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The Spring market is here for real estate in Boston. The acitvity has picked up. Open Houses are busy. The good weather and the low interest rates are a big factor.

More Buyers are looking and making offers and more sellers are listing their property, some properties are selling as soon as they land on the market.

Properties in some areas like Jamaica Plain, Brookline or Cambridge are even getting multiple offers.

The real estate inventory in these areas is low especially in certain types of properties like single family homes for example.

If you are  a Buyer be prepared to make quick decisions and be informed and if you are a seller, be willing to price your property well to attract buyers.

So it's not a buyer's market everywhere righ now and the glass may be half full.

For more information about the market, please contact Emmanuel Scibilia at 617-669-6277

Walkingscore.com is a great site that rates cities and neighborhoods. It calculates the proximity to conveniences within walking distance and rates it on a 0-100-point scale.  You can check your house, your office and check the best way to get there.The site is very easy to use and very useful. You can find places like shops, offices, transit stops, restaurants, hotels, etc..

When it comes to searching for homes for sale, this is helpful because it allows to easily know all the conveniences surrounding a specific property and to know if a location is walkable or more car-dependent.

Also, if you're comparing neighborhoods or cities to live in, walkingscore.com can help you get a better idea of how easy it is to walk in different areas.

Boston has a score of 97 and it is not surprising. It is easy to walk and the public transit offers great options. 

Brookline is not following the general real estate trend, average prices went up in the last year which shows signs of a healthy neighborhood.

Brookline offers great advantages including low unemployment rate, lower than the national average, a prime location, a prestigious public school system, access to public transportation, convenience to the city and many amenities inlcuding hospitals.

As an example, the Warren Group, a company that tracks real estate, show that the median sales price of single-family properties in Brookline went up 6.73% in the first ten months of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010. In contrast, the state's median sales price went down 1.68%.

Brookline may not be in everyone's price range but it continues to attract many buyers.