Ed Newton's (ednewton3) Blog

This past February was quite the month for real estate in Westborough and its surrounding towns (Southborough, Northborough, Hopkinton, Shrewsbury, Grafton and Upton.) In February of 2010 there were 40 sales for the month with an average sales price (ASP) of $388,910 and an average days-on-market...

This past February was quite the month for real estate in Westborough and its surrounding towns (Southborough, Northborough, Hopkinton, Shrewsbury, Grafton and Upton.) In January of 2010 there were 35 sales for the month with an average sales price (ASP) of $468,476 and an average days-on-market ...

Winter time is here at its best in the northeast with some regions suffering 4 or more storms since the New Year. What does this mean for the local real estate industry?! Frustration. Several times in these first few weeks of 2011 agents have watched signs of life and sparks of an early Spring ge...

"Wait til you see that sunshine day...you ain't seen nothing yet!" With winter here it's easy to predict that most agents (at least in the northern parts of the states) are experiencing their slow down in writing, negotiating and closing deals. This allows us a couple of opportunities. First and ...

Now more than ever, unless you are filthy rich, the everyday people of the world are watching every cent that comes into and goes out of their possession. Finding the money to pay a real estate agent or broker is no exception. People often ask me, "What's the going rate" or "what is a fair commis...