Emma's Blog

Here is a round up of this weeks sales. The Edgartown property was a great newer contemporary home it generated four offers in the end, I think a quick close took it over best price offered.  Hakala was a commercial listing, a restaurant in Vineyard Haven and Luckey was a historic style home situ...

We had a few inches of snow fall on the Island over the weekend. The Island is always beautiful after a fresh snow, there was just enough to make everything picturesque. Not enough for the schools to close. Here are some photos of the Island at its best in winter, from the Edgartown Ligthouse to...

Life on the Island is unique, it has it's own quirks and vocabulary.If you were not born on the Island you are known as a "wash-a-shore" no matter how much of your life you have spent here.There are two state of being you are ethier "on-Island" or "off-Island". You refer to everything besides the...

If you are on the Vineyard this weekend come to "Chili Fest". Every January Vineyarders get together for the Big Chili Contest. The contest raises money for the Red Stocking Fund of Martha's Vineyard. This years contest will be held this Satruday, January 26th at the Portuguese-American Club in O...

This one is hot of the wire. Wonderful custom built home situated on over an acre. I love this house, it is close to Lake Tashmoo and the village of Vineyard Haven. The grounds are extensively landscaped, the interior is a post and beam style home. It has a full basement, an apartment and a two-c...

I previewed this new listing in Katama recently. Located in popular Edgartown Estate, it is close to the bike path, about 1.5 miles from South Beach and town. This neat little contermporary is situated on a half acre lot. Per the listing broker it is possible to build a guest house on the lot. Th...

I really consider myself very lucky to live on this beautiful Island. As I was going through some of the office photos yesterday I found the following Vineyard scenes, these are some of my favorite Vineyard scenes. Some of these photos were taken by my colleague Diana Gilmore. The harbor scenes a...

Do you know the difference between a Cape Cod style house, a Colonial, Victorian or Greek Revival.  The Vineyard offers many variety of home, each town has it's own style, Edgartown is famous for it's large Greek Revivals on North Water Street, Oak Bluffs is well known for it's Victorian architec...

Now is  a great time to be looking for property on Martha's Vineyard.  We have a Buyer's market with many excellent values, many homes have seen price reductions and may still have some room for negotiation. Rates are at levels we have not seen in years.  There was no shortage of real estate base...

Now is  a great time to be looking for property on Martha's Vineyard.  We have a Buyer's market with many excellent values, many homes have seen price reductions and may still have some room for negotiation. Rates are at levels we have not seen in years.  There was no shortage of real estate base...