Sold Single Family Homes Report for March 2011, Cohasset MA

Cohasset MA, once the summer playground to the likes of Clarence Barron and Hugh Bancroft. (The both went on to from what became Dow Jones and Company, publisher of the Wall Street Journal. To this day it is a town that attracts the financial types. And rightly so, given the premium homes sell for in the often sought after seaside town.

There were 3 homes that closed within the month of March 2011 in the Cohasset Massachusetts real estate market. This a decrease of 4 units, as there were 7 Cohasset MA homes for sale that closed in March of 2010.

The Average list price for the homes that closed in Cohasset for March of 2010 was $841,700

The Average list price for the homes that closed in Cohasset for March of 2011 was $528,333

The Average sale price for the homes that closed in Cohasset for March of 2010 was $789,571

The Average sale price for the homes that closed in Cohasset for March of 2011 was $513,786

The Average Market time for the homes that closed in Cohasset in March of 2010 was 360 days.

The Average Market time for the homes that closed in Cohasset March of 2011 was 382 days.

There were 5 homes under agreement in Cohasset Massachusetts in the month of March. The average list price of the homes that went under agreement was $700,960. The average time on the market for these Cohasset MA homes was 283 days.

In 2010 there were 91 Single Family Real Estate transactions in Cohasset. In 2009 there were 77 Single Family Real Estate transactions.

** The above statistics are for single family homes only and do not include condo’s or Multi-family homes in Cohasset Massachusetts.

In comparing year over year longer term data for Cohasset MA, there was a trend towards more stability in market values. The average days on the market decreased significantly while prices increased. The seven figure homes are also starting to sell in greater volume.

Cohasset remains an excellent town for both upper end time home buyers as well as those wishing to move up into the premium price ranges of the market. Many of Cohasset neighborhoods are short walk to the beach, harbor, or village.

Below are market reports for other towns in the Cohasset area:

• Markets reports for Hull
• Market reports for Hingham
• Market Reports for Weymouth
• Market reports for Marshfield
• Market reports for Scituate

Selling a home in Cohasset Massachusetts or other South Shore Towns 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 Cohasset and many other South Shore communities has changed over the last five years. We are no longer in a seller’s market.

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About the author: The above Real Estate information about the Cohasset MA Real Estate Market was provided by Bill Tierney, a highly respected name in real estate who covers the South Shore real estate market for Virtual Homes Real Estate. Bill can be reached via email at William.Tierney@VirtualHomes.com or by phone at 617-653-1955. Bill has been a licensed real estate agent for over seven years.

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Home inspectors working in Cohasset MA are required to perform a home inspection to the Massachusetts Home Inspector Standards of Practice. A copy of the standard will be provided to the client by the home inspector.

The MA Home Inspector Standards of Practice is written for the professional home inspector. United Inspection Service has created some easy to read Consumer Information Sheets illustrating what is included and excluded in a Standard MA home inspection. Clear client communications (3c) are one of our core values. See the easy to read one page consumer information sheets for each of the systems in a MA Home Inspection.

Visit the Cohasset MA Home Inspection web page from United Inspection Service for some useful information about homes in Cohasset MA and our Massachusetts Home Inspection.

• Massachusetts Home Inspector Standards of Practice
• Recommended Questions to Ask the Seller/Seller's Representative
• Home Inspection Photographs
• Flood Zones
• Lead Paint
• Hazardous Waste Release
• Check the Cohasset MA Home Inspector web page for consumer information links ...
  

The Cohasset Sailing Club which recently celebrated its 50th Aniversary last season, is about to embark on a major over haul to its facilities. As I noted in a previous post, a new club house is in the works for the Cohasset Sailing Club.

By was of reference the Cohasset Sailing Club is a community based organization whose charge is to provide the townspeople of Cohasset, and children in particular but not exclusively, with an affordable opportunity to learn and practice sailing. Over the last 50+ years, countless Cohasset Residents have learned to sail and began life long love affair with the sport. And who knows how many fond memories linger out there of summers gone by on the water, memories that stay with with you beyond the borders of Cohasset.

Recent years at the Cohasset Sailing Club have been some of the best in its history when it comes to enrollment. The Club is at or near record enrollment for both the youth and adult sailing programs. This is both the good news and the bad news. The recent success have made the club out grow its current facility. The club house that was built in 1979 no longer offers the space needed for neither the class sizes, nor storage of the equipment. The systems in the club house are also in need of an upgrade from the roof, to the electrical, to the plumbing. After an exhaustive study, it was determined that it would be less expensive to simply start anew with a facility that could keep out with current demand. And so, plans have been recently approved by the various town boards to rebuild a new "Green" club house. The building will be the towns first LEED (Leadership in Environmental Energy Design) registered building.

With approvals in Hand the leadership of the Cohasset Sailing Club is now in the early stages of a fund raising campaign to raise the nearly $500,000 needed for the new club house. All donations will be tax deductable, and if you choose to support the campaign, there is a link below that assist you in your genorsity as well as educate you on the goals of the club.

On March 12 there will be a fundraising party at the Atlantica Restaurant from 7:30 to 11:30 PM, and I hope to see you there.

For more information click: http://cohassetsailingclub.wordpress.com/

AS I sit here today watching the tail end of a Nor'easter dump a foot of show across New England, I long for the warm summer breezes of months to come. While I could sit here and write on for a good bit about the many fine homes for sale in Cohasset, I thought it better to warm some minds with an educational piece about Cohasset's Sandy Beach. Cohasset, MA is a premier community located on Massachusetts Bay about 20 miles South of Boston. Along the coast, and nearly the center point of town is a stretch a of beach sandwiched between granite rock outcroppings left from a glacial deposit. This beach is known as 'Sandy Beach".

What makes sandy beach so special is its highly family friendly atmosphere. On any given sunny weekend end day you will see countless families flock to the beach to enjoy the coast. With the beach book ended by rocks at each end toddlers cannot wander off. Lifeguards watch the water and the folks swimming in it. It offers a great sense of security.

Sandy Beach is the best kept secret, and best real estate marketing ploy all wrapped in one. The beach itself is privately owned by a land trust set up long ago by a now departed member of the community who wanted to insure access to the water for all the towns residents. The beach is open to the public, however the parking lot is not. Since the Town of Cohasset maintains the parking lot, one needs a town parking sticker to park in the lot, or risk a $200 parking ticket. The town does offer 300 non-resident parking stickers in a lottery each year. The beach is maintained by a non-profit group called The Sandy Beach Association (SBA). The Sandy Beach Association is volunteer group of eight residents. The SBA is charged with maintaining the beach and staffing it with nearly 13 life guards, and 28 beach maintenance workers.

While the beach is largely used by the local Cohasset folks, it is a true treasure to enjoy. It remains a one of the many unique selling points to a town lucky to have countless reasons to make Cohasset your home. I so look forward to my next visit to Sandy Beach, and I am forever grateful to have such and asset in my backyard at my disposal.