Landvest Camden Office

Finally, after a long wet spring, summer weather has arrived and Camden Harbor is active with the schooners and day-sailors beginning their voyages, yachts being rigged and the [...]

Market Highlights

• Reduced inventory of listings (233 vs a record 267 last year)
• 31 high-end $2,000,000+ sales (vs 34 last year).
• Top sale: $4,800,000, 250 Country Drive, Weston.
• LandVests markets continue to improve in volume and turnover, with significant record sales.
• Special properties, expertly presented, reaching out to a broad market with a strong value proposition, are well received by the
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We are pleased to introduce a market report that covers high-end real estate activity in Bostons top residential neighborhoods. This adds to the geography covered by our other LandVest High-End Market Watches - Norfolk and Middlesex Counties plus Cape Cod. It will be issued [...]

Market Highlights

• Turnkey properties are favored
• Inventories are high, especially at the higher end of the price range
• Sales in Q1-Q3 of 2016 were strong with a record-tying 68 sales
• Pent-up demand and a strong stock market are fueling the market, but excess inventory means sellers must compete for buyers

Active Listings

On Cape Cod,

Market Highlights

• Record high-end $2,000,000+ sales (182 vs 162 last year)
• Large inventory of listings (235 vs a record 245 last year)
• Top sale: $6,700,000, 383 River Road, Carlisle
• LandVests markets continue to improve in volume, turnover, and with significant record sales
• Special properties, expertly presented, reaching out to a broad market with a strong value proposition, are well received by the
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THE CAMDEN MARKET IN CONTEXT

AS WE MOVE INTO THE FALL SEASON and the last quarter of the year, the 2016 Maine real estate market is coming into focus. A look at the overall statistics for properties listed above $1,000,000 shows continued strength in southern Maine, a solid improvement in the mid-coast region and ongoing softness in the [...]

Demographics and the New Realism of Luxury Real Estate

The dominant theme of the post-Great Recession luxury real estate market has been the gap between buyer and seller expectations. This new realism is driven by demographics.

LandVests average seller is shifting from the Silent Generation to the Baby Boom generation. For both groups, [...]

Market Highlights

• First half volume of $2,000,000+ sales was strong (100 vs peak 102 sales in 2015).
• Record inventories (277 listings vs 259 last year).
• Top sale for the first half: $6,700,000, 383 River Road, Carlisle.
• First quarter inventories grew 46% compared to a year ago.
• LandVests markets continue to improve in volume, turnover, and with significant record
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Some of LandVests favorite towns including Brookline, Cambridge, Concord, and Newton have been deemed the most in-demand in the greater Boston metro area. Based on the largest rebound in prices from the post-crash bottom in 2009, the [...]