Our 2020 LandVest Index reported an unprecedented explosion in sales of luxury properties across New England and the Adirondacks. The imperatives for refuge and a new sense of life and work balance continue to drive the market into the second quarter of 2021. With low inventory and high demand, buyers need brokers who have their fingers on [...]

Market Highlights

HIGH-END ($2,000,000+) MARKETS HIGHLIGHTS

• Inventory down 16% (162 vs 193 last year).
• Sales volume up 93% (Record 226 vs record 117 last year).
• Top Sale: $20,000,000, 187 Penzance Road, Woods Hole.
• Cape Cods high-end market lagged thru the Q2 and exploded in the second half.
• COVID-19 increased demand for special "refuge" properties, but buyers struggled with reduced inventory and premium
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Everyone knows three things matter in real estate: location, location, and location. At LandVest, what that means is sense of place.

People want to be somewhere special, someplace that speaks to them.

Thats what LandVest brings to the properties we represent and what we bring to buyers trying to find what they are looking for.

Just got off the phone with the owners of Taylor Farm in Peacham, Vermont, who have been happily there for the full pandemic, joined with family and friends over the course of the last year. Here are some highlights:

So, what was your experience being on the farm over the last year?

Weve lived here for years, but this was our first [...]

2020 was a year full of unexpected change. Among them was a booming real estate market as families traded heavily populated states such as New York and California, along with major metropolitan areas, for the suburbs and rural America. The reasons are many, but the lower real estate prices outside of congested areas are a big factor, [...]

Wolcott Woods is distinguished not only by its magnificent setting, but also its roots in Massachusetts history. In 1851, prominent Beacon Hill merchant Joshua Harrington Wolcott bought the land and subsequently built Blue Hill, a summer residence for his family. Later known as the Wolcott Mansion, Roger Wolcott, the former Governor of the [...]

The word of the year for 2020 should be unprecedented. On Marthas Vineyard, a year of unprecedented challenges finished on quite the record: for the first time, real estate sales on the island passed the $1 billion threshold. [...]

2020 is finally, thankfully, receding in the rear-view mirror. It was a difficult year, and our thoughts go out to all of those who have suffered from the effects of this [...]

Market Highlights

HIGH-END ($2,000,000+) MARKETS HIGHLIGHTS

• Inventory up 13% (163 vs 144 last year).
• Sales up 17% (Record 377 vs record 322 last year).
• Top Sale: $16,000,000, 46 Fayerweather Street, Cambridge.
• Middlesex Countys high-end market continues to perform strongly.
• COVID-19 crimped listings and sales in the first half, but the year ended with record
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