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.

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.

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
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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 [...]

Perched on the northern edge of Gloucester, Massachusetts, Annisquam feels like a village where time slows down. With its clapboard homes, winding lanes, and views that stretch from quiet coves to the open sea, it offers a glimpse of coastal New England as it was, and, in places like this, still is. Far from the well-trodden tourist paths [...]

We measure our economy in many ways, such as employment, inflation and GDP. We also measure consumer sentiment. In theory, there should be some correlation between the two, and there is. However, the relationship is surprisingly low when it comes to periods of inflection. Recently Ive become curious about how we feel, as consumers in the [...]

Economic uncertainty and volatile financial markets didnt slow what turned out to be a fast start to 2025. During Q1 LandVests new listings, and total available listings, were both considerably higher compared to the same time last year. Our inventory has been growing steadily and will continue to rise in the coming weeks when warmer [...]

High-End $2,000,000+ Market Highlights

• Inventory up 21% (230 vs 182 last year).
• Sales volume up 57% (47 vs 30 last year).
• Top sale: $7,900,000, Little Bars Neck Road, West Falmouth.
• Tariffs and supply chain dislocations will increase the cost of new construction and renovations.
• Sea level rise, storm impacts, and costly insurance are concerns for coastal
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