back bay: Luxury defined. You be the judge.
- 07/01/14 08:44 PM
Luxury defined. You be the final judge, but before you get there we can look at various ways luxury property is defined. Price is always the key. The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing (ILHM) defines Luxury as the top 10% of the market in terms of Sales Price. The ILHM does it by your MLS region, and we are in the Greater Boston Association of Realtors® (GBAR) here. We are also Massachusetts Association of Realtors®, (MAR), all under (NAR), the National Association of Realtors®. The top 10 percent of the market will flucuate each day based on what closed that day. … (0 comments)
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back bay: Business relationships drive business.YourStories Realty Group with KW
- 04/22/14 10:52 PM
Business relationships drive business. The company you keep, the friends you make in your career, in many ways are a reflection of your career. If the people you work with are calm and organized chances are you highly value those traits. Working with good people can make the difference in your professional life. I have always looked to people working at the top of the profession for insight and wisdom. Gary Keller says, “Success leaves clues.” I completely agree. You can tell when someone is practicing mastery what they are doing, and how they do it.. This is true in … (3 comments)
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back bay: I Listen for a living, YourStories Realty Group with Keller Williams
- 04/21/14 04:59 AM
I listen for a living, YourStories Realty Group with Keller Williams. I listen for a living is the answer I give to people when asked what I do for a living. It always tilts people’s head sideways like some Golden Retriever trying to understand. “oh, you are a lawyer, psychiatrist, politician, pastor or priest?” they might ask. No, I say, I work in real estate. I have found over the years you can’t ever get people what they want without truly listening to them at length talk about their wants and needs. I know some agencies like to match their listing … (4 comments)
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back bay: Assessment, year to date, Boston Area Move In Homes
- 04/21/14 03:32 AM
Assessment, year to date, Boston Area Move In Homes, YourStories Realty Group with Keller Williams, MastermindEast-Borino, Family, Occupation, Recreation and Message in the first quarter and now 21 days into the second quarter. Best practices in business dictate that you review your goals and tasks daily, not yearly. Certainly you should physically pull out and read your yearly goals--this is a minimum. The very act of reading your goal will excite you and remind you of what you wanted to do. Remember back in Nov-Dec when you began writing your Goals for the year? You had excitement and anticipation. Pulling out … (1 comments)
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back bay: Back Bay, Boston MA Condo For Sale
- 09/18/12 05:56 AM
Back Bay Boston Condo for sale 02116
Back Bay, Boston MA 02166 Condo for sale. MLS # 71407364 42 Commonwealth Ave - Unit 5. Living in the first or second block near the Boston Garden is one of the nicest locations in the city. In this location you are within walking distance of food, theatre, schools, shopping, church’s and anything else your heart may desire. This Condo comes with an elevator that goes directly into the home. It also comes with a parking spot, which are always at a premium in the city. Back Bay Condo for Sale, Boston MA 02116
Posted on September … (4 comments)
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back bay: Winning Awards, winning in life
- 03/22/12 04:52 AM
This month has been big for me. I have been an agent in MA for 18 months now and have already won some awards. My commissions in my first year were just below $100,000 which put me in the Executive Club for the REMAX system. Not bad, but I wanted to do better and I will this year.
I just heard I have been named for the second time in 18 months as the "Agent of the Month" for REMAX New England. There are a lot of great agents in New England and this is quite an honor for me. When … (5 comments)
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back bay: Boston Back Bay Condominium Housing Report Feb 2012
- 03/09/12 08:43 PM
The Boston Back Bay Condominium Housing Report Feb 2012 includes 210 listings in the Active, Under Agreement, Sold, Expired and Canceled categories. Lots of new listings came on the market to get the Spring season started. The Days on Market are coming down again and the mix is about right with the Active’s slightly longer on the market than the solds. The good news is that the Under Agreement listings are a lower DOM and them means next month the stats for the others should come down as well. Get your Condo priced right, get it staged to sell and … (2 comments)
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back bay: Boston Back Bay Condo housing sales December 2011
- 01/24/12 03:05 AM
Boston Back Bay Condo for sale
There was a lot of activity in the Back Bay the last month of the year. Some people are more highly motivated to sell and that is why we have more properties on the market. With people motivated to sell and buyers motivated to get the tax advantages of buying it was a good month. The days on market for condos in Back Bay is still way too long, but with the number of sales going up and those DOM going down this can be considered positive movement.
Condominium Active Listings: 147 Avg. … (0 comments)
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back bay: Boston, Back Bay, Condominium housing report Nov 2011
- 12/12/11 11:30 PM
Boston, Back Bay, Condominium housing report Nov 2011. With 226 Condos in the market this month we see that that Days on Market is going up, the average price going up, the average sale price coming down and this is all normal for this time of year. Seasonally affected sales traditionally go down in November, but will rise a bit in December as people will rush to get in under the tax year. You can bet the sellers are willing to offer appropriate concessions if buyers are reasonable. There has been a bit too much unreasonableness out there this year. … (2 comments)
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back bay: Boston, Back Bay MA 02116 Condominium Housing Report Oct 2011
- 11/04/11 02:04 AM
Back Bay Housing Report Oct 11 The Boston Globe reported that prices are going up, they also reported that prices are going down and that prices are steady, all this in the last week in various reports. It is dizzying. Most of the homes in the market are actively being sold. The amount of time on the market is slowly climbing as is the average price. It is often forgotten that the buyer determines the price of a home and not the seller. The seller wants the most for their property, but it is the buyer who determines what it is … (1 comments)
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back bay: Boston, Back Bay, MA 02116 Condominium Market Report, May 2011
- 06/08/11 12:44 AM
333 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Back Bay, MA 02116
Boston, Back Bay, MA 02116 Condominium Market Report, May 2011. Spring is in full swing and some early activity in the month has spurred on new activity across the board in May. There is a great deal more activity in May than we have seen in a while. This month I decided to include Rental listings. There is a sector of the market selling out of their homes and deciding to rent for a bit to see how they want to reshape their lives. As you can see from the statistics Rentals … (1 comments)
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back bay: Certified HAFA Specialist (CHS)
- 05/31/11 12:41 AM
Certified HAFA Specialist
As we continue to stumble through the lowest interest rates since the 1970′s due to the meltdown of our banking system and their practice of marketing mortgage backed securities several years ago we don’t want to miss the opportunities that exist right now. Let’s put this in perspective. Since 9172 the average interest rate has been 8.92%. Right now you can get quoted an interest rate below 3% for some products. That is less than half of what the interest rates have been on average. It is true that you don’t live with the “price” of a home … (3 comments)
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back bay: JUST LISTED-193 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02116
- 04/25/11 02:45 AM
193 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02116 Back Bay Condominium
193 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02116 was put on the market yesterday. Tomorrow is a Broker’s Open House from 11-1. A light luncheon will be served as brokers get an opportunity to see the new look. Since it was last on the market we have redone the floors, painted, and staged which includes the de-clutter (read take 2/3rd of the personal items out). I have already had a number of calls and several showings in the first 24 hours. This property is a gem for several reasons. Aside from the fact it … (5 comments)
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back bay: Boston Back Bay, MA 02116 Condo Market Reports-March 2011
- 04/04/11 02:19 AM
193 Beacon Street Back Bay Boston Brownstone
There are so many ways to look at meaningful statistics that can provide you valuable information in your due diligence method for valuing homes and real estate in the Boston Back Bay, Condo Market Reports-March 2011. This report outlines the month of March 2011 in Back Bay of Boston, MA 02116 real estate market.
194 Condominium Actively on the Market in Boston Back Bay 02116
33 Condominiums have been Sold in Boston Back Bay 02116
30 Condominiums are Under Agreement in Boston Back Bay 02116
13 Condominiums have Expired from … (0 comments)
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back bay: 193 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02116 Sharing memories of the Back Bay
- 03/22/11 02:30 AM
193 Beacon Street, Boston's Back Bay
193 Beacon Street in Boston’s Back Bay will soon be on the market for sale. The owners are downsizing with their daughters, who were raised in this wonderful home are off to colleges and careers. I asked the owners to share some of their memories about this home knowing that these stories will help the new owners understand the home and location much better.
A house becomes a home when a family moves in and begins to make their own stories. We are not hermit crabs who look for the next shell to move in … (4 comments)
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back bay: Soon to be listed: Back Bay, A Place for Children
- 03/17/11 01:14 AM
Children from the suburbs usually don’t walk as much. Our mantra was “we can’t park any closer than our garage”. Often children that come in to the city to visit need to rest every couple of blocks or so. Other parents in the city have remarked on it in their experience also. When we go out to eat we walk, when we go to the movies we walk, when they go to after school activities we walk, when they go to school we walk, when they go to friends houses, we walk. That’s a lot of exercise!
We particularly enjoyed Hill … (5 comments)
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back bay: Hour of Power
- 03/11/11 01:42 AM
Hour of Power
Sometimes you just forget. I was feeling lethargic this week and couldn’t put my finger on the feelings. I was doing all the work I always do and, in fact, had a number of truly positive steps taken this week, but still I was feeling sluggish. Last night I woke up in the middle of the night and it hit me. I had totally been ignoring my hour of power. I was getting up in the morning and coming down, letting my dog out, feeding my dog, making coffee and then going out into the yard to pick … (13 comments)
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back bay: Decision Making
- 03/04/11 12:32 AM
Decision Time
Decision making is part of what defines a successful career. Yes, you need to have rules that you don’t redefine with every turn of the whim, but how we communicate and what we say in those communications does change over time, especially with the internet moving at light speed. There is no need to rehash the truth about how the internet has changed real estate. While it will always remain a person to person business in the end, the starting line has moved to the web. If you are not there you will be gone, simple as that. … (8 comments)
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back bay: Boston Back Bay, MA 02116 Condo Market Reports-February 2011
- 03/03/11 04:05 AM
There are so many ways to look at meaningful statistics that can provide you valuable information in your due diligence method for valuing homes and real estate in the Boston Back Bay, Condo Market Reports-February 2011. This report outlines the month of February 2011 in Back Bay of Boston, MA 02116 real estate market.
45 Condominium Actively on the Market in Boston Back Bay 02116
2 Houses have been Sold in Boston Back Bay 02116
5 Houses Under Agreement in Boston Back Bay 02116
1 Houses have Expired from the market in Boston Back Bay 02116
5 Houses … (4 comments)
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back bay: 20 Questions
- 01/14/11 02:03 AM
Later today I have a call with a prospect I was referred to earlier in the week. I have already blogged about the referral and what I have done to prepare, but I just mentioned my 20 questions. I use these 20 questions as a launching point for getting an honest understanding of what the prospect really wants. I have always known it is all about the client and these twenty questions (which I change for each prospect) is the best way to drill down on what they are looking for. It is not about the price or square footage, it … (10 comments)
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Luxury defined. You be the final judge, but before you get there we can look at various ways luxury property is defined. Price is always the key. The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing (ILHM) defines Luxury as the top 10% of the market in terms of Sales Price. The ILHM does it by your MLS region, and we are in the Greater Boston Association of Realtors® (GBAR) here. We are also Massachusetts Association of Realtors®, (MAR), all under (NAR), the National Association of Realtors®. The top 10 percent of the market will flucuate each day based on what closed that day. … (0 comments)
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