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Three new closings show the power of the W Boston Residences

John Keith — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:45:31 +0000

Three closings have been recorded in as many days at the new W Boston Residences, located in Boston’s theater district at the edges of the Back Bay and South End neighborhoods.

These were the 47th, 48th, and 49th sales in the 123-unit building, which has condos on the upper floors and a W Hotel on the lower, with retail, restaurants, and Bliss Spa at street level. It is now ~40% sold out.

The lowest-priced home currently listed for sale in the W Boston is a studio with approximately 512 square feet of space, listed at $470,000.

The highest-priced home currently in MLS is an 18th-floor, three bedroom, four and ½-half bathroom condo with ~3,080 square feet of space. The purchase price includes two parking spaces.

Please contact me for more information.

Above, an image from a model unit at the W Boston.

Boston condos for sale and real estate listings for August 24, 2011

John Keith — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:54:06 +0000

A complete list of all single-family and condominium homes coming on the market in the Boston Proper neighborhoods during the past 24 hours.

Please contact me for more information and private showings.

MLS #	Address	Neighborhood	Description	List Price
71278821	31 E. Concord Street	Boston, MA : South End	9 room, 5 bed, 4.5 bath Victorian	$2,399,000
71279198	64 Charlesgate E U:60	Boston, MA : The Fenway	3 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Mid-Rise	$255,000
71279037	246 Marlborough St U:6	Boston, MA : Back Bay	3 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Brownstone	$465,000
71279169	9 Fayette St U:1	Boston, MA : Bay Village	4 room, 2 bed, 2 bath Rowhouse	$517,000
71278983	110 Stuart Street U:21A	Boston, MA : Back Bay	3 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Hi-Rise	$695,000
71279124	201 West Springfield Street U:1	Boston, MA : South End	5 room, 2 bed, 1.5 bath Rowhouse	$695,000
71278976	403 Marlborough Street U:PH-13	Boston, MA : Back Bay	5 room, 3 bed, 2 bath Rowhouse	$1,264,000

Above, 31 East Concord Street, South End, Boston, Massachusetts. Dana Desimone of Hammond Residential RE is the listing agent.

Boston condos for sale and real estate listings for August 23, 2011

John Keith — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:50:30 +0000

A complete list of all condos and single-family homes coming on the market in downtown Boston during the past 48 hours.

Please contact me for complete details and to set up private showings.

MLS #	Address	Neighborhood	Description	List Price
71278618	9 W Broadway U:323	Boston, MA : Seaport District	3 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Mid-Rise	$419,000
71278513	26 Isabella St U:3	Boston, MA : Bay Village	4 room, 2 bed, 1 bath Brownstone	$469,000
71278418	139 Worcester Street U:2	Boston, MA : South End	5 room, 2 bed, 1 bath Rowhouse	$479,000
71278688	341 Beacon St U:2E	Boston, MA : Back Bay	4 room, 2 bed, 1.5 bath Brownstone	$619,000
71278640	213 W. Canton Street U:1	Boston, MA : South End	5 room, 2 bed, 1 bath Rowhouse	$700,000
71278092	11 Dartmouth Street U:3	Boston, MA : South End	6 room, 2 bed, 1.5 bath Rowhouse	$799,900
71278281	14 Follen St U:1	Boston, MA : Back Bay	3 room, 2 bed, 1.5 bath Rowhouse	$849,000
71278641	213 W. Canton Street U:2	Boston, MA : South End	8 room, 3 bed, 2.5 bath Townhouse	$1,200,000
71278112	140 Mt Vernon St U:5	Boston, MA : Beacon Hill	5 room, 2 bed, 2 bath Low-Rise	$1,250,000
71278693	45 Province Street U:1806	Boston, MA : Midtown	6 room, 2 bed, 2 bath Hi-Rise	$1,359,000
71278188	31 Mount Vernon U:PH	Boston, MA : Beacon Hill	4 room, 2 bed, 2.5 bath Brownstone	$1,365,000

Above, 140 Mount Vernon Street #5, Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts. Amy Goldberg of Hammond Residential Real Estate is the listing agent.

Boston condo prices up 7% in June 2011 compared to year ago

John Keith — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:02:32 +0000

The median sales price of a Boston condo was up 7% to $535,500 in June 2011 compared to a year ago, according to data released by The Warren Group. This is for the downtown Boston neighborhoods including the South End, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, West End, North End, Waterfront, Chinatown, Theater District, Bay Village, and Fenway.

This differs from what was reported in the media last week because those figures were for Massachusetts as a whole.

Year to date, the median price is off 1.25% from $562,000 to $555,000, according to The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman. Roxbury, which includes parts of the South End, had a giant 23.77% increase in monthly median sales price to $522,000. Year to date, prices are up 21.79%, to $475,000.

The Warren Group, unlike other sources, includes all sale, including through agents, for-sale-by-owners, developer-direct, and foreclosures. Basically, any time a deed is filed at the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds, Warren picks it up. This is far different from what is reported by the S&P/Case-Shiller real estate index, which measures single-family home sales for the metropolitan Boston area, not for the city itself.

Condo sales volume in downtown Boston is off in 2011 compared to 2010, down 14.08% for June and down 4.87% year to date. There were 177 condo sales in June 2011 compared to 206 in June 2010, and there have been 722 sales year to date, versus 759 sales last year at this time.

Other neighborhoods were a mixed bag, with Roslindale median price down 12.38% but neighboring Hyde Park up 25%. There aren’t too many condos in those neighborhoods, comparatively, so individual sales can cause greater price changes.

For more detailed information including data for Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, and South Boston, please contact me.

New closing recorded at 45 Province in Boston DTX neighborhood

John Keith — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 01:52:01 +0000

A new home in the 45 Province condominium project has closed, the 41st in the 137-unit building.

This was a 15th-floor one-bedroom, one and ½-half bathroom home with approximately 994 square feet of space. At a closing price of $815,000, this comes out to $819.92 per square foot.

45 Province is a luxury condominium development located at the foot of Beacon Hill in Boston’s Downtown Crossing neighborhood. Homeowners can enjoy a 24/7 concierge, valet parking, four-season heated pool, fitness center, Exhale spa treatment studio, Club Level with private dining room / chef’s catering kitchen, fireside library lounge, theatre screening room, and 33rd-floor roof deck, according to marketing materials.

Please contact me for more information on 45 Province or any of the other luxury condo projects in Boston.

Image above of a model unit is from the 45 Province sales team.

Boston condos and new real estate listings for July 15, 2011

John Keith — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:07:47 +0000

A complete list of all condominiums and single-family homes being listed for sale in the downtown Boston Proper neighborhoods during the past three days.

Please contact me for more information on any of these or other homes listed for sale and to set up private showings.

MLS #	Address	Neighborhood	Description	List Price
71261257	1 Lime St	Boston, MA : Beacon Hill	6 room, 3 bed, 3 bath Other (See R	$1,895,000
71261278	19 Pinckney St	Boston, MA : Beacon Hill	12 room, 5 bed, 3.5 bath Other (Se	$2,450,000
71260700	141 West Newton	Boston, MA : South End	10 room, 3 bed, 3.5 bath Victorian	$2,475,000
70950035	5 Charles River Sq	Boston, MA : Beacon Hill	14 room, 4 bed, 3.5 bath Antique [	$2,695,000
71216431	367 Beacon St	Boston, MA : Back Bay	12 room, 5 bed, 4.5 bath Victorian	$3,950,000
71230174	49 Chestnut St	Boston, MA : Beacon Hill	7 room, 3 bed, 4.5 bath Other (See	$4,400,000
71261289	465 Park Drive U:21	Boston, MA : The Fenway	2 room, 0 bed, 1 bath Mid-Rise	$215,000
71261335	107 Jersey U:14	Boston, MA : The Fenway	3 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Brownstone [	$250,000
71261986	162 Salem St U:1A	Boston, MA : North End	3 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Rowhouse	$259,000
71261988	162 Salem St U:1	Boston, MA : North End	3 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Rowhouse	$259,000
71261992	162 Salem St U:3	Boston, MA : North End	3 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Mid-Rise	$269,000
71261099	691 Massachusetts Avenue U:402	Boston, MA : South End	3 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Mid-Rise	$345,000
71261387	40 Saint Botolph St U:B1	Boston, MA : Back Bay	4 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Rowhouse [Th	$359,000
71261506	26 Cumberland St U:A	Boston, MA : South End	3 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Rowhouse [Th	$379,000
71261304	684 Massachusetts Ave U:1	Boston, MA : South End	5 room, 2 bed, 1 bath Rowhouse	$389,000
71260946	43 Irving St U:4	Boston, MA : Beacon Hill	4 room, 2 bed, 1 bath Brownstone	$419,000
71261378	40 Saint Botolph St U:24	Boston, MA : Back Bay	4 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Rowhouse [Th	$419,000
71261920	133 Saint Botolph St U:6	Boston, MA : Back Bay	3 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Brownstone [	$449,000
71260924	175 Botolph U:1	Boston, MA : Back Bay	4 room, 2 bed, 1.5 bath Brownstone	$499,000
71260403	9 Hawthorne Pl U:2D	Boston, MA : West End	4 room, 2 bed, 2 bath Hi-Rise [Thi	$515,000
71260229	110 Commercial Street U:3	Boston, MA : Waterfront	4 room, 2 bed, 1 bath Mid-Rise [Th	$517,000
71261195	72 Pinckney St U:2	Boston, MA : Beacon Hill	3 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Brownstone [	$559,000
71261854	234 Causeway St U:1106	Boston, MA : Waterfront	3 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Hi-Rise [Thi	$575,000
71260779	37 Upton Street U:2	Boston, MA : South End	3 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Brownstone [	$599,000
71261345	80 Broadway U:2B	Boston, MA : South End	6 room, 2 bed, 2 bath Mid-Rise [Th	$645,000
71260705	25 Channel Center U:801	Boston, MA : Seaport District	8 room, 2 bed, 2 bath Hi-Rise [Thi	$649,000
71261814	700 Harrison Ave U:501	Boston, MA : South End	4 room, 2 bed, 2 bath Mid-Rise [Th	$665,000
71260943	416 Marlborough St. U:507	Boston, MA : Back Bay	4 room, 2 bed, 2 bath Mid-Rise [Th	$689,000
71260994	145 Charles Street U:4	Boston, MA : Beacon Hill	6 room, 2 bed, 2 bath Rowhouse [Th	$689,000
71260187	130 Appleton St U:5A	Boston, MA : South End	4 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Mid-Rise [Th	$709,000
71262053	7 Holyoke St U:4	Boston, MA : South End	4 room, 2 bed, 2 bath Brownstone [	$750,000
71261217	77 Worcester St U:1	Boston, MA : South End	5 room, 2 bed, 1 full, 2 half bath	$790,000
71260520	14 Upton Street U:1	Boston, MA : South End	6 room, 3 bed, 3 bath Brownstone [	$979,000
71261366	492 Beacon U:S TH	Boston, MA : Back Bay	6 room, 3 bed, 2.5 bath Mid-Rise [	$1,299,900
71261261	1 Lime St U:One	Boston, MA : Beacon Hill	6 room, 3 bed, 3 bath Townhouse [T	$1,895,000
71260823	776 Boylston Street U:West 11-B	Boston, MA : Back Bay	10 room, 3 bed, 4 full, 2 half bat	$12,500,000

Above, 776 Boylston Street 11-B (Mandarin Oriental), Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts. Terrence Maitland of Landvest is the listing agent.

Closing in W Boston Residences recorded, $420,000

John Keith — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:31:12 +0000

A new closing has been recorded at the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds at the new W Boston Residences, located at the edge of Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood and near the Downtown Crossing shopping district.

This was a 19th-floor, studio home with approximately 427 square feet of space. It closed at $420,000, or ~$983.61 per square foot.

This was the 43rd closing in the 123-condo building. Many units have views of downtown Boston, the Boston Harbor, the Blue Hills, or points west. Homeowners can enjoy Jean-Georges’ MARKET restaurant, the LOUNGE and recently opened BLISS spa, located on the lower floors of the building, which also includes a W Hotel.

Please contact me for more information on the W Boston Residences and to set up appointments to see any of the remaining units for sale.

Photo above from the MLSPIN listing.

The Clarendon now 2/3′s sold out, Back Bay’s hottest new address

John Keith — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:05:29 +0000

A new closing has been recorded at the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds at The Clarendon, the luxury high-rise condominium project located near the heart of the Back Bay.

This was a 17th-floor, one-bedroom, one-bathroom home with approximately 740 square feet. It sold for $725,000 or ~$979.73 per square foot.

This is 69th closing in the 102-unit building, meaning it is more than 2/3′s sold-out. Units were first listed for sale back in April 2008, well before the property was even topped-off. The first closings were in December 2009.

The building has engendered enormous praise and interest during the past eighteen months.

Homes remain available from studios and one-bedrooms similar to the condo that sold today up to three ridiculously expansive and luxurious floor-through penthouse suites, from $6.75 – $8 million.

Please contact me for more details.

Hit the LINKs! New closing recorded at 45 Province

John Keith — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:39:33 +0000

A June month-end closing at the 45 Province condominium project has been recorded at the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds.

This was an 18th-floor, one-bedroom, one and ½-half bathroom home with approximately 994 square feet of space. At a purchase price of $943,000, this comes out to ~$943 per square foot. The purchase included one deeded parking space.

This is the 35th closing in the 138 unit building, which is located at the edge of Beacon Hill, in Boston’s Downtown Crossing shopping district.

Remaining homes range from studios to luxury penthouse units, many with expansive, sunset views of the Back Bay, Charles River, and points west, while others look out over Boston’s financial district, Boston Harbor, and Atlantic Ocean.

Please contact me for more information.

Boston condos for sale and new real estate listings on June 29, 2011

John Keith — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:29:35 +0000

A complete list of all condominiums and single-family homes coming on the market during the past three days in Boston Proper, which includes the South End, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, West End, North End, Waterfront, Midtown, Leather District, Seaport District, Chinatown, Bay Village, and Fenway neighborhoods.

Please contact me for complete details and to set up appointments to see any of these properties.

MLS #	Address	Neighborhood	Description	List Price
71254259	21 Wormwood U:223	Boston, MA : Seaport District	2 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Mid-Rise	$299,000
71254066	100 Fulton Street U:2C	Boston, MA : Waterfront	4 room, 1 bed, 1 bath Mid-Rise	$369,000
71254708	14 Hanover Ave U:1	Boston, MA : North End	5 room, 2 bed, 1 bath Mid-Rise	$389,000
71253847	69 Park Drive U:2	Boston, MA : The Fenway	5 room, 2 bed, 1 bath Rowhouse	$434,900
71254145	464 Hanover St. U:10	Boston, MA : North End	4 room, 2 bed, 1 bath Mid-Rise	$449,000
71254445	3 Avery St U:306	Boston, MA : Midtown	4 room, 1 bed, 2 bath Hi-Rise	$524,900
71254494	85 Waltham St U:6	Boston, MA : South End	4 room, 2 bed, 1 bath Brownstone	$599,000
71254488	40 Joy St U:12	Boston, MA : Beacon Hill	4 room, 2 bed, 1.5 bath Rowhouse	$679,000
71255222	416 Marlborough U:501	Boston, MA : Back Bay	4 room, 2 bed, 2 bath Mid-Rise	$725,000
71255038	234 Causeway St U:1204	Boston, MA : North End	5 room, 2 bed, 2 bath Mid-Rise	$829,000
71254547	308 Commonwealth Ave U:2C	Boston, MA : Back Bay	6 room, 3 bed, 2 bath Other	$1,379,000
71254715	37 Commonwealth Ave U:1	Boston, MA : Back Bay	7 room, 3 bed, 3.5 bath Townhouse	$5,850,000

Above, 37 Commonwealth Ave #1, Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts. Beth Dickerson of Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty is the listing agent.