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BigRock
Joined: 07 Feb 2007 Posts: 11
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:53 pm GMT Post subject: Here come the auctions in the Boston area |
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http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2007/10/medford_condos.html
"Developers of Station Landing, the 127-unit development along the Mystic River in Medford, will auction off unsold condominiums in the project on Nov. 11."
"Thirty units will be auctioned, with minimum prices set at about two-thirds of the original list price. Bids will start at $535,000, for example, for a 12th floor penthouse, and at $275,000 for a one-bedroom on a middling floor."
My take on this is that the developers realize they will never get their asking price in the near future and have to sell "at cost"....
Personally, I have a good job and wouldn't mind living there, but I might think about buying at $150,000 for a one bedroom. At $275,000 I would have to have a significant other go in with me, and at that point a one bedroom is too small.
$275,000 is still too high, they really need to start the bidding at $150,000. |
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JCK
Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 559
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:05 pm GMT Post subject: |
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BigRock,
Have you seen this place? It's truly one-of-a-kind, and not in a good way.
This place may have great access to the T, but the location is beyond awful. Yes, you're on the river and may be a nice view, but you're walled in by eight lane highways on two sides, and train tracks on the third side.
I don't see the appeal of living in a place like this. It's probably OK for temporary corporate housing for someone working in downtown Boston, but it has neither urban (can't walk anywhere from there) nor suburban amenities (not like you have your own back yard). It's living in a high-rise above a suburban strip mall.
I don't think the fate of Station Landing has much to do with the real estate market as a whole. |
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admin Site Admin
Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 1826 Location: Greater Boston
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:09 pm GMT Post subject: |
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Thanks for the link. I read that same article earlier and had very similar thoughts.
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JCK
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Let's see if this works.
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JCK
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OK. That failed. How about
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BigRock
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I know the location and have driven by there many times. If I had a job on the Orange Line I would consider living there, but for only $150,000. Otherwise I would NOT want to live there. For $275,000 I can get a place that's bigger and don't mind an extra 20 minute commute.
Being surrounded by Route 16 and Route 28 on both sides isn't very appealing, and neither are the Orange Line / Commuter rail tracks; but for $150,000 i'd consider it. |
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