“The Batterymarch Insider” is a brief snapshot of our current market thinking and some highlights of what we see going on in the downtown Boston market. As always, our “terms of use” apply. We encourage you to subscribe.

In this issue:

• Why the Back Bay is the Proxy for the Boston Luxury Market

• “Luxury” – The Most Abused Term in Real Estate

• 170 West Brookline – Impressive Single Family with Impressive Price

• 342 Marlborough Street, unit 1- Seller Had the Upper Hand – Well Sold

• 110 Stuart Street, unit 18B – Catching the Falling Sward? – Well Sold

What’s Catching Our Eye

“The Batterymarch Insider” is a brief snapshot of our current market thinking and some highlights of what we see going on in the downtown Boston market. As always, our “terms of use” apply. We encourage you to subscribe.

In this issue:

• Investors dumping condominium units

• New Four Seasons – no takers, bad omen for new developments

• 288 Commonwealth Ave, PH – It’s not the broker, it’s the price

• 315 Commonwealth – $9.0 million shell, we see value – Well Bought

• 2 Commonwealth Ave., unit 11C – $10.5 million condo, did they negotiate? – Well Sold

What’s Catching Our Eye

“The Batterymarch Insider” is a brief snapshot of our current market thinking and some highlights of what we see going on in the downtown Boston market. As always, our “terms of use” apply. We encourage you to subscribe.

In this issue:

• Beacon Hill single family market comes to life

• 110 Stuart St. – Taking losses at the “W”

• 10 Otis Place, unit 4B – Outstanding flat of the Hill property

• 10 Walnut St., unit 3 – $6.2 million duplex – Well Bought

• 300 Boylston St., unit 905 – Great location, full price – Well Sold

What’s Catching Our Eye

This report is part of a series looking at days on market and how this data influences buying and selling decisions. As always, our “terms of use” apply.

The number of days a property sits on the market, days on market (DOM), is the ultimate valuation test for a property and more broadly it’s a component of overall market health. When the DOM start to rack up, there is often a perception in the market place that there is something wrong with that particular property. This drives some sales agents to step over what we see as an ethical boundary and manipulate DOM data.

“The Batterymarch Insider” is a brief snapshot of our current market thinking and some highlights of what we see going on in the downtown Boston market. As always, our “terms of use” apply. We encourage you to subscribe.

In this issue:

• Real estate sales data – Garbage in, Garbage out

• 157 Beacon St., unit 2 – Death by 1,000 cuts

• 20 Chestnut St., unit 1 – Price cut, $2,000+/sf for basement living?

• Millennium Place, unit 1202 – Seller takes a loss – Well Bought

• 45 Temple St (The Archer) – Pre-Corona deals – Well Sold

What’s Catching Our Eye

“The Batterymarch Insider” is a brief snapshot of our current market thinking and some highlights of what we see going on in the downtown Boston market. As always, our “terms of use” apply. We encourage you to subscribe.

In this issue:

• South End bidding wars

• 771 Harrison Ave – Developer offers big sales incentives, buyer beware

• 33 Mt Vernon St., unit 1 – Price cut, attractive valuation

• 112 West Concord St., unit 1 – No winners in a bidding war – Well Sold

• 484 Beacon Street, PH – Needs updating, but good value – Well Bought

What’s Catching Our Eye

“The Batterymarch Insider” is a brief snapshot of our current market thinking and some highlights of what we see going on in the downtown Boston market. As always, our “terms of use” apply. We encourage you to subscribe.

In this issue:

• Brisk sales in the Seaport

• 117 Beacon St., $9.25 million triplex, 20% discount – Well Sold

• 6 West Cedar St. – Solid Beacon Hill single family, needs everything – Well Sold

• 41 Mt. Vernon St., unit 1B – 9.5% price cut, still seems too pricey

• 30 Chestnut – $16.995 single family? Time will tell

What’s Catching Our Eye

(It’s Not Just the Seaport)

As the supply demand dynamic for urban residential real estate continues to be disrupted by Covid-19, we take comfort that medical experts agree that the pandemic will eventually pass and life will start to get back to normal. While it remains to be seen if consumers will quickly re-embrace urban living in the post-pandemic world, the downtown Boston market will be grappling with a threat that may have longer lasting repercussions – the great building boom.

“The Insider” is a brief snapshot of our current market thinking and some highlights of what we see going on in the downtown Boston market. As always, our “terms of use” apply. We encourage you to subscribe.

In this issue:

• Urban vs Green Acres

• 771 Harrison Ave. (The Cosmopolitan) – Huge price cuts

• 175 Beacon St. – Single family elephant moves, $11.75 million – Well Bought

• 2 Commonwealth Ave., unit 11C – Gets a quick contract

• 75 Beacon St., unit 1 – $9.3 million lower level duplex – Well Sold

What’s Catching Our Eye