One of the features we're bringing you on Lexington Patch is real estate highlights from Lexington and the surrounding area.  Thursdays, we post a roundup of homes that sold in the Lexington area during the previous week. And stay tuned, because on Fridays, we'll have a list of open houses for homes that are on the market.  Here's a look at some of the properties that sold in Lexington from July 27 to Aug. 3. Click on the photo at right to look at a photo gallery of homes that sold Read more [...]

The other day I was reading through my previous blogs and articles, and some by other building conservation specialists. It struck me that they pretty much all deal with technical or administrative details: thermal performance, embodied energy, breathability, damp, listed building consent, VAT - the list goes on.While this is all vitally important stuff, it can tend to give the impression that owning a historic building is a chore - an endless progression from one problem to another, with Read more [...]

More homeowners put their properties up for auction during June and July than at any time during the past four years, as a squeeze on new listings left prospective buyers to battle it out in the auction rooms. Research from property website realestate.co.nz shows auction listings peaked at 1168 in June, and hit 1132 in July - almost double the number advertised on the website in a 'typical month'. Realestate.co.nz's Read more [...]