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It looks like the fall market has begun a little early, with more listings coming on than going off at a pretty rapid clip. High end still troublesome, inner suburbs absorbing the buyers that would have purchased in the outer suburbs but now can purchase similar homes closer to Boston. For specif...

(these statistics are for June 2010) The number of houses sold:  22The number of houses that came on the market: 22Price range with the most sales: $500,000 - $599,000Price range with the least sales:  $1.5 million and upPrice changes this month: 35Average days on market for active listings: 172 ...

  Character throughout! This bright and pristine 4br, 3.5bath brick-front Colonial with a contemporary flair is nestled in the prestigious Carding Mill Estates neighborhood. The sun-filled home faces southwest and has loads of oversized windows. Enjoy entertaining and cooking in the spacious, ma...

Wonderful, inviting and immediate feel of being ‘at home’ in this traditional Sudbury 4 bedroom Colonial with 2-car oversized garage, and innumerable upgrades! Large country kitchen with with stainless appliances & granite counters overlooks large pastoral, ‘field-of-dreams’ private rear yard. Na...

Wonderful, inviting and immediate feel of being ‘at home' in this traditional Sudbury 4 bedroom Colonial with 2-car oversized garage, and innumerable upgrades! Large country kitchen with with stainless appliances & granite counters overlooks large pastoral, ‘field-of-dreams' private rear yard. Na...

The housing market in Sudbury is looking up. Inventory levels of unsold houses continue to drop ... and is now down to just an eight month supply (though it varies greatly by price points). Since a six month supply is considered to be a balanced market, favoring neither sellers nor buyers, it loo...

Your house is very special to you - no doubt it holds many warm memories, but buyers who are looking at your house have just looked at 20 houses and your house is just number 21. It's no more special to them than number 12 or 18 were. Therein lies the challenge when thinking about pricing your ho...

You can click on just about any real estate blog/website/vendor website and get some variation of the following statistic: "According to the 2007 National Association of REALTORS® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, 84% of all homebuyers used the Internet as an information source.An astounding 84...

If you're a visual person, as I am, you can understand the first-time home buyer credit as modified in the new American Recovery and Reinvestment Act better by looking at the chart below. Note: the Major Modifications are Italicized February 2009 FEATURE CREDIT AS CREATED JULY 2008 APPLIES TO ALL...

It is likely that for much of 2009 the real estate market will not be greatly different than it is now.  That is not to say that there should not be some improvement, and that we might actually be within or near the bottoming period of the market.  With confidence  affected by the financial turbu...