Love Your House Letters to the Seller
June 10, 2017It’s becoming more and more popular to accompany a Boston luxury home offer with a letter to the seller. The content generally includes how much you and/or your family love the Boston luxury real estate property. It works in some cases and not in others. Read More
Psychology Behind Pricing Luxury Homes
June 3, 2017There’s a simple formula for pricing Boston luxury homes (condos and single family properties). The logic and rationale of pricing is based on supply, demand and comparable sales. Granted there are exceptional cases when it comes down to pricing a very unique and “one-of-a-kind” property. And pricing of such exceptional Boston luxury real estate is fairly arbitrary when there are no comparable sales. Read More
Tips for Selecting a Residential Home Inspector
May 20, 2017Part of the Boston luxury homes purchasing process is a proper home inspection during the due diligence phase. Most buyers either through friends or business colleagues get a home inspector recommendation. Alternatively, their real estate agents may give them a list of inspectors to choose. By law, real estate agents can not recommend an inspector, but can provide a list for clients to select from. Out of town Boston luxury real estate buyers can rely on the recommendation of their employers, if all else fails. Read More
Luxury Property Values and the Rental Market
April 1, 2017In the last few years the demand for Boston luxury homes in the rental market has been very strong. Therefore, developers and investors have been building luxury rentals and flooding the market with high end lease properties. Read More
Getting Ahead of the Boston Spring Real Estate Market
March 25, 2017Typically, the Boston luxury real estate spring market for home buyers gets a kick start early February, but that was before the shortage of inventory. And the frenzy always starts much later in the suburbs. Read More
How to Pick a Contractor for Luxury Homes
March 4, 2017When the time comes that your Boston luxury home requires renovation, you need to get it done right. Regardless of the scope of work, whether it’s a gut renovation, replacing systems, the Boston luxury real estate façade, or just a simple repair, you need to be well informed about who to hire. It always comes back to haunt owners if they have to completely redo the project, because they hired an inexperienced contractor. Read More
Today’s Luxury Boston Townhouses vs Condos
February 11, 2017With soaring Boston luxury condo prices, especially those of new construction in super high-end buildings, buyers are looking more seriously again at luxury town houses where financially it may make more sense. Granted, town homes don’t provide all the ease and amenities that large full service buildings provide, but there’s good news. There are countless service companies that provide all the Boston luxury real estate services like parking your car, concierge support, you name it. Read More
Boston Luxury Condo Prices
February 4, 2017Month after month, Boston luxury real estate buyers hope that the condo prices will go down. And buyers waiting for a price drop or softening of the market will likely have to keep waiting. Read More
Low Inventory Luxury Housing is Affecting Prices
January 28, 2017Like the rest of the metropolitan cities in the country, the Boston luxury real estate market has experienced low housing inventory for quite some time. The prices stay naturally high as a result of shortage of inventory and in some cases, multiple offers. Read More
Luxury Market Prices are Holding For Now
January 14, 2017Don’t expect a price change in the Boston luxury real estate market, at least not in the first quarter of 2017. As long as the inventory remains low, Boston luxury homes prices will remain steady. Read More