on market for these properties was 145.
One year ago there were considerably more homes listed for sale in Cambridge – 289. That’s a drop of 37%. Thinking about selling your home in Cambridge? It’s a good time to sell – less competition and lots of real estate buyers hoping to find a place before the homebuyer credit expires at the end of April.
Cambridge Real Estate Sales in Jan. 2010
40 home sales closed in Cambridge during January for sale prices between $195,000 and $2,250,000. Homes were on the market an average of 129 days.
9 single family homes sold in January 2010 for prices ranging from $275,000 to $2,250,000. These houses had been on the market for an average of 84 days and sold on average for 97% of asking price. The median sales price was $801,000.
27 condos sold in Cambridge during January for prices from $195,000 to $2,050,000. The median condo sales price was $463,500. Condominiums sold for an average of 96% of the list price. Average days on market was 138.
4 multi-families sold last month for prices between $200,000 and $744,000. These properties sold for an average of 91% of asking price and were on the market an average of 166 days.
$200,000 for a Cambridge two-family?! That caught my eye. Turns out it was a gutted, attached two-family with no heat, no working electricity, no walls – and a short sale to boot. Not your typical multi-family sale in Cambridge and not your typical sales price for a Cambridge multi-family.
The total value of residential real estate sold in Cambridge during January 2010 was $27,759,950.
Information from MLSpin.
Last month’s numbers:
Cambridge Real Estate Sales in 2009 and 2008
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Longfellow House On The New Cambridge Parking Sticker
Longfellow House on the new Cambridge parking sticker
Longfellow House On The New Cambridge Parking Sticker I love the new picture of the Longfellow House on Brattle Street that’s on the 2010 Cambridge parking sticker.
Jim Landfried took the winning photo in the 2010 Resident Parking Permit Photo Contest. There’s a slideshow with all of the entrants on the city’s website - more than 80 beautiful photos of Cambridge through the seasons.
Tomorrow is the last day to get your parking sticker – or risk a ticket on Monday.
To get a Cambridge parking permit you need:
- Your current automobile registration showing your car garaged at your Cambridge address
- $8.00 and money to pay any outstanding parking tickets
- A current utility bill sent to you at your Cambridge address - or -
- Two pieces of current mail sent to you at your Cambridge address (magazines don’t count)
The name on your proof of residence mail or bills must match the name on your vehicle registration.
The Traffic and Parking Department is at 344 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02139
Don’t forget – tomorrow’s Friday so the office is only open from 8:30 am to noon. Get there early and get in line.
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