What's Up this week in Cambridge MA?
Cambridge Open Studios in North/ West Cambridge MA that's what!
And here's the real estate news update this week: The Multiple Listing Service is currently showing 254 active properties, 38 single family homes, $ 1,346,779 average listing price / 200 condos, $544,699 average listing price / 16 multi family homes, $1,204,813 average listing price with new properties being added daily.
There are 69 scheduled open houses in Cambridge this weekend! Most of them can be seen at Open Houses over the weekend or with a scheduled appointment with an Avenue 3 Real Estate Agent!
Here are a few newly listed properties open in Cambridge MA Real Estate this Sunday that we at Avenue 3 thought you may find interesting based on asking price, location and amenities:
1. Single: 171 Raymond Street, $725,000
2. Condo: 332 Franklin Street, $482,500
3. Multi-family: 4-6 Bond Street, $2,400,000
Tempted? You can search all Cambridge MA Open Houses here: Avenue 3 Open House Search
And while you're at it, search all current Cambridge MA properties here: Avenue 3 Cambridge Property Search
How does the market drive the asking price? Sold Properties. To search recent sold Cambridge Real Estate properties:
What's up this weekend in Belmont MA? TOWN DAY!
Belmont Town Day, Leonard Street - Belmont Center, Saturday May 19th 9:00 - 3:30
And here's the real estate news for the week: The Multiple Listing Service is currently showing 93 active properties. 49 singles, $1,306,249 average listing price / 37 condos, $581,726 average listing price / 7 multi family homes, $705,829 average listing price with new properties being added daily.
Most of them can be seen at Open Houses over the weekend or with a scheduled appointment with an Avenue 3 Real Estate Agent!
Here are a few newly listed properties open in Belmont MA this Sunday that we at Avenue 3 thought you may find interesting based on asking price, location and amenities:
1. Single: 232 Trapelo Road, $639,000
2. Single: 58 Bow Road, $889,000
3. Condo: 14 Bayberry Lane, Unit 34, $1,449,000
Tempted? You can search all Belmont MA Open Houses here: Avenue 3 Open House Search
And while you're at it, search all current Belmont MA properties here: Avenue 3 Belmont MA Property Search
How does the market drive the asking price? Sold Properties. To search recent sold Belmont properties:
What's up this weekend in Arlington MA?
The Bike Tour to Pedal Around Arlington on Sunday for one very good time!
And here's the real estate update this week: The Multiple Listing Service is currently showing 114 active properties. 63 single family homes - $602,051 average listing price / 46 condos - $380,012 average listing price / 5 multi family homes- $613,960 average listing price with new properties being added daily.
Most of them can be seen at Open Houses over the weekend or with a scheduled appointment with an Avenue 3 Real Estate Agent!
Here are a few newly listed properties open in Arlington MA this Sunday that we at Avenue 3 thought you may find interesting based on asking price, location and amenities:
1. Single: 58 Beverly Road, $749,000
2. Condo: 39 Orvis Road, Unit 1, $365,000
Tempted? You can search all Arlington MA Open Houses here: Avenue 3 Open House Search
And while you're at it, search all current Arlington MA properties here: Avenue 3 Arlington MA Property Search
How does the market drive the asking price? Sold Properties. To search recent sold Arlington properties:
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This week we would like to share our "Spring into Savings" Buyer Incentive with you along with the pending sales report. We hope you'll take advantage of this opportunity.
The spring market is here and with it comes Avenue 3's
and here are the pending sales for the Greater Boston communities we track ...
Pending Sales - May 6 - May 13
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Source: MLSPIN
You can also access infromation on the sold properties in the areas you track (time on the market, listing price, sold price and all the properties amenties) here by registering with Avenue 3.
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Note: A few weeks ago on our Face Book page in a weekly series we call " What do you think Thursday" we asked the question " Where is your favorite place to walk or bike in Cambridge MA?" We found that most folks liked the Fresh Pond Reservoir. So here are few ideas from us on how best to enjoy it!
Cambridge MA Real Estate is considered "premium" for many reasons. One is that Cambridge has beautiful public spaces. We all have our favorite spots in Cambridge to walk, run, ride bikes or just sit and enjoy the sun and the Fresh Pond Reservoir is one of those places! The 2.25 mile walk around the pond is invigorating and peaceful. You just have to get yourself there! If you are not a resident of Cambridge, you won't have the needed sticker to park in the small lot by the water purification building on Fresh Pond Parkway, but not to worry. Here are a few alternatives for parking and entering the area:
1. Take the Red Line to the Alewife Station, walk over the bridge and continue on by the Fresh Pond shopping area to this entrance on Concord Ave. 
There is a crosswalk at this entrance for your safety and a trash can!
2. You can also easily reach this entrance by parking for a short time at the Starbucks on Fresh Pond grabbing a beverage and walking from there. Good thing about this lot is that you are close to Whole Foods, many new eateries and Trader Joe's across the street! So when you're finished with your walk or run you're in a great spot to continue your day!
3. Or you can try parking for a short time at this lot behind the Burger King on Concord Avenue. The entrance to Fresh Pond is directly across the street from the fast food venue and it looks like this:
Helpful? We hope so. So this Spring enjoy the fabulous Fresh Pond Reservoir walk and all of the other Parks in Cambridge MA. Here is a list of all the open spaces in the city: Cambridge Parks, Reservations and Playgrounds
And here is a list of all the current properties on the market in Cambridge to view: Avenue 3 Property Search Cambridge MA
Just last week, when I declared to no one in particular that “mulch is king”, after it miraculously made our tired front yard look great, that ‘s when it hit me. I'm always thinking "curb appeal". I realized that we're on the other end of homeownership now looking at our home as a perspective buyer might look at a single home and no longer thinking about changing things around here to suit us.
We don’t have any plans to put our house on the market anytime soon, but I think we’ve run the course of what we can afford to do here to maximize it’s value. I'm pretty familiar with the things that make a home attractive to perspective buyers, as I've been a Realtor forever. I know the things we can deliver on and what we can’t. For instance, we can’t change our location (although I think living in Arlington MA is pretty nice). We can't change the street we live on, the lot size or the interior square footage of our house. It is what it is. But, there are some things we can do regularly without breaking the bank.
We can keep everything as up-to-date as possible and repair things as needed. We can replace old pipes in the basement gradually and make sure the line to the street is in good order. We can have the heating system serviced each year and repair the electrical outlets as needed. We can keep our eye on exterior wood rot and have someone come out and check for carpenter ants and termites….just in case. We can keep the interior looking freshly painted and start living with less stuff in our not so large rooms and of course, we can mulch. Every home looks great with mulch in the garden beds. I particularly love the Black Forest mulch, our plantings just pop against its darkness.
I just want to be ready, that’s all, when I finally convince my husband to move to a condo in Boston or a townhouse in Cambridge. I don’t know exactly when that's going to happen so I'm getting prepared. What about you? Are you trying to keep things in order as you go along or would you rather just do what needs to be done when you decide you're ready to put your home on the market?
Start here by downloading this useful list of low-cost fixes that will bring you the best return for the cost:
I have (for better or for worse) been kicking around the real estate market for more than twenty years. In that time, the industry has made changes in the way that business is done. One of the biggest changes in the business is the leveling of the playing field between big companies and small ones.
In years past, selling a home was a very expensive proposition. Advertising in local, and regional news papers, legions of 'for sale' ads every Sunday, and mailing pieces sent out on a regular basis were necesssary and expensive - very expensive indeed. Smaller companies could not compete with the bank rolls of large ones.
Not surprising to say, the internet changed all that. As a recent Harvard Magazine article put it " disruptive innovation..has occured in many industries, from accounting to music...It is the process by which products and services that were once so expensive, complicated, inaccessible and inconvenient that only a small fraction of people could access them, are transformed into simpler, more accessible and convenient forms that are also, ultimately lower in cost."
In short, with everyone looking at the internet (free) the cost barrier to smaller companies is lifted and small or big, companies can offer the same services to their buyers and sellers. Size is no longer the determining factor in choosing a Real Estate Company to sell your home. Look for quality of service, or just check out Avenue 3 Real Estate for home selling tips!
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What's Up this weekend in Belmont MA ?
The Belmont May Fair Sat. May 12 and 7 Open Houses, that's what!
And more real estate news for the week: The Multiple Listing Service is currently showing 95 active properties. 50 singles, $1,278,140 average listing price / 37 condos, $542,263 average listing price / 8 multi family homes, $654,488 average listing price with new properties being added daily.
Most of them can be seen at Open Houses over the weekend or with a scheduled appointment with an Avenue 3 Real Estate Agent!
Here are a few newly listed properties open in Belmont MA this Sunday that we at Avenue 3 thought you may find interesting based on asking price, location and amenities:
1. Single: 54 Randolph Street, $895,000
2. Condos: 65 Hamilton Road Unit 65, $669,000
21 Summit Road, $1,339,000
Tempted? You can search all Belmont MA Open Houses here: Avenue 3 Open House Search
And while you're at it, search all current Belmont MA properties here: Avenue 3 Belmont MA Property Search
How does the market drive the asking price? Sold Properties. To search recent sold Belmont properties:
What's up this weekend in Arlington MA?
The Mother's Day Brunch at Tryst and 14 Open Houses, that's what!
And the real estate update this week: The Multiple Listing Service is currently showing 121 active properties. 62 single family homes - $584,419 average listing price / 52 condos - $370,707 average listing price / 7 multi family homes- $590,386 average listing price with new properties being added daily.
Most of them can be seen at Open Houses over the weekend or with a scheduled appointment with an Avenue 3 Real Estate Agent!
Here are a few newly listed properties open in Arlington MA this Sunday that we at Avenue 3 thought you may find interesting based on asking price, location and amenities:
1. Single: 38 Hillcrest Street, $474,000
2. Condo: 132 Warren Street Unit B, $435,000
6 Brookdale Road, $419,000
Tempted? You can search all Arlington MA Open Houses here: Avenue 3 Open House Search
And while you're at it, search all current Arlington MA properties here: Avenue 3 Arlington MA Property Search
How does the market drive the asking price? Sold Properties. To search recent sold Arlington properties:
What's Up this week in Cambridge MA?
Cambridge Open Studios on May 12 from 12N to 6PM and 14 Open Houses...that's what!
And for the real estate update this week: The Multiple Listing Service is currently showing 252 active properties, 39 single family homes, $ 1,317,356 average listing price / 9 condos, $529,404 average listing price / 20 multi family homes, $1,011,895 average listing price with new properties being added daily.
Most of them can be seen at Open Houses over the weekend or with a scheduled appointment with an Avenue 3 Real Estate Agent!
Here are a few newly listed properties open in Cambridge MA Real Estate this Sunday that we at Avenue 3 thought you may find interesting based on asking price, location and amenities:
1. Single: 536 Huron Avenue, $725,000
2. Condo: 2 Worthington Street, $468,000
3. Multi-family: 103-109 Winter Street, $1,500,000
Tempted? You can search all Cambridge MA Open Houses here: Avenue 3 Open House Search
And while you're at it, search all current Cambridge MA properties here: Avenue 3 Cambridge Property Search
How does the market drive the asking price? Sold Properties. To search recent sold Cambridge Real Estate properties: