Open House @ 88 Wharf Street in Milton Landing
The Residences at Milton Landing
Sunday - February 10, 2008 from 1:15 to 2:30.

See more @ www.MiltonLanding211.com

Michael Mahoney
Realtor

This weekend there are 11 open houses for single family homes.

The following are the streets where open houses will be:

Hoy Terrace
Centre Street
Churchills Lane
Sears Road
Truro Lane
Pleasant Street
Rock View Road
Pleasant Street
Taylor Road
Marshall Road
Essex Road

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Milton Open Houses

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you may want to see which properties are having open houses
by checking here

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matters in Milton.

There were 3 closed sales in Milton for the week ending 2/1/2008.

The sales were at:

352 Granite Ave - This was a commercial property (gas station)
340 Pleasant Street
25 Savin Street - This property was a bank foreclosure sale.

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Way down in the Valley (lower Adams Street), there are some gems named The Baker Square (AKA Baker Chocolate).

History of Baker Chocolate

The Baker Mill Complex was once a thriving chocolate production facility located in the heart of Lower Mills.

Baker's Chocolate began in 1780, when Dr. John Baker started producing chocolate in Massachusetts.
His first product was a cake of chocolate for making a sweetened chocolate drink. Distribution was mainly in the Northeastern United States
until 1804 when Dr. Baker's son, Edmund Baker, inherited the family business and increased production with a state-of-the-art mill.

Production steadily increased through the century. The trademark logo of La Belle Chocolatiere was adopted in 1883 by the fourth-generation familial owner, William Henry Pierce, step-nephew of Walter Baker. Pierce began advertising Baker's Chocolate heavily in newspapers to increase profits. Promotional offers of tableware and logo pins helped attract customers. At his death in 1896, the Forbes Syndicate bought the company. They eventually sold the company to the Postum Cereal Company, now known as General Foods. The company was passed onto Kraft Foods in 1989 when they acquired General Foods.

Turned to Condos in The Early 90's

In 1990, a couple of the buildings were renovated and converted into a condo complex. The complex is located
along the banks of the Neponset River.

The physical address of the Walter Baker Condo Units is:

1241 Adams Street for The Forbes Mill
1243 Adams Street for The Park Mill

The zip code for this Lower Mills address in Dorchester is 02124.

I have a web site dedicated to Real Estate in the 02124 section of Dorchester. You can see more @ www.02124.com

The units have extremely high ceilings and exposed brick and beams. There is a good mix of 1 and 2 bedrooms. The buildings are serviced by elevators.
The complex is pet friendly. One of the big draws is that it is located on the Redline for easy access from Milton/Lower Mills into the city near the Financial District and South Station.

All units have washer and dryer hookups. Each unit usually has a very good sized private storage compartment.

There are modern amenities located within the complex. On the short list are:

• Lap Pool
• Whirlpool
• Club Room
• Small Gym

How Big is Baker's Choclate Square?Many people want to know how many condo units there are in The Baker Square Complex. There are 98 units in the Baker Square Complex. The 98 units are split into two buildings. The buildings are The Forbes Mill and The Park Mill. The Forbes Mill is the building you can see from Adams Street in Lower Mills. The Park Mill is the back building down the cobblestone driveway.

Walter Baker Lofts Studio

The administration building which on Adams Street is located to the left of The Forbes Mills as you face the complex. This building sat vacant until just a few years ago.

Keen Development was instrumental in the creation of 13 artist lofts in the building. You can see more about Keen Development at www.KeenDevelopment.com

See all of the Baker Square Condos by clicking here

HERE ARE SOME PICS OF A UNIT I SOLD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN THE BAKER SQUARE CONDO COMPLEX

http://picasaweb.google.com/mmahoneyboston/BakerSquareCondoUnitACoupleOfYearsAgo

More Photos Here

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Michael Mahoney
REALTOR®
The NorthCompass Group | Guiding You Home
www.NorthCompass.com
617-648-3983

Some of My Personal Favorite Links of Mine for You to Check Out:

Want to see a list of foreclosure properties or fixer uppers. Please visit www.thebostonreports.com

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There were 4 closed sales in Milton for the week ending 1/28/2008.

The sales were at:

100 Brierbrook Street
140-142 Eliot Street
56 Martin Road
3-3A Warren Ave

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There were 2 closed real estate sales recorded in Norfolk Registry of Deeds for the Town of Milton during the past week.The first sale was 241 Canton Avenue. The sale price was: $1,185,000. The previous sale price was  $710,000 in 1998.

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There were 12 sales in Milton during the month of December of 2007.

The average list price of the 12 houses was: $680,558 and the average
sales price was: $652,317.

The average time on market was 107 days for these 12 houses.

During the month, 9 new listings came onto the market.

During December there were 23 prices changes on 21 properties. The average price
reduction was almost $23,000.

The closed properties sold off @ 91% of their original prices and 96% of their
adjusted (reduced) prices.

9 properties went under agreement in Milton during December. These took on
average 149 days to go under agreement.

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For the month of November 2007 in Milton, there were a total of 12 sales.

Of interest, 5 of the sales were between $350,000 and $399,000.
There were no sales over 1 million. The highest sale was $885,000.

The average market time for the units which sold was 77 days.  The properties
sold off @ 94% of their original list price and 97% of their adjusted price.

During the month of November 21 propeties came onto the market. Several of these properties were
just relisted with other agents. The total dollar volume that came on the market was about $14 million.

There were 35 price adjustments on properties. The average price reduction was $12,251.56

7 properties went under agreement. This was just over about $3 million in inventory.

There are currently 145 properties on the market.  If you look at the last 3 months of activity, 19 properties went under
agreement. This means that there is 4.75 single sales per month in Milton. Using this calculation, there are almost 31 months
of available inventory.

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On Sunday, December 2 from 3:30 to 5:30 the annual Milton tree lighting ceremony
in East Milton Square It will be held.
The event is held on the East Milton Deck near the East Milton fire station
and post office.

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The Quincy Symphony Orchestra will be hosting a free holiday
concert on December 11, 2007 beginning @ 7:30 PM.

It will be at The Performing Arts Center @ North Quincy High School.

You can visit their web site @ Quincysymphony.org

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