Buyers: Find Your Edge in Boston’s Real Estate Market
While it’s smart to casually begin checking out open houses and considering your ideal moving timeline, several critical factors may compel you to get a well informed buying strategy in place right out of the gate. Here’s what to know: Start right now The sooner we get you informed about the market and your options […] Read More
Thinking of Selling in 2017?
Your “spring” market starts now. If you’re contemplating selling your home in 2017, you may be generally aiming for the “spring market”—that post-freeze time of year when the ground has thawed, making way for crocuses and daffodils. The sun will be out longer and more folks will be out and about on foot: that seems […] Read MoreAbout Melony and Good Boston Living
Melony Swasey and the Good Boston Living team represent clients who seek insightful advising and attentive service for buying and selling homes in and around Boston. For Melony, the joy in real estate sales is forging genuine relationships with her clients. Since 2010, she’s worked closely with home buyers and sellers of all stages of […] Read More
Community, Credenzas, and Color
Sky and Madison expected a gradual, laid-back buying process. They’d told themselves they would allow a year for their search. It didn’t take a year; it took a week—and the process went smoothly. Their next task was configuring their massive North Dorchester newly built condo, with its city views. Considering community SKY: It was kind […] Read More
Unlimited SIR has Opened in Newton Centre
My brokerage, Unlimited | Sotheby’s International Realty, has opened our third office, in the heart of Newton Centre at 767 Beacon Street. From local to global Locally owned and operated, we’re based in key residential centers, including Brookline’s Coolidge Corner and Jamaica Plain’s Centre Street. We’re well positioned to serve clientele from the innovation districts […] Read More
Melville Park Curiosities and Conversations
After looking on and off for three years, Mike found just the right place in Dorchester’s Melville Park near Shawmut Station. He and his partner Brandon love the house and the neighborhood. They describe settling into a new house and neighborhood, using art and curiosities to generate conversations, and what it’s like working with Melony. […] Read More
Put Relationships at the Center of Your Strategy
The Boston area markets, from the South End to the suburbs, are fast-paced. And they continuously break new ground on prices—and on the risk-taking required of competing buyers to get a deal done. I am unmistakably competitive and, as I often say to both my seller and buyer clients, I play to win. I’m guided […] Read More
Business Based in Love
I am often taken by the camaraderie, human connection, and goodwill that moves the business I’m in. Yes, the Boston area real estate market is intensely competitive and increasingly expensive. But I’m struck by the heart that’s involved—between agents as well as between buyers and sellers. The stories in my daily dealings are numerous. If […] Read More
Voter Registration to Parking Permits: Get it Done at Boston.gov
Boston has a history of using technology to improve city services. The Office of New Urban Mechanics began in 2010, but even before that, the city launched Citizens Connect, a mobile app alternative to the 311 hotline used to report issues around the city. With the new Boston.gov, services are even easier to access. The […] Read More
