Massachusetts towns and cities where homes are selling really fast

Boston.com Staff When a home goes on the market in Greater Boston, it doesn’t stay there very long. Numbers from real estate data firm Redfin reveal that Boston-area homes are selling at a rapid pace, with the median home appearing on the market for just a week in some places. In June, Redfin reported that homes listed for sale in the Boston market spent a median of 14 days on the market (DOM), a record low. But according Read more [...]

Pope ticket sales upset religious leaders

More than 100 tickets to see Pope Francis in New York were listed for sale on Craigslist Sept. 21, 2015. (WTEN) Related Coverage ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN/WOOD) — Call it divine intervention. Stephen Motto was one of hundreds in the Albany area blessed with two free tickets to see Pope Francis in New York. “I found out two days ago via e-mail,” he said. His plan is to meet his brother in New York City, but if he can’t get off work, he says he might try to make a profit Read more [...]

Kentucky farm Pauls Mill listed for sale

EmailPauls Mill, a Versailles, Ky., stallion, boarding, and sales consignment operation is listed for sale with an $8.5-million asking price. The 265-acre property is owned by Ben and Elaine Walden, who purchased the land in 2007 and converted it into a dedicated Thoroughbred operation. It is being listed by Justice Real Estate. The farm most recently stood I Want Revenge and Fast Bullet in 2014 before relocating both for the most recent breeding season. Pauls Mill previously stood stallions Read more [...]

Sheffield’s Old Town Hall withdrawn from sale

A campaign group set up to save a crumbling Sheffield landmark has hit out after the listed building was mysteriously withdrawn from sale. The Old Town Hall in Waingate was listed for sale at £2 million just over a week ago as a ‘residential development opportunity’ – but is now no longer for sale despite having apparently attracted several enquiries. Valerie Bayliss, chair of the campaign group Friends of the Old Town Hall, said: “Exactly the same thing happened a year Read more [...]

Downtown’s Capitol 6 theatre building listed for sale

Although stories are no longer being told in film at the closed Capitol 6 multiplex theatre, another chapter is unfolding now that the high-profile downtown property is up for sale. The site bordered by Yates, View and Blanshard streets is ripe for redevelopment, suited to a project with ground-floor commercial use topped by condominiums, said Ty Whittaker, one of the listing agents with Colliers Read more [...]

Historic home of Sunderland’s Backhouse family up for sale

Bosses at the University of Sunderland are standing by their decision to sell a historic city building. Ashburne House, in Sunderland, was gifted to the Corporation of Sunderland in 1922 by its last private owner Thomas William Backhouse. Ashburne House, Sunderland, 1872. He asked that the building in Ryhope Road – along with the surrounding Ashburne Park, now known as Backhouse Park – be used as a teacher college or hostel. And in 1931 consent was given by Read more [...]