Back on the market
— By: Marilyn JacksonThe five-bedroom, single-family home on the Flat of Beacon Hill that was to be auctioned Wednesday night is back on the market. Its listing price is $5.995 million.
At auction, the minimum asking price was $4.975 million, but among the pre-registered prospective buyers, no one bid.
This home was built in 1869 and underwent a two-year restoration, incorporating smart technology and modern conveniences, such as an elevator with access to all floors. It encompasses 5,700 square feet of living space.
Pending sales increase
— By: Marilyn JacksonPending sales of condos across the state increased 25 percent in February in a year-to-year comparison, according to a new report from the Massachusetts Association of Realtors.
Pending sales of single-family homes that were put under agreement in February rose by 16 percent from a year earlier.
“Buyers are looking at the market conditions and evaluating them against the desire to own a home and are increasingly making the decision that now is the time,” said Kevin Sears, president of MAR and a broker/co-owner of Sears Real Estate in Springfield.
An expansive “chateauesque-style” Back Bay mansion at 448 Beacon St., at the corner of Hereford Street, is on the market for $12.5 million.
Can you imagine living right in the middle of Hanover Street in Boston’s North End? Yes, that Hanover Street – the street of restaurant dreams and traffic jams.
In the heart of South Boston’s City Point neighborhood is a four–story, Victorian-style building that houses two lovely condominiums.
About 40 people – prospective buyers, real estate brokers, spectators and employees of Great Rock LLC – turned out for an auction Wednesday night of a distinctive single-family home on the Flat of Beacon Hill, but no one bid on it.
