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A Smarter Way to Move Wood: LandVest Launches Digital Trip Tickets06.15.2026

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  Each year, LandVest processes enough paper trip tickets generated through timber harvesting and log transportation activities that, if laid end to end, they would stretch roughly 13 miles. That volume of paperwork has long been a necessary part of moving wood from the forest to the mill, [...]

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The Paul & Bunny Mellon Estate

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Its easy to understand why Paul and Bunny Mellon chose this site for their storied summer home. Situated on a bluff, overlooking Nantucket Sound, the southwesterly trade winds, gentle but constant, drive the tempo of the sea just beyond a protected barrier island. No doubt the Mellons selected this site for its sweeping views, privacy and seclusion.

 

Cape Cod, Massachusetts | High-End Market Watch, Q1-Q3 2025

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Market Highlights

HIGH-END $2,000,000+ MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

  • Inventory up 1% (record 295 vs record 292 last year).
  • Sales volume up 13% (record 204 vs record 181 last year).
  • Top sale: $12,300,000, 27 Marchant Ave, Hyannis Port.
  • Buyers benefit from improving inventories. Despite economic and political uncertainty, sales
    are at record levels.
  • Sea level rise, storm impacts, and costly insurance are concerns for coastal
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$37.5 Million Sale Marks Highest Residential Sale on Martha's Vineyard

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LandVest | Christie’s International Real Estate is pleased to announce the record-breaking sale of 48 Witchwood Lane in Edgartown, which closed at $37.5 million, setting a new benchmark for the highest recorded residential sale in Martha’s Vineyard.  

The landmark transaction, alongside the closing of 81 South Water Street at $17.25 [...]

Cape Cod | Massachusetts | High-End Market Watch, First Half 2025

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At the end of the second quarter, the high-end inventory of listings, active and pending, was up by 21% to a record318 listings compared to 263 last year and the previous record of 271 listings in 2016.

Middlesex County | Massachusetts High-End Market Watch, First Half 2025

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HIGH-END $2,000,000+ MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

  • Inventory up 12% (Record 514 vs record 458 last year).
  • Sales up 23% (Record 423 vs record 345 last year).
  • Top Sale: $10,500,000, 10 Appleton Street, Cambridge.
  • Buyers and sellers continue to increase their activity resulting in record inventories and sales.
  • As usual, special properties, expertly presented, reaching out to a broad market with a strong value proposition, will have a competitive
  • [...]

Second Quarter Sentiment: Way to Go, America!

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Last quarter, I introduced the LandVest Economic Index, as a measure of how well our economy was performing. The index is a scaled measure of unemployment, GDP growth, and inflation. I plotted the index against the University of Michigans survey on consumer sentiment and found that at the end of this year's firstquarter,

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Is New England a Buyer's Market?

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More Homes For Sale, But Location Matters

An eventful first half of 2025 is in the books, and weve seen U.S. housing inventory continue to climb towards pre-pandemic levels. The current number of houses for sale trails 2017-19 levels by about 11% but its grown, year over year, for 20 consecutive [...]

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A Smarter Way to Move Wood: LandVest Launches Digital Trip Tickets06.15.2026

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  Each year, LandVest processes enough paper trip tickets generated through timber harvesting and log transportation activities that, if laid end to end, they would stretch roughly 13 miles. That volume of paperwork has long been a necessary part of moving wood from the forest to the mill, [...]

LandVest Welcomes Joshua McDorman to Lead Mitigation Banking & Environmental Crediting Efforts06.04.2026

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  LandVest is pleased to welcome Joshua McDorman as Project Manager, Mitigation Banking & Environmental Crediting, further expanding the firm’s expertise in natural capital, conservation, and environmental markets. Josh joins the [...]

The Housing Market Correction Is Here. The Reset Isn't.05.19.2026

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  For over 25 years, I have analyzed housing and macroeconomic trends and how they shape real estate markets across New England. Following its peak in the fourth quarter of 2022, I expected the housing market to follow a more familiar correction pattern. As affordability spiked, prices would [...]

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