Falmouth Real Estate News and Questions
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The chart below is a visual representation of single family home sales in Falmouth MAover the last 10 years. As can be seen, there was definitely a peak in 2006. Since that time there has been a steady decline in the number of sales.
Well, is this good news? Many real
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If you are fortunate enough to be looking for a Waterfronthome in Falmouth, Ma, the good news is that in a down market, exclusive homes take the biggest price hit.If you are looking
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If you are fortunate enough to be looking for a Waterfronthome in Falmouth, Ma, the good news is that in a down market, exclusive homes take the biggest price hit.If you are looking in the $1 Million-$5
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Falmouth Waterfront Homes
If you are fortunate enough to be looking for a Waterfronthome in Falmouth, Ma, the good news is that in a down market, exclusive homes take the biggest price hit.If you are looking in the $1 Million-$5 Millionprice range,
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"America the Beautiful" author was born in Falmouth, MA
This year we celebrate the 149th Birthday of Katharine Lee Bates, born in a house on the Town Green in Falmouth on August 12,1859. Her father was the pastor of the Congregational Church right around the corner. The house is maintained by
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Cape Cod, MA: Life on Vacation
Cape Cod, a very unique 400 square mile peninsula, with 115 beaches, 41 golf courses, 50 miles of bike trails, with 15 communities, each offering a complete vacation and year round experience.
Two years ago, it was very difficult to find a home under $300,000,
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The following info was written and sent to me by my local Mortgage professional and I have her permission to post this info:
The Federal Reserve held the line on Tuesday-leaving the Fed Funds Rate at 2.00% for the third straight meeting. The decision, however, was anything but cut-and-dry.
Earlier in
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Many customers aren't aware, but there are 2 Multiple Listing Services (MLS) on Cape Cod for Cape Cod real estate. One is the traditional one that has been here since the pilgrims started selling houses between each other, and the other is from "Off-Cape" and is working hard to "annex" the
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Who is moving to Falmouth, MA
A recent survey concluded a large number of buyers are those making Life Style Changes, seeking to telecommute and work from their home base. They may commute to Boston or New York and beyond to meet with clients for a few days returning to spend
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Falmouth, MA – An Overview
From the Edge of America – Falmouth, MA, a thriving community on the southeast corner of Cape Cod. Here you will find the best in summer recreation, be it sitting on the beach soaking up the sun, fishing on and off shore, traveling to Martha’s
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Maybe it's just a sign of the times.
A condo that I had under agreement became available again yesterday when the "pre-approved" buyer was not able to get financing. With mortgage providers crossing every "t" and dotting every "i," every little blemish (even ancientones) on a person's credit report must be
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The monthly condo fee is often a stumbling block for buyers considering the purchase of their first condo. In the current market, where the high inventory of single family homes has lowered prices so thatbuyers have the option of choosing between a condo and a house, they tend to see the
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Here are the statistics for condo sales in Falmouth, MA on Cape Cod. I would be curious to know how these compare with sales in your community.
There are 55 units on the market today (July 5, 2008).
We have been averaging 3.7 sales per month for the past six months.
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The sun was shining so much that everyone who could get burned - did. The cloudless sky was filled only with ospreys going to and from a nearby pond to catch fish for their ospreyettes, and an inadvertent flyby of some jet fighters on their way to Otis. Today is 6/7/8
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The Mass Association of Realtors MAR and Mass Housing have partnered together to present "Opportunities Knock: Community Homebuyer Fairs and Open Houses Statewide" on the weekend of May 31 & June 1 to start off National Home Ownership Month. The purpose of the event is to get more people into the market
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A sure sign that summer is coming is when the community calendar on the Falmouth Chamber of Commerce's website starts to fill up. In addition to the fact that Falmouth has more miles of shoreline than any other town on Cape Cod, the wide variety of daily activities and special events
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Well, despite forecasts of rain all day, the sun shone. I was able to mow the yard, and fix a swing for the kids, and work on the dock, and then watch the Celtics and Red Sox win.
Falmouth is an interesting location. So often the forecasters predict bad weather and
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There are 60 units on the market today (May 12, 2008).
We have been averaging 3.3 sales per month for the past six months.
Our absorption rate (the amount of time that it would take for all condos presently on the market to be sold) is now at 18 months.
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There are just over 1900 properties in the pre-foreclosure stages on Cape Cod on May 6, 2008. This is only a small fraction of real estate on Cape Cod. There are some 140,000 homes on the Cape. Less than half of those homes are second homes. Some communities have more than
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This week I have received over 50 emails from lead generating website owners who think they have a new idea. None of them wants to help Cape Cod Real Estate WebSite. They only want me to "join" their wonderful, best of, completely the best, new idea. (This one BIG reason Ifounded
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For a few years we have designated agents by the term ASR in my Falmouth real estate office. This is a tongue in cheek description of those who Actually Sell Realestate. There are so many that just answer the phone, or get one listing a year, or one buyer a year.When
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I am lurnen to tawk like dthe people heeyah ahn cape cahd, aftah almosttweneeyeyahs. I had an agent ask me recently, "Howmanypichyus?" It was all run together and said so fast that I had to pause to play it back in my memory. I asked, "What was that? I don't hear
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Im in the process of setting up my own real estate web blog on my website. I see some agents have Wordpress 2.0 past experiences in the Technology groups here on activerain. My Internet provider Earthlink includes it FREE with my domain. Ive setup my database and installed wordpress2.0. I've changed
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Any agents who have used blog subscriptions on activerain before please comment on this post and help me out with any suggestions please. Ive included a bunch of realtors and other Ive networked with here on active rain (you all know who you are and why havent you added me as
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Have you noticed the horrendous real estate photos on some listings? I realize most realtors are not photographers but why bother list photographs that look like there is a LunarEclipse taking place? Some so dark you cant even begin to see what's in the photo? Need help editing your photos? I
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