I recently attended a conference in Portland, Oregon and wanted to share a couple of interesting points which were brought up during the meeting. Much larger than I had expected, conference attendees included people from all over the US, though certainly a preponderance were from the Pacific Northwest. The focus of the meeting was on key [...]

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in some of LandVests properties? We invite our owners to tell us a bit about their experience, what they love about their homes and a bit of their history. We followed up with Bill Chorske, to talk with him about wintertime experiences at his property, [...]

LandVest is pleased to welcome J. Stanley Edwards to our Boston brokerage team. Here is her first blog:

Why LandVest? Why Now?

My friends whove known me during my 17 years with one of the world's largest technology companies dont ask, they know already. Theyd see me after Id spent a weekend photographing properties for LandVest (which Ive [...]

LandVests MAI (Member of the Appraisal Institute) appraiser, Mike Hart, recently attended the annual Economic and Real Estate Market Outlook, where different industry experts discussed the Boston housing market.

Here are the top five takeaways:

• Projected increases in disposable income supports growth in real estate spending
• Record housing affordability combined with easing credit conditions are boosting housing
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According to the Boston Business Journal, LandVest had three of the Most-Expensive Sales in Eastern Mass. in 2013. LandVest represented either the sellers or the buyers of the 2^nd, 3^rd & 10^th ranked sales. One home was on Cape Cod and two were in the Boston Suburbs. #2. Fairview, 43 Church Street, Falmouth, MA. $11,750,000 - sold  

Effective Monday February 3, 2014 LandVest has reduced the LeFlore Timberlands from an asking price of $16,000,000 to $13,600,000 for a revised price per acre of approximately $685 per [...]

The Boston Globe recently recognized the Peabody Essex Museum for their success in building exciting new gallery space and in raising over a half a billion dollars toward their capital campaign. [...]

Top Sale 2013 - $10,000,000 The Cabot Estate, Weston MA Brokers Terrence Maitland and Nicole Monahan

Top Sale 2013 - $11,750,000 Fairview Waterfront Compound, Woods Hole, MA Brokers Stewart Young and Wade Staniar

Top Sale 2013 - $5,320,000 The Neville Leary House, Jamestown, RI Broker Terry Boyle

Top Sale 2013 - $6,800,000 Kennebunkport

We shared a cup of tea recently with Elizabeth Chapin, Managing Director for the New England Region. Betsy is our partner in Christies Boston office. We were talking about the huge sale prices for contemporary art in recent auctions (http://www.christies.com/sales/post-war-and-contemporary-evening-sale-new-york-november-2013/), and the conversation turned to where great buys currently can be [...]