Sales by Town, $2,000,000+, Year End, 2000-2013

Nine of the 54 cities and towns in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, had high-end sales in 2013: Belmont (5), Cambridge (23), Concord (17), Lexington (12), Lincoln (5), Newton (49), Wayland (2), Weston (26), and Winchester (3). For the first time Newton has become the sales leader for the [...]

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 [...]

Forbes Magazine names 2014 best cities to invest in Real Estate. Is your city on the list?

Boston is named one of Forbes Magazine's top cities to invest in real estate in 2014.http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emeg45hfmk/15-boston-mass/

Boston's growth forecast, according to the Magazine is 19% in the next three years. To read more about other top cities to invest in housing [...]

Tappan-Philbrick House 182 Walnut Street, Brookline, MA $3,450,000

With the hopes of stirring additional interest, the owners of the Tappan-Philbrick House in Brookline, MA have recently dropped the asking price from $3,950,000 to $3,450,000. The property is located in the Pill Hill neighborhood in Brookline, MA. For those not familiar [...]

The Peabody-Essex Museum has been bringing global art and design to New England for 200 years. LandVest, a proud corporate partner of the museum, has been bringing great New England properties to the global marketplace since 1968. Does art mirror life, or the reverse?

For all you procrastinators, here is part three of our holiday gift list! Among this three part gift guide series (click here to see all lists) you will find a special property for just about everyone on your list. Which property is the best fit for your special someone? We'd love to know!

New England is known as a global center for education. Not surprisingly, the education economy drives the real estate market as well. World-renowned prep schools, colleges and universities attract employees, students, parents who want to stay near their kids, and residents seeking a vibrant community. [...]