In the spirit of Thanksgiving Day, we wanted to take a moment to remind all of our clients and real estate professionals that we truly are thankful for them. At The Charles Realty we enjoy what we do, after 30 years of serving the Boston area real estate market we're happy to say that we still are proud to be a part of this community.

We wish everyone a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving! Thank you to everyone who has been a part of The Charles [...]

Chances are if you've been renting in Boston, then your lease started September 1st.  By now you've settled in and your apartment feels like home, as it should. But there's also a chance you're feeling a bit bored with the white walls and the overall plainness of your space, which is understandable. Unfortunately you're afraid to decorate [...]

Recently Boston.com posted a very brief post ragarding starter homes.  What they didn't address specifically, are starter homes here in Boston. While, they did speak to the more suburban single families homes, that seem to be on the decline, and spoke to the trend of condos on the upswing, Boston is obviously very [...]

Right now we know this is a slower time of year for rentals, but there's still several opportunities for you to still find the right home.  The summer, especially in Boston, is the prime time for renting.  This is when students and professors might be looking to make the move to Boston, but right now, students are settled in and the school [...]

Investing in upgrades can always help in regards to selling a home.  We recommend that you definitely discuss possible renovations with an experienced broker---this could increase marketability and the selling power of your home. Correcting deficiencies in your home can make sellers see the property more favorably--and makes them willing to [...]

We understand that the real estate market hasn't been the easiest over the past five or so years, and we've written plenty of posts recently about how the market is bouncing back, but we thought it would be best to compare Boston real estate sales with those in other markets. Movoto.com has proved to be a great tool that allows us to plug in [...]

The Wall Street Journal released their newest print and online section today, which is entitled, "Mansion."  WSJ managing editor Robert Thomson in a statement that, "we all like to think of our home as a mansion, even if it is a humble abode, and we all have the license to aspire."

The section is all about residential luxury real estate in the US and internationally. The section will include WSJ's [...]

The Estately Blog recently created a fun and playful comparison of the housing situations of the two presidential candidates (excluding the White House). The website compared Obama's Chicago home with the five homes Romney has owned in the past few years. Both the presidents live in high-end houses. The average American home value is [...]

There are plenty of entertaining shows out there about how you can flip your house, and they feature all these people that have done it themselves for a great profit and it seems realistic to think that any of us with the right amount of time and money could do the same. In Boston you might [...]

While buildings like Millennium Place are being built and the Seaport District continuing to grow, it seems overwhelming to read about all the projects happening around Boston. We've run several blog posts regarding this boom in construction, a sure sign that Boston is ready to bring in a new economy and allow business to [...]