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The Charlestown MA real estate and home buying process can be complicated and you will benefit from the guidance of industry professionals. A real estate buyer's agent, mortgage lender and an attorney are the primary advisers in the purchase of property. If you are a first-time home buyer or an existing owner, you may qualify for a tax credit and could be eligible for special financing programs.

Start your search be determining your price range, housing needs and lifestyle you desire. Charlestown MA real estate will assist you in finding the right property to meet your needs from local area homes for sale, foreclosed listings (bank-owned), land, condominiums, all through the MA Multiple Listing Service (MLS). Request relocation, school and demographic information. Visit Charlestown MA foreclosures for a list of foreclosed and bank owned property.

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Virtual Homes real estate agents will provide market data, buyer agency and relocation services for all Charlestown, MA real estate and homes for sale. Call 1-800-856-2479 for information.

In 2009, Dorchester sales volume and selling prices slightly underperformed the values achieved in 2008. The numbers are as follows: In 2008, there were 844 residential properties sold vs. only 804 in 2009. This represents a 4.7% decrease in volume. The average sales price in 2008 was $251,248.00 and fell to $220,112.00 in 2009. This is a 12% decrease from the previous year. It is clear that the market has continued to trend downward in 2009, but this represents an opportunity for Dorchester buyers to purchase while the market is still recovering. It is only a matter of time before the real estate market rebounds and when it does, it will be to late to take advantage of the great deals that a presently on the market. Now is the time to buy. Let Bentley Real Estate Group help you purchase or sell your Dorchester Home.

I got this is an email earlier yesterday. Boy, did I get lucky! Looks like I'm going to have a great year!

Message details:
From: Henry Kweku
Email: (hidden)
Subject: consultant (Sent via Activerain)

Am financial consultant based in Accra-Ghana my client has funds to invest in a farm project or real-estate,but I have see that you are very good in farming and see it right to consult you on this matter.Her interest is in companies with potentials for rapid growth in long terms and estate development. My client is interested in placing part of her fund in your project, if your country's by laws allows foreign investment.l will detail you more the moment l have your reply.Mr.Henry

I replied with the following message:

This sounds great! I have a ton of invesment opportunities in farm project or real estate. Please send along an investor package with all the pertinant information including bank name and account number. If you have a routing number, that would help speed things along as well.

Thanks a lot for the opportunity and I look forward to doing business with you.

Warm regards,

David Cahill

I got a response, but for some reason it showed up in my spam folder. Why does this not surprise me?

"Greetings David Cahil

Thanks for accepting my proposal, l believe its an indication of your interest and willingness to participate effectively in this business transaction.

Like I previously said, l represent a private investor who is willing,ready and able (wra) to provide investment funds for any trust worthy entrepreneur who has a viable project without custodian. She has indicated willingness to invest in farming or real estate whether commercial or residential as we will depend on your advice and presentation to decide.l would like to know how much is required for your investment proposal, how much equity percentage you offer my client for
participation and what is the Return on Investment (ROI).What is gesticulation period of the investment and what input has your
company made in this business investment.

Also l would like to know if you have a balance sheet at least for three years of this business plan or any other business you have
handled in the past. l want you to know this is a great opportunity to me and l would be grateful if you can assist me with the best of your knowledge, experience and expertise to maximize this opportunity.

More importantly,My client wish you to stand as his investment manager to the security company where her late husband deposited the $15.5m in two metallic trunk boxes,which her late husband instruct the security company that if his wife did not present a viable foreign investment manager for the funds to be invested in a lucrative business they
should not release the money to her,But now that you have showed interest to be her investment manager,i will notify my client so we send you all the documents of this funds and the security company full contact.

This will also be achieved if you show serious interest so that we will foster this business relationship as soon as possible.I will
detail you further when l hear from you.PLEASE TRY AND SEND ME YOUR CONTACT NUMBER.

Best Regards,

Mr.Henry Kweku.
Financial Consultant
Direct Mobile:+233-242-353-256"

I wonder whose phone number I should give them. I asked for their account numbers, but did not get any. Should I be suspicious??? He also spelled my name wrong. Perhaps I will not do business with this person after all...

Recently, there has been new town and city search criteria for MLS in Bostonareas added to the search feature. While searching for a home in MLSPIN (the local major MLS network) used to very easy, you now must pay close attention to how you are selecting your areas and towns to make sure you don't miss out on anything!

My office is in Dorchester, so that's where I get a lot of calls from buyers. It used to be very easy to click "Dorchester" and have all of the listings come up from that area show up and I'd be fairly certain that I wasn't missing anything. There were of course some listings that just showed up under "Boston" and they did not specify an area since it is not mandatory when you are inputting a new listing. This is a way that listing agents would (sometimes inadvertently) "hide" a listing in MLS. You see, you hardly ever hear a buyer ask for "all of Boston". There are no many areas they would usually specify one or several. I'll sometimes also just do a search based only on zip codes (Dorchester's are 02121, 02122, 02124 and 02125) just to make sure I catch everything.

Now, there are thirteen new areas in Dorchester that have been added to the Boston areas. They include common known neighborhoods like, "Lower Mills" and "Savin Hill" and even some less common ones like "Mount Bowdoin". If a listing agent chooses to specify that their listing is in one of these areas and someone doing a search only picks "Dorchester" and not "Dorchester's Ashmont", they will miss it entirely. Conversely, if a buyer just wants "Dorchester's Ashmont" and the search only includes that and the listing agent just put it into "Dorchester", it may also be missed. You have to be very careful!

This is why it's important to check off all the areasin Dorchester to make sure nothing is missed. Now I have to go back and update all of the saved searches I have for generated for clients looking for homes in these areas! By the way, Dorchester is not the only area to have had these added neighborhoods. Hyde Park (two new sections), South Boston (three), East Boston (three), and Brighton (two) are some Boston areas that have recently added neighborhoods to them. Other cities and towns outside of Boston have also had areas added, but they will fall under the old main city or town so that there is little chance of missing something.

In January of 2010 there were 8 homes that closed within the month for West Roxbury, MA. This is a increase of 2 units as there were 6 homes that closed in January of 2009.

The Average list price for the homes that closed in West Roxbury for January 2010 was $382,575

The Average list price for the homes that closed in West Roxbury for January of 2009 was $386,600

The Average sale price for the homes that closed in West Roxbury for January of 2010 was $378,625

The Average sale price for the homes that closed in West Roxbury for January of 2009 was $366,167

The Average Market time for the homes that closed in West Roxbury in January of 2010 was 81 days.

The Average Market time for the homes that closed in West Roxbury January of 2009 was 41 days.

7 homes went under agreement in West Roxbury, Massachusetts for the month of January, 2010. The average list price of the homes that went under agreement was $386,200. The average time on the market for these West Roxbury homes were 56 days.

Thinking of selling your home in West Roxbury, Mass. , or other Boston towns. Call or email me...I would welcome the opportunity to show you how my online marketing can get your home SOLD!

Joseph D. "Joe" Federico

"Not Your Average Joe"
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
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Westwood MA 02090

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