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Highland Park is one of Hopkinton's premiere neighborhoods and one of the more popular in town. Located just off of picturesque Saddle Hill Road, Highland Park is situated next to the Hopkinton Country Club.

The entrance to this lovely development begins with the streets Edgehill Road, Stoneybrook Road, and Bridgeton Way, then leading into Wedgewood Drive, Singletary Way and Riverbend Road.

In this subdivision, you will find much more than just traditional New England colonials. The homes in Highland Park are of a variety of styles, including French provincial, Tudor and some large capes.

Unlike many subdivisions which are built by one primary builder, a number of builders were involved in the original project, resulting in a diversification of plans and individual styles.

The homes in this community range in age from the 1980's up into the 2000's with lot sizes at a minimum of 60,000 square feet. Home sizes are 2800 square feet to over 4500 square feet. Amenities are numerous and varied and with superior quality evident in every part of the neighborhood.

Current property values range from $640,000 to over $1,000,000.

Highland Park is easily accessible to major routes 495 and the Mass Pike as well as close proximity the to MBTA train station.

The scenic and convenient location, as well as the unique styles of homes, make Highland Park an attractive community to anyone seeking to relocate into Hopkinton.

Best known for being the start of the annual Boston Marathon site, Hopkinton also enjoys the distinction of having an award-winning public school system that has been consistently ranked highly among schools in the Metrowest area.

For more information on Highland Park or any of Hopkinton's other fine communities please call my office at 508-881-6230.

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This is an interesting development. If you ever wondered how much of what you do online is available for review, here's one example of what is available. Did you forget what a site was orwhen a chat online was? Now you can research it and see - if you did it inside your g oogle account. Go ogle now offers you the opportunity to review the "records" they have been keeping on you.

This is the new Goog le Dashboard. You can go to this page and see what the new Goo gle dashboard is. If you use gmail, you login to your account, and look under Personal Settings for Dashboard. Click to the right on view data stored with this account, and you'll go to a second sign in page for added security. Once past the second sign in, you can see all the places that you have been, the chats, the stuff that you have done while signed into your google account.

The extent of the goog le tracking only covers what you have done while "inside" your google account. So, if you want to keep a longer record of your internet activities, sign into your goo gle mail and do all your searching and chatting and stuff inside.

100 DAYS OF CENTRAL MASS FEATURES ANNIE'S COUNTRY KITCHEN

We love this place so much that it made the list again! Annie's Country Kitchen, across the street from our office, is one of our favorite hometown country restaurants. Talk about A LOT of food for the money, this place has it all! Country fried steak, banana cream pies, texas french toast & more!

Outdoors they have a nice area for children to play in the sand with toys and dump trucks. Each day they feature a ton of specials and they are usually packed with customers. The service is friendly and fast, you can't beat it in Sturbridge.

I lived much of my life in North Carolina and James is from Texas so a good country kitchen is hard to come by in New England, but this one can definitely run with the best of them. If you're ever in the area, check it out!

Zach enjoying some fun outdoors while we waited for a table one busy morning:

Fema is studying and updating it's flood maps. The good news is that the 30-30 year od paper maps will be replaced with digitalized and easier to seach versions. What could be bad news for property owners that the updated maps may change and property owners will find themselves in a new zone with a requirement to have flood insurance. Flood insurance can be very expensive and / or difficult to obtain. In Massachusetts the new maps are being implemented on a county by county process. It behooves the homeowner to find out as early as possible if their status is going to change. Acting before the new map is finalized will allow a homeoner to be grandfathered under National Flood Insurance Program, created in 1968. The Boston Globe published an informative article about the proces - READ it HERE

Ashland Massachusetts Real Estate Market Report October 2009

In October of 2009 there were 12 homes that closed within the month for Ashland MA. This is an decrease of 1 units as there were 13 homes that closed in October of 2008.

The Average list price for the homes that closed in October of 2008 was $458,532

The Average list price for the homes that closed in October of 2009 was $368,037

The Average sale price for the homes that closed in October of 2008 was $437,808

The Average sale price for the homes that closed in October of 2009 was $355,250

The Average Market time for the homes that closed in October of 2008 was 131 days.

The Average Market time for the homes that closed in October of 2009 was 62 days.

6 homes went under agreement in Ashland Massachusetts in the month of October. The average list price of the homes that went under agreement was $245,800. The average time on the market for these Ashland homes were 186 days.

Through October in Ashland there have been 101 homes sold. There were 106 homes sold last year through this same time period.

January - December 2008 Market Statistics for Ashland Massachusetts

In Ashland MA for the period of January to December of 2007 there were 131 properties sold.

In Ashland MA for the period of January to December 2008 there were 118 properties sold.

In Ashland MA for the period of January to December in 2007 the average list price was $488,633 the average sale price was $435,250 and the average market time was 119 days.

In Ashland MA for the period of January to December in 2008 the average list price was $430,229 the average sale price was $415,211 and the average time on the market was 112 days.

** The above statistics are for single family homes only and do not include condo's or Multi-family homes in Ashland MA.

In comparing year over year longer term data for Ashland MA, it appears that there is still a downward trend in the average sale price for homes. The average days on the market for the homes that have closed year to date have gone down in Ashland which is not typical of most Metrowest towns. Ashland sales volume is not down that much either.

These statistics are contrary to many of the towns in Metrowest MA. Ashland has not taken as drastic a hit as some of the surrounding towns.

Click here to see previous Ashland Real Estate Market Reports.

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Selling a home in Ashland Massachusetts or other Metrowest town is heavily dependant on pricing your home properly and picking an agent that will create an "online market presence" for your home. As a home seller, you need to be aware that the market in Ashland and many other Metrowest communities has changed over the last three and a half years. We are no longer in a seller's market. When selling a home in Ashland Massachusetts, it pays to have a pro in your corner representing you.

Here are some Real Estate interview questions to ask when interviewing your agent, that will help you determine if you are hiring a top producer or not!

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About the Author: The above Ashland Massachusetts market report was provided by Bill Gassett, a Nationally recognized leader in his field. Bill can be reached via email at billgassett@remaxexec.com or by phone at 508-435-5356. Bill has helped people move in and out of Ashland MA and other Metrowest towns for the last 23+ Years.

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