February 02, 2010

Marshfield Real Estate

Posted to Kim Herget-Jardim

I took a statistics class in college and I remember it wasn’t easy. But still, as I read Kristen Morse’s last post about real estate in Norwell, I felt inspired to give it a go. I pulled some data from the last quarter of 2008 so I could compare it to the last quarter of 2009 to see where we’re at now compared to the same time last year.

I should preface these figures by saying my sample includes homes listed and sold by brokers in our town. Because I pulled my data from the MLS, it does NOT include private sales like “For Sale By Owner” transactions (which, by the way, averaged a sales price of $153,000 in 2008 versus an average sales price of $211,000 for homes sold by Realtors - according to the Board of Realtors).

I also tried to eliminate distortion by removing the two most extreme values in every sample. For example, a 10 acre riverfront estate sold for 2.3 million in November of 2009 and that would have really skewed my results for 2009, so as a rule I removed the two most expensive as well as the two least expensive sales from every time period.

With that said, when I finally ran the numbers I got some pretty good news - prices only fell by about 1.3% last year! Much better than 2008 when prices were falling by 1% every month. Here is the data:

Average single-family home sold in Marshfield
from October – December 2008: $396,500
from October – December 2009: $391,500

Number of single-family homes sold in Marshfield
from October – December 2008: 39
from October – December 2009: 69

So I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief here. People are finally buying again, and after months and months of watching our home values drop and drop, I think we’re finally starting to level off.

I wish you all a prosperous year of successful home transactions! And remember, for more information on the real estate market here South of Boston visit my website at www.thehousekimfoundme.com or email me at kjardim@jackconway.com.

Posted by:Kim Herget-Jardim


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February 02, 2010

Longing for Summer

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I love living in New England but sometimes it seems like winter will never end. We had a couple of warm days this week but the arctic chill is coming back later this week. I was sitting in the Jack Conway office in Scituate Harbor this afternoon wishing for warm weather and looking at the Facebook page “Memories of Old Scituate Massachusetts. Through The Past Darkly.”

They post wonderful old pictures of the town and its inhabitants. Not to mention postings from current and former residents about their memories of the town. Even if you are not on Facebook you can Google the site.

The white house with green shutters is my listing.

I came across a very old picture of one my listings on the beach in Minot. It is an elegant Seaside Villa. You can enjoy spectacular views of the Ocean, Beach and Minot Light from this six bedroom, four bath home. It has a formal living room with gas fireplace that opens onto a front colonnade and rear sun porch overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Enjoy the warm and inviting cooks kitchen and entertaining in the large dining room. This is the place to enjoy seaside living at its best. Give me a call if you would like your own private tour.

Come discover the ahh factor of living in Scituate, where you can find anything from a small cottage by the sea to a spacious three thousand sq. ft home. Our prices start in the $200,000’s to $2,000,000 plus. I would love to show you my Scituate and the South Shore where I live and sell Real Estate from the office of Jack Conway Realtors at 80 Front Street in Scituate Harbor. Call me at 781-545-4100 or email @ bcox@jackconway.com.

Posted by:Barbara Cox


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