Home of the Week

Home of the Week: 315 Walnut Street

Great bonuses on this home including a finished basement and sun porch.

Editor's note: Home of the Week is a new feature that goes beyond what's in the listing, giving you an inside look at some of the great homes on the market in Dedham. Imagine a warm summer evening, looking out over your front yard to a grand historic home with dozens of your neighbors enjoying the music. Or take a quick, two-minute winter stroll to a library to pick-up a book to cozy up with next to your living room fireplace. That's what this four-bed, two-and-a-half-bath colonial boasts.  Located on Walnut Street, across from the Endicott Estate, the owners say the location couldn't be more perfect. It gives the kids access to a popular town sledding hill - when there's snow - and a giant playing field when there's not. Inside the home, …

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Nov. Home Sales Increase in 2011

Trade groups report real estate growth.

According to The Warren Group's latest findings, single-family home sales increased 13 percent in Massachusetts when comparing Nov. 2011 with Nov. 2010. Sales increased year over year from 2,875 to 3,253. The Nov. 2011 numbers are also reportedly better than those in 2007 and 2008, the group wrote. Warren Group CEO Timothy M. Warren Jr. said in a press release that the Nov. numbers are a positive sign for the new year, but says he also worries that the overall 2011 number might approach record low numbers, “somewhere near the level in the 1990s,” he said. Other Warren numbers show the median price of single-family homes dropped from $295,000 in Nov. 2010 to $271,000 in Nov. 2011. The median price from Jan. through Nov. 2011 was $290,000, …

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