Milton Massachusetts Homes and Condos Sold During Quarter 2 of 2010 Milton Massachusetts Single Family Homes Sold The Milton, MA 2nd quarter real estate market report indicates that there were 68 homes sold in Q2 2010 as compared to 52 in 2009. This represents a 31% increase in the number of homes sold. The average sales price changed from $467908 in 2009 to $565216 in 2010, a 21% increase in value. The days on market changed 44 % from 78  to 112. Visit Milton MA real estate for information about the community, relocation, demographics, MLS search, home buying and selling guides.   Go to Milton MA homes for sale to view current listings of homes, condos, multi-family and land listings. Milton Massachusetts Condominium Sales The Milton, MA condominium market data indicates that there w... 01/16/2011

Milton, MA Open Houses 1/14 - 1/16 Are you ready to buy? If you are looking for a great community with a high-quality real estate market, consider Milton.  There are 15 open houses for single-family homes this weekend in Milton.  Why not spend this weekend looking at houses? Milton is located in Norfolk County and is only 8 miles from downtown Boston, a commuter's dream. These homes range in price from $329,000 to $899,000, which means there is a great variety of homes, many affordable for the area. In 2009, Money magazine listed Milton 5th in its annual "Best Places To Live" list. If you are a potential home buyer and you are interested in Milton, please contact me to start receiving listings and open house schedules.  Let's connect today and we can begin visiting open houses tomorrow.... 01/14/2011

Milton, MA Open Houses 1/7 - 1/9 Are you ready to buy? If you are looking for a great community with a high-quality real estate market, consider Milton.  There are 11 open houses for single-family homes this weekend in Milton.  Why not spend this weekend looking at houses? Milton is located in Norfolk County and is only 8 miles from downtown Boston, a commuter's dream. These homes range in price from $349,000 to $699,000, which means there is a great variety of homes, many affordable for the area. In 2009, Money magazine listed Milton 5th in its annual "Best Places To Live" list. If you are a potential home buyer and you are interested in Milton, please contact me to start receiving listings and open house schedules.  Let's connect today and we can begin visiting open houses tomorrow.  ... 01/06/2011

Within the last three months of the year in Milton, MA there are 62 Active listings of single family homes for sale.  These homes have been on the market an average of 174.95 days The average price for these home that are active is $731,742. On the Sold side within the last three months of the year there were 42 houses Sold. Of those houses sold the average Listing Price was $560,411 and the average Sale Price was $533,764. This is an average of 95% list price to sale price on the solds.  They were sold in an average of 85 Days. Understanding these statistics seems simple enough.  There is more inventory than solds, this means that people have more choice within a price range which makes negotiations for your listing price that much more difficult.  The fact that there is only a 95% dif... 01/04/2011

Download now or preview on posterous Milton Massachusetts Real Estate 2010 Recap versus 2009.pdf (399 KB) Happy Monday! Welcome....Welcome....Welcome....Great to see you in the New Year! Happy New Year!! I wanted to take a look at market statistics for 2010 in the Milton Massachusetts Real Estate Market.  There was a market improvement between 2009 and 2010. The video below will help you understand the difference between the two years. The positives I see are that the number of homes sold in Milton, Massachusetts was dead even between 2009 and 2010.  The major positive indicators that I saw were that the median price had improved significantly and also the average sales price improved as well. As always if you considering a move in Milton, Massachusetts you should visit my Milton web p... 01/03/2011

Massachusetts this week announced that Milton has been granted Green community status.  This means that the town will receive a grant from the Department of Energy Resources for $157,500. The grant will allow Milton to fund energy efficient projects.  Congratulations Milton! 12/18/2010

Milton, MA Open Houses 12/18 - 12/19 Are you ready to buy? If you are looking for a great community with a high-quality real estate market, consider Milton.  There are 7 open houses for single-family homes this weekend in Milton.  Why not spend this weekend looking at houses? Milton is located in Norfolk County and is only 8 miles from downtown Boston, a commuter's dream. These homes range in price from $329,000 to $999,000, which means there is a great variety of homes, many affordable for the area. In 2009, Money magazine listed Milton 5th in its annual "Best Places To Live" list. If you are a potential home buyer and you are interested in Milton, please contact me to start receiving listings and open house schedules.  Let's connect today and we can begin visiting open houses tomorrow... 12/18/2010

Milton will be having a holiday concert at 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 11 at the Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Avenue.  The concert will feature the Peter Smith Jazz Trio.  Also, there will be a Holiday House Tour from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, December 12.  Participants meet at the Forbes House, located at 215 Adams Street.  Tickets will be $25 in advance, or $30 on the day of the tour.  Ticket proceeds benefit the museum.   12/10/2010

News spread quickly through Milton on Wednesday evening that the schoolcommittee voted to restore full-year art classes in all elementary schools.  Parents had raised the issue of the full-year art classes to the school committee at meetings early this Fall.  Parents were dissatisfied that the schools had cut the art classes and many personally contacted the Superintendent to lobby for the return of the classes.  Students will now have art class every other week for the entire school year.   12/10/2010

Milton, MA Open Houses 12/10 - 12/12 Are you ready to buy? If you are looking for a great community with a high-quality real estate market, consider Milton.  There are 7 open houses for single-family homes this weekend in Milton.  Why not spend this weekend looking at houses? Milton is located in Norfolk County and is only 8 miles from downtown Boston, a commuter's dream. These homes range in price from $329,000 to $699,000, which means there is a great variety of homes, many affordable for the area. In 2009, Money magazine listed Milton 5th in its annual "Best Places To Live" list. If you are a potential home buyer and you are interested in Milton, please contact me to start receiving listings and open house schedules.  Let's connect today and we can begin visiting open houses tomorrow... 12/10/2010

Milton, MA Open Houses 12/3 - 12/5 Are you ready to buy? If you are looking for a great community with a high-quality real estate market, consider Milton.  There are 18 open houses for single-family homes this weekend in Milton.  Why not spend this weekend looking at houses? Milton is located in Norfolk County and is only 8 miles from downtown Boston, a commuter's dream. These homes range in price from $265,000 to $999,000, which means there is a great variety of homes, many affordable for the area. In 2009, Money magazine listed Milton 5th in its annual "Best Places To Live" list. If you are a potential home buyer and you are interested in Milton, please contact me to start receiving listings and open house schedules.  Let's connect today and we can begin visiting open houses tomorrow.... 12/03/2010

The Pierce Middle School will be holding a holiday shopping night tomorrow, Friday, December 3, 2010 from 6 to 9 p.m.  It will feature over 20 vendors and items such as jewelry, housewares, handbags and holidayitems will be sold. The school is located at 451 Central Avenue.  There will be a nominal payment of $2.00 at the door and children under 12 are free.  There will also be a fundraising raffle.  Bring your friends and family - it promises to be a fun night! 12/01/2010

I don’t always do what I know, and sometimes I know what I am not doing, but that doesn’t stop me.  Or should it?  Massachusetts land and housing laws go back for hundreds of years and that is comforting to me. There is a real sense of place and ownership about land and homes that is very American to me.  I do believe home ownership is a privilege open to everyone who is qualified.  Right now those qualifications are very stringent.  That is another story. With ownership comes the pride of that owning.  The time spent taking care of the place and fixing things and repairing them.  The design and updates you put in to your specific tastes might not be of as much value as you place on it, but it was in there for you and you did enjoy it.  Plant a tree, then you can watch it grow and be be... 11/22/2010

On Wednesday, the Milton High marching band will play at a pep rally.  It is the day before the Thanksgiving football game.  The pep rally concert will be the last time the band plays this season.  Milton had a marching band in the late 80s, but lack of student participation made the administration end the program.  The band was reborn this year and has had a successful season. For details, contact the Milton High school. 11/21/2010

Milton, MA Open Houses 11/19 - 11/21 Are you ready to buy? If you are looking for a great community with a high-quality real estate market, consider Milton.  There are 16 open houses for single-family homes this weekend in Milton.  Why not spend this weekend looking at houses? Milton is located in Norfolk County and is only 8 miles from downtown Boston, a commuter's dream. These homes range in price from $265,000 to $999,000, which means there is a great variety of homes, many affordable for the area. In 2009, Money magazine listed Milton 5th in its annual "Best Places To Live" list. If you are a potential home buyer and you are interested in Milton, please contact me to start receiving listings and open house schedules.  Let's connect today and we can begin visiting open houses tomorro... 11/18/2010

Veterans' Day is Thursday.  Milton will observe the holiday by closing Town Hall on Thursday and Friday.  The town will also hold a parade. The event will begin at Milton High with the dedication of a plaque for students who fought in World War II at 10:15 a.m. After the dedication, a parade will process down Canton Avenue to Town Hall. At 11 a.m. a Veterans' Day program will be held at Town Hall including remarks from Board of Selectmen Chair Marion McEttrick and Rep. Walter F. Timilty as well as a performance by the Milton High Mixed Chorus. The keynote speaker will be George Nicholson, Air Force Veteran - Vietnam.   11/07/2010

Parents should take note of a great presentation on the dangers of bullying planned for Tuesday evening, November 9, at the Milton High School auditorium.  The presentation starts at 7 p.m. and will feature Professor Gregory Hall of Bentley College.  Professor Hall will review recent Massachusetts laws on bullying and present real life stories from students who were victims of bullying. It is expected that after the presentation, parents will form groups to discuss bullying for their respective grades, such as elementary, middle and high school. Milton is fortunate to have an active school system that reaches out to the community to discuss important topics to a wide-ranging audience.  All parents are invited, including private and parochial school families.  11/05/2010

I was just at an open house of a For Sale By Owner (FSBO) in my area. I go to all these open houses. I am curious how these non-professionals are marketing their properties. I am also interested to see what they disclose and what they don't disclose. I am sure you would guess that usually there are some egregious mistakes. But this is not what I am writing about. What I have found almost universally is that none of the FSBO people use regular real estate marketing tactics at all. They all want to tell a story about their house. They all want to let you know how much their family has loved the house and it is just too small for them now, or that they have been transferred to another area/state/universe. (all right I am kidding about being transferred to another universe, but FSBO's are f... 11/01/2010

I have been lucky enough to have interviewed some of the most successful people in business over the years.  I have always been fascinated with what makes people tick.  How they do what they do to get the results that they get is instructive to me.  I know that is why I named my company YourStorys and changed it to YourStorys Realty when I began to focus all my energy only on the real estate industry a while ago.  I have found the most successful agents and brokers to be open and honest people.  There is a tier below them who also have achieved success of sorts, but tend to be secretive and distant.  Personally I want to help as many people as I can achieve at their highest level as I make daily efforts to do the same for myself and the agents around me.  I have little to no respect for... 10/30/2010

My trip through the mine fields of real estate this year is about to take a very wonderful turn.  Have you ever taking a dive into a really deep pool and gone all the way to the bottom.  The quietness is one thing, but the pressure of the weight of the depth pushes in on you, and that is another thing.  Well I hit the bottom of that pool in TX and swam my way back to MA.  Right now I feel as though my feet are firmly planted on the bottom and I am launching myself skyward back up into the stratosphere.  Persistence has been my ally all along the way.  My goals have never wavered even when roadblock after roadblock were set up to thwart the path. This week I re-read Chapter 7 of Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.  In this groundbreaking book of research into the habits, skills and tec... 10/29/2010