Arlington, MA

My son is a member of the a capella choir at our local Arlington High School. These kids have been working hard to raise money for their upcoming performance tour in Europe. Fundraising activities have included raking leaves, multi-family yard sales, talent shows, you name it, all while doing homework and other after school activities.

My son has been working hard over the last month to produce a holiday CD that he can sell as part of the fundraiser. It features some unique arrangements of traditional holiday tunes which include performances by his lovely girlfriend (who is also in the choir), his father on guitar and vocals, and he even allowed me (his old mama) to sing on a couple tunes.

If you're feeling generous and looking for some holiday inspiration while supporting musical youth, then I hope you'll consider purchasing this thoughtful album. It's available on iTunes for only $7.92 and a physcial CD will soon be available to order (I'll post that link when it's available).

For the itunes version:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/songs-of-winter/id487260484

Rebecca Riopelle, Realtor®

Today let’s look at real estate values in Arlington, MA.

The black line that almost looks like an EKG reading of a heart rate shows you the median real estate value for single family homes in Arlington over the past year. There have been some ups and downs in prices but for the most part, real estate prices have stayed relatively level during the last 12 months.

The orange line traces the average days on the market that it takes single family homes to sell in Arlington. It’s currently taking about 10 days longer to sell a house today than it was at this point last year. Properly priced houses are selling in an average of 2 months – a very respectable time frame. We saw a very typical spike during last winter – but the exorbitant amount of snow we received made many would be home buyers hold off until the spring thaw so the average days on market lengthened to almost 4 months.

If you’d like more information about real estate values in Arlington, just call me at 781-608-4692 or email me.