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Cambridgeville's 2014 Residential Sales Price Gamut
With the highest-priced residential sale being more than 58x the lowest, the range of property prices in Cambridge & Somerville is pretty...
Lara
Jan 7, 2015


2014 Cambridgeville Real Estate Recap
I’ve been knee-deep in numbers the last few days, as I slice-and-dice data from 2014, building charts and looking at trends. You may...
Lara
Jan 6, 2015


2014 in Greater Boston Real Estate — My Take and Others on Curbed Boston
I was recently invited by Curbed Boston to contribute to a “year-in-review” Q&A segment, along with a handful of agents, journalists and...
Lara
Jan 5, 2015


Somerville in the news — local, national, international — this city is covered!
In the past year I have found myself sharing post after post on Facebook about our little ‘Ville. And when I get investors from outside...
Lara
Nov 6, 2014


Boston-Area Home Market Values Are… Anyone's Guess
I love Curbed Boston. It’s such a great resource for real estate market data — I use it regularly to stay in touch with those markets I’m...
Lara
Aug 13, 2014


Somerville 3-Year Home Price Comparison
This is going to sound like deja vu if you already read yesterday’s Cambridge Price Comparison post, but just to cover my bases, going to...
Lara
Jul 23, 2014


Cambridge 3-Year Home Price Comparison
For the past couple years, I’ve been doing a post-spring market analysis in July, looking at what it costs to purchase a home in...
Lara
Jul 22, 2014
Advice for Market-Weary Buyers
If you’re out there searching for a home in the Cambridgeville area, you know that this is a tough market for buyers. Inventory is at...
Lara
May 16, 2014


Inventory Update
So here we are in the middle of the Spring 2014 market, and we’ve definitely seen an increase in inventory over the very low winter...
Lara
May 7, 2014


East Somerville Condo Market
My colleague Natasha Burger and I recently did an analysis of the condo market in East Somerville for a client, and I thought the info...
Lara
Mar 12, 2014


Does it Make Sense to Buy in Cambridge or Somerville in this Crazy Market?
To buy or not to buy. That is the question. In the past couple years, many of my buyer clients have asked me my opinion, and while it’s...
Lara
Mar 3, 2014
The Offer Review Process: An Insider’s View
A couple weeks ago, I had a listing for a condo in Cambridge that received ten offers. The same week, two of my colleagues had eight...
Lara
Feb 25, 2014


Area Four Market Report
If you weren’t on my list to receive this in the mail, but are curious about the Cambridge market as it relates to Area Four...
Lara
Feb 18, 2014


What Will the Green Line Extension Mean for Somerville?
Curbed Boston says Somerville is “doomed to be a more desirable place to live,” echoing Boston.com‘s warnings of increasing rents and...
Lara
Feb 13, 2014


Cambridge Property Taxes: Is That a Typo?
I currently have a listing for a cute, 383 SF Cambridge condo with an assessed value of $147,800, which, by the way, has nothing to do...
Lara
Feb 10, 2014


We Made the Front Page of Curbed Boston!
Check this out from today’s Curbed… #CambridgeMAinvestmentproperty #InmanSquare #CambridgeMAhomes #CambridgeMArealestate #CambridgeMAcondos
Lara
Feb 6, 2014
New Cambrideville Appreciation / Depreciation Charts
We all know home prices have been on the rise, and these charts will show you by how much year-over-year. Now, granted, these are...
Lara
Jan 27, 2014


Cambridge Means Diversity… in Condos
When you say the word “condo,” to people across the US, my guess is that most of them will picture a concrete-and-glass high rise...
Lara
Jan 21, 2014
2013 Cambridgeville Condo Prices — A Sampling
If you’re not data-ed out by my last post… the following are average prices for a few typical condo searches: 1 BR / 1 ba, without...
Lara
Jan 15, 2014


2013 Cambridge / Somerville Real Estate Review
If you read my blog regularly, you know I love to take what I know from experience and translate it into hard data. Year end is always a...
Lara
Jan 12, 2014
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