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Wellesley on a Budget, Water view under a million

June 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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64 Shore Road, Wellesley Ma 02482 Pond view

Wellesley on a budget, water view on three sides for under a million dollars sounds too good to be true, but it isn’t…there is more.  There are two dwellings on this  spit of land on Morses Pond, one can be rented, 4 bedroom, 2 full bathrooms in the Raised Ranch and the Studio has a full bed and full bath to go with the lovely kitchen.  This private tucked away parcel of land in Wellesley has been in the same family since the 1950′s.  With their own private launch area into this town owned recreational facility you can enjoy the beauty of the pond year round.

I know real estate descriptions bear little resemblance to reality, but there is no confusing a water view on three sides of your home.  This provides a resting and beautiful landscape each and every day.  The studio is a comfortable oasis with views from the living room and the bedroom.  The fact that this land is part of Wellesley gets you part of the great schools that Wellesley has.  Wellesley High School English teacher David McCulloughJr. told his students, “You are not special.” recently and the conversation was started across the country.

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Wellesley prides itself on the public education that is delivered throughout their system.  The system has gone through some changes in the last couple of years as a review of all the departments brought much needed change and accountability for an already good system by any account.

64 Shore Road and 65 Shore Road sit on a piece of land further out into Morses Pond than any of those around it.  This unique location allows for the greatest amount of natural beauty around you. This home is for someone who loves the water, loves being in nature and surrounded by nature and likes to have some help with the rental paying some of the mortgage.  Give me a call to see this gem. 972-322-7776

Listing Price: 999,000
Address: 64-65 Shore Road
City: Wellesley
State: MA
ZIP: 02482
MLS # (if any): 71391592
Square Feet: 2280
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 2 F
Basement (full, 1/2, finished, unfinished): Full Finished, Walk out

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Wellesley Ma 02482 Home on the water

June 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Water View Home Wellesley MA

This week I will list a new home for sale in Wellesley Ma. 02482.  Wellesley MA is one of the most desired communities in all MA.  It is home of Wellesley College, Babson College,Mass Bay Community College, the public school system ranks among the best in the state year after year and the famed Boston Marathon runs directly down the middle of the streets each April on it’s journey into Boston.  The homes in Wellesley can be grand and often are, but they can also be placed in the Wellesley landscape in such a way as to be apart and singular.

64 Shore Road, Wellesley MA for sale

64 Shore Road, Wellesley MA for sale

64 Shore Road sits on a spit of land at the end of the road.  The house is circled on three sides by Morses Pond.  Morses Pond is a town owned pond with it’s public access across the street from Wellesley College.  This is not just one house, but actually two connected by a two car garage that sits under a very large outdoor screened in porch.  This raised ranch is built for party and built for privacy.

There is also a one bedroom 2 floor studio apartment that comes with this property. There is room for 6 off street parking, but it is the view and the pond that make this property special. We are just finishing up refinishing the cherry oak floors back to their original beauty.  A Broker’s Open House will be the first opportunity to find a water’s view home in Wellesley for your buyers.  A place like no other in a town that is rare. Wellesley, MA 02482 is one of the best towns in MA to live in.  Just ask someone who lives there. For some advance information about this home before it goes on the market call Larry Lawfer, 972-322-7776

Listing Price: 999,000
Address: 64-65 Shore Road
City: Wellesley
State: MA
ZIP: 02482
MLS # (if any): 71391592
Square Feet: 2280
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 2F
Basement (full, 1/2, finished, unfinished): Full Finished, Walk out

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Home for the Holidays, New home for the holidays.

November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
4 Helock Road, Wayland, MA 01778 Dudley Pond Cape with Fireplace

4 Helock Road, Wayland, MA 01778 Dudley Pond Cape with Fireplace

Here comes December, the last month of the year.  So much to do, so many things to complete, do you feel overwhelmed?  Now is the time for action, enough with the research, the websites, all the data, and what is it with the data, it is all so confusing and contradictory? Real estate is made complicated by your viewpoint.  Are you the buyer, or the seller?  Are you the agent, or the other agent?  Are you the lawyer, or the other lawyer?  And all of those questions don’t even arrive until you are at the table, there is just so much work to get to table. What house, what neighborhood, what loan, what bank, what paperwork what weekends looking, and looking what, what!

Several months ago, or longer it can be safe to say, you decided to buy, or to sell.  You started down the road hitting the Internet for information. There is a lot of it there.  You checked that information out randomly with your friends, family, colleagues or just randomly talking to people.  This bolsters your information already gathered from the Internet.

Listing Price: $349000
Address: 4 Hemlock Road
City: Wayland
State: MA
ZIP: 01778
MLS # (if any): 71221683
Square Feet: 1476
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 1/1
Basement (full, 1/2, finished, unfinished): unfinished

14 Overlood Road, Wayland, MA 01778

You remember what it was like to move to a new house, your moves through all your other living situations whether they were good or bad and rolled it all up into a ball. That was how you were going to get your new home–or sell your home.  You wanted the most if you are selling and the least if you are buying. Every single day people are coming to an agreement about price and buying/selling.  Real Estate is simple.

You make your money when you buy your home.  So from all statistical sense there really hasn’t been a better time to buy with the prices in a buyers favor for many years gone by.  Interest rates, for those who qualify, have not been this low since our parents were young.

With prices low and money cheap there is not a better time to buy. That is why you see so many cash buys.  People with money realize we are at the bottom and it is where money should be to make money.

63 Westcliff Road, Weston, MA 02493

On the sell side, if you haven’t been in your home longer than 5 years you are loosing value.  If you have been in your home 20 years you have seen incredible appreciation of your asset.  Now, you may have used that appreciation for uses along the way and it is not available to you now, but that is just what it is and we need to understand. There is a ceiling and a floor to prices of homes.  They are still of value and the market is stabilizing.  Money is starting to flow back into real estate from the investor side and the consumer side is chugging along at reasonable rates.  Not the rates of the heyday, but, again, they are gone, now is now.

December is a month to close and get into your new home.  Start building your equity now, there really isn’t a better time.

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A Room of One’s Own, Au Pair Suite, Weston MA 02493

November 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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A Room of One’s Own, Au Pair Suite, Weston MA 02493

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A Separate Space; A Separate Peace

When renowned architect Morris K. Smith designed 63 Westcliff Road in Weston, he created spaces that were both grand and intimate. He also created spaces that would evolve over time to adapt to the needs of the people who would live there. The second floor space above this home’s living area is a perfect example of this.

It once served as a home office and while it’s great for weekend guests, it’s perfect for a  live-in au pair. Set apart from the rest of the house, the room has an en suite bath and its own balcony. While the space is perfectly integrated into the house, it also provides an au pair with the privacy needed to truly feel at home. Because the other bedrooms are located on the other side of the house, this arrangement allows the family to maintain its privacy as well.

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The current residents affectionately refer to this section of the home as “the tree house” because of its elevated location and also because of the wonderful large windows that connect the space with the outdoors. It’s the perfect place for an au pair to retreat to after a day of watching the children and to wake up refreshed and ready for what the next day may bring.

This home is also equipped with a fully finished basement that kids love. With air hockey, wide screen tv and exercise equipment it is a perfect spot away from the rest of the house to play. There are 1.8 acres of land that come with this home and most of it is wooded. There is a large open flat yard suitable for soccer and throwing and catching balls.  Right now it is the domain of Sadie the Golden Retriever who would love to share it with you.  Come to our Open House this Sunday.

Listing Price: 1,630,000
Address: 63 Westcliff Road
City: Weston
State: MA
ZIP: 02493
MLS # (if any): 71298492
Square Feet: 3799
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3 F, 1 H
Basement (full, 1/2, finished, unfinished): Full Finished

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Internet rules the search in Real Estate

October 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Boston Area Quick Move In Homes search always begins on the internet.  You are first looking at the broad brushstroke issues, prices in neighborhoods, schools, resale value, proximity to what you need to be close to are the original and the final determiners of your search. The words you use for these searches are the same from neighborhood to neighborhood unless you put a name, or a development name to the search.

If you have a smart phone you can drive to the neighborhood and search in the area for everything you want.  This is the way real estate search is going.  The process of finding what you want is so much easier these days than it was years ago when all the information was stored in the Real Estate Agents book.  The internet does not always have the correct information, but you can certainly search to your heart’s desire for what you want.

QR (Quick Response) codes, do you like them?  Have you used them?  They do deliver a wealth of information and services to those who train their smart phone at the code. For those who might not understand, QR codes are those black squares like you see here.  When you hold your code reader to them, they will take your smart phone to a web site describing its product or service.  The wealth of information is the key hear.  You can have at your finger tips all the vitals about the home you just saw the video about.  You can send that video you your parents, your carpenter, or whomever.  The technology is here and I am beginning to test the waters, what do you think?

Listing Price: 900,000
Address: 437 South Avenue
City: Weston
State: MA
ZIP: 02493
MLS # (if any): 71221683
Square Feet: 3191
Bedrooms: 6
Bathrooms: 4/1
Basement (full, 1/2, finished, unfinished): Full Finished

 

 

 

 

 

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Best Friends with Home Benefits, Weston MA 02493

October 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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437 South Avenue Weston MA 02493

The unique property at 437 South Avenue in Weston is tailor made for best friends.  Imagine two homes on the same large lot.  Separate and far enough apart for comfort and privacy, but still on the same large lot.  This unique property has a second home that was grandfathered into this property years ago. The benefit is that you can have your best friend right next door and two homes for the price of a nice single family home in Weston.

Truth be told, this property with the two homes is now the best priced home in all of Weston by price per square foot.  This is a rare opportunity and made even better by the fact the owner is highly motivated to get this property sold.  The larger house has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a fully finished basement, three fireplaces and a two car garage.  The second home is a two bedroom, 2 and one half bathroom unit that has a new AC unit and nice built in’s.

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The property is located on Rt 30 right across the street from Weston high school.  You and your best friend could continue this legacy with your children who will grow up right next door from each other.

The lot is professionally manicured and is 1.38 acres large.  The Weston Schools Systems is considered one of the best in the state.  This set up would also work for an extended family that needs space enough for two.  Right now two sisters with their best friend husbands own the property.  The girl’s mother comes over every day to look after the young children.  It is like a family compound.  This property is priced to sell and will not be on the market much longer.  You can move into Weston with two homes for a low price.  What could be better than that?  437 South Avenue, Weston, MA 02493 is a special deal. Give me a call today.

Listing Price: 949000
Address: 437 South Avenue
City: Weston
State: MA
ZIP: 02493
MLS # (if any): 71273984
Square Feet: 3716
Bedrooms: 6
Bathrooms: 4.1
Basement (full, 1/2, finished, unfinished): Yes, Full Finished

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Wellesley MA 02482 Single Family Home Market Report Aug 2011

September 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
4 Swathmore Rd Wellesley

Wellesley MA Single Family Home Market Report Aug 2011 is showing activity of 204 homes spread out through the Active Homes, Sold, Under Agreement, Expired and Canceled homes.  This is a good bit of activity in the area and most of it is in the Active phase.

4 Swathmore Road, Wellesley, MA 02482

Single Family Active Listings: 144       Average List Price: $1,768,410     Average Market Time: 166.51

As you see most of the homes are actively on the market with only a small amount in the rest of the categories. What this often indicates is that there will be a lowering of prices to match the number of houses on the market.  Now remember these are averages and they change in each level of sale which means their could be a run on homes in the 2 million dollar range, but nothing is moving in the 1 million, or the $750,000 range so before you determine for your own home speak with a professional about your own personal home and needs.

Single Family Under Agreement Listings: 8       Average List Price: $984,113     Average Market Time: 68.88

Single Family Sold Listings: 37       Average List Price: $1,420,214       Average Sale Price: $1,348,622     Average Market Time: 116.38

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A fair amount of homes were sold in August and stayed within the 95% of list price to sale price which is very good.  This means that the prices are being set fairly close to what the buying market truly is.  This will bring down the Days on Market as we go forward.  Keep in mind that December is the second biggest closing month in the year and that is coming up soon.

Single Family Expired Listings: 12       Average List Price: $1,246,225     Average Market Time: 147.58

Single Family Canceled Listings: 3       Average List Price: $659,333     Average Market Time: 124.33

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Weston, MA 02493 Single Family Housing Market Report August 2011

September 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Weston, MA  02493 Single Family Housing Market Report August 2011.  In August there were 123 homes that were either Active, Under Agreement, Sold, Expired or Canceled.  This is not so bad, but when you look further there are 98 Active homes for sale with only 16 either sold or under agreement.

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What this would indicate is that there should or will be some drop in prices as we move into the fall selling season.  Many people forget that after the Spring season, December is quite often the second largest sale month in the year as people begin to think about tax breaks and the close of the year.  It appears as if the housing market is still alive and active, just not as much as many of us would like. The difficulty with the lending institutions and their moving guidelines is an issue that needs some resolution.  Let’s get to the numbers.

Single Family Active Listings: 98       Average List Price: $2,459,519     Average Market Time: 185.74

Single Family Under Agreement Listings: 3       Average List Price: $945,667     Average Market Time: 240.33

Single Family Sold Listings: 13       Average List Price: $1,525,461       Average Sale Price: $1,389,815     Average Market Time: 121.92

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We are still staying in the 90% list to sale price ratio that we have been limping along with for many months. The actual percentage here is 91.1078% of list price to sale price for the homes sold in August.  As you see the ones that were sold were on the market less time than those still active.  It is time for the sellers to take a look at what they want to do.  Under Agreement homes are an even lower price average with a longer time on market.  Not a good sign about pricing here, or should I say what the market is willing to bear.

Single Family Expired Listings: 6       Average List Price: $2,334,167     Average Market Time: 168.33

Single Family Canceled Listings: 3       Average List Price: $948,300     Average Market Time: 153.00

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JUST LISTED-193 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02116

April 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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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 has 3 bedrooms which is more than the average of 2 in this size and price range in Back Bay, it has it’s own Deeded Garage Parking Space right outside the master bedroom door.  Anyone who lives in the city knows what a luxury this is.

Out from the gracious living room is an oversized and private deck. This is also a luxury in the city where decks seem to be on roof tops and shared.  For much of the year this space extends the usable living space, for the entire year having the grill right outside the door is a way to enjoy grilling year round.

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Back Bay real estate is the most expensive real estate in the city for a lot of reasons.  The convenience of being near shopping, parks, transportation, restaurants and entertainment makes everything a “walk to” event.  Living in the heart of Back Bay provides you easy and quick access to all the highways in to and out of the city. While many public schools are struggling, the oldest public school in the country continues to be one of the best educations in the country.  Boston Latin school pre-dates Harvard and Harvard was created to provide the students of that time a place to continue their education after finishing high school without having to travel to Europe.  Real estate agents are known for embellishing facts, but the plain fact is this condo is special for a number of specific reasons.  Call me 972 322 7776 for a look.  193 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02116 is priced to sell and ready to go.

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Back Bay, Boston MA Hip Pocket Listing

March 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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193 Beacon Street Back Bay Boston Brownstone

193 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02116 will be coming on the market the first week of April.  It is currently getting staged which means a bit of new paint and rehanging some of the wonderful art. This 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom condo is on the parlor level and was the perfect location for the owners to raise their two daughters.  The girls have left for college and the sellers are ready for the next adventure.  Back Bay is the most expensive neighborhood in Boston, but this condo will be put on the market at an affordable price.  It will be especially attractive to those who are looking at the comparable condo’s in this area.  Our condo has it’s own garage, which is pure gold in this neighborhood.  No digging out, no trying to find a parking spot.  The garage is a two car garage which is shared by another condo member, but the top of the 2 car garage is a magnificent deck that opens up from the living room of our condo.  The sellers have entertained as many as 100 people comfortably in this unit using the deck.  I am told they grill all year because of the convenience.

I will be reaching out to select agents and brokers for a broker’s luncheon on April 7th.  We will have two open houses that weekend on April 9th from 1-3 and on April 10 from 12-3.  At that point we will not be having open houses.  Potential buyers will need to be pre-qualified for a purchase of this sort to tour the property.  We will make ample photo and video tours available for those without the pre-qualification.  This is a select RE/MAX Collections property and therefore we will not be allowing everyone into the unit. 193 Beacon Street is a great location, a fantastic brownstone and even a place to put your car.

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