NEEDHAM THRIVES/HOMES ARE SELLING/PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE HERE. Needham is insulated it would appear. It is proven over and over again by how the homes just keep selling. We have been insulated here. There are 25 properties that have pending sales in the past month. There were 21 homes that closed in the past month from $350,000 to $1,530,000 at 97% of the asking price and original price and that was average. One sold for 106% of original price. There are only 86 single family homes on the market at the present time.
The newest report is that that sales are up 6.6% in Massachusetts over last year compared to sales in October, 2007. 
With inventory down properties will go up in price. according to the Massachusetts Association of Realtors.
Plus the announcement of the drop in interest rate that is a tangible help to today's buyer. It went down a whole .5% to roughly 5 1/2%.
There are reasons to be optimistic in the real estate market in Needham, Massachusetts today.
Pat Baker, Real Estate Expert - Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Needham, MA - Serving my clients in Needham, Wellesley, Dover, Natick, South Natick, Holliston, Sherborn, Weston, Dedham, Millis, Medfield, Medway, Westwood. www.patannbaker.com 617-435-3471
During the last 7 days there were 9 single family homes that went under agreement. I believe that now the elections are over people can make decisions. That is just me talking out loud, but I have seen more activity since November 4th.
There are lots of buyers out there and there are more properties coming on the market.
I have also noticed there is more activity online as well previewing properties there first. There just seems to be an uptick in the activity.
Gerenerally if someone is looking at this time of year they would like to be in their new home before the holidays if possible. First we Thanksgviing and then all the holidays are launched and people have other shopping on their minds besides shopping for homes.
Interest rates are still great. There was a time when they were up to 19%. It is truly amazing the rates we have enjoyed and I sure hope they stay that way.
Pat Baker, Licensed Real Estate Broker/Agent - Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Needham, MA Serving my clients in Needham, Wellesley, Dover, Dedham, Weston, Westwood, Holliston, Sherborn, Natick, South Natick, Medway, Millis, & Medfield. www.patannbaker.com
How is it going in Needham these days, real estate-wise. Not too shabby. Needham property is moving along.
Come join us at Geneses Salon & Spa
November 12, 2008 from 6:00 to 7:30 PM
Wine & Cheese does age but .....
How Would You Like to Feel 25 Years Younger and Live 25 years Longer?
Wine Tasting - With Tammy Lamenzo of Beverages to Go
Cheese & Crackers from Wasik's Cheese Shop of Wellesley
Drawing for $125 Certificate to Geneses Salon & Spa
Learn about The Revolutionary Cellular Anti-Aging Tonic Dietary Supplement
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The Traveling VietNam Veterans Memorial
Memorial Park, Needham, MA
October 30 - November 2, 2008
Open to the Public 24 hours a day
Free of Charge
Sponsored by:
Town of Needham Board of Selectmen & Memorial Park Trustees
Lt. Manson H. Carter VFW Post 2498
Schedule of Events Opening Ceremony Thursday October 30, 2008
Master of Cermonies, John Logan, Veterans Agent
Posting of Colors - Needham Police Department Honor Guard
Needham Fire Department Honor Guard
National Anthem and Other Patriotic Selection- Pollard Middle School Treble Choir, Under the Direction of Cassandra Peterson
Pledge of Allegiance, Needham Girl Scouts & Needham Boy Scouts
Welcome & Introduction
James G. Healy, Chair Board of Selectmen, Charles Mangine, Memorial Park Trustee
Guest Speaker
Thomas Kelly, MA Secretary of Veterans Svcs. & Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
Laying of Wreaths
American Legion Post 14, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2498
Reading of Needham Servicement Names, Tony Cefalo
Benediction, Reverend John Buehrens
Taps
2:00 pm Friday, October 31, 2008
Master of Ceremonies, Vire Department Veteran
Names of Massachusetts Servicement Read
Benediction, Reverend Heidi Fieldston
Taps
The Three Servicemen Vietnam Women's
War Memorial
12:30 pm Saturday, November 1, 2008
Master of Ceremonies, Thomaqs Leary, Needham Police Chief & Vertera
Posting of Colors - American Legion Post 19 Somerville & Boston Military Pocessing Station
National Anthem
Detective Sergeant Pauline Carter Wells, Cambridge Police Department
Plege of Allegiance - Needham Girl Scouts & Needham Boy Scouts
Flyover - UH (Huey) Det 1 Med Co (Air Ambulance) RI Army National Guard
Guest Speaker
Lieutenant General Ted F. Bowids - Commander, Electronic Systems Center Hanscom Field
Lieutenant(I.g.) Thomas J. Hudner, US Navy, Congressional Medal of Honor
Kevin O'Connor, Director of Veterans Vervices Tyngsborough
"To the Wall They Came" by Trish Sullivan
Benediction Reverend Caroline Edge
Taps
2:00 pm Closing Ceremony Sunday, November 2, 2008
Master of Ceremonies
Tom Keating, Commander, Veterans of oreign Wars Post 2498, Needham
Posting of Colors
Boston University AFROTC Det 355
National Anthem and other Patriotic Selections
Needham High School Marching Band, Gerard Gagnon
Pledge of Allegiance, Needham Girl Scouts & Needham Boy Scouts
Welcome - Co-Chairs The Wall That Heals Committee
John Bullian, Board of Selectmen, Dave DiCicco, Memorial Park Trustees
Remarks
Senator Scott Brown, Representative Lida Harkins, James G. Healy, Chair Needham Board of Selectmen, Ron Sockol, Chair Memorial Park Trustees
Guest Speakers
Bryan O'Brien, VFW National Sergeant of Arms will introduce
Paul A Spera, Vietnam Veteran, Past Commander in Chief, VFW
Benediction, Rabbi Jay Perlman
Bagpipers, Massachusetts State Police
Taps
The graphic was designed for this event by Charles Wright.
Special Thanks to Tony Cefalo who in 1984 donated the land on Sunset Road to the Town as the location for Vietnam Veteran's Memorial for those veterans who gave their lives during that war.
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First Time Buyer Expert. My job is to help you find & fullfill the dream of home ownership & to excape from renting to gain equity. I help guide & counsel my buyers through this process from the start
I have lived in Needham since I graduated from High School in 1965. We have re-built our home while we lived in it and if you think that was easy forget it. I got my real estate brokers license in 1979 when my son entered the first grade. I worked full time from 1979 to 1982. I sold 20+ homes the first 2 years and then the bottom fell out and the interest rates were from 12 to 19% so I began a second income home business. I started this unrelated business which helped me for many years. I officially started back to real estate in August 2005. Fine time to come back when the market that had been so hot started to cool down considerably. Since then I have sold and listed 9 homes. It has been really fun coming back and the bug along with the knowledge never left even though I had been pursuing outher endeavors.
I am a first time buyer expert and I love to work with first time home buyers and seeing the joy they experience when they find the right home. I am really good at details and staying on top of priorities. I respond with answers as quickly as possible.
I also love working with sellers and have helped people of all ages to sell their home. I am very patient and a good listener. It helps that I am a people person and very relational.
I have been active in Town Government as a past town meeting member, president of the Rotary Club of Needham, our son went through all the Needham Schools. I have coordinated the reading program at the Eliot Elementary School. I deliver meals on wheels to shut ins. I have been Team Captain of the "Light the Night" Leukemia & Lymphoma Society event that happens in the fall to raise money for this worth-while cause 3 years in a row. My son has taken that position now. He is a a leukemia survivor and wants to give back.
I know Needham so well because I have lived here for 43 years but I am comfortable, very informed and work in the following communities as well: Wellesley, Dover, Sherborn, Weston, Newton, Dedham, Westwood, Natick, South Natick and Holliston.
Working with people and helping them find what they are looking is very rewarding for me. I just enjoy the whole process and the joy that is evident on their faces and the mission is accomplished.
What Working with Pat Baker Means to You:
• Strong Negotiating Skills on Your Side
• Attention to Details Others Overlook
• Success Measured in Actual Sales
Lifetime resident of Massachusetts
I have been a Notary Public since 1979 in Norfolk County.
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerages of Needham, MA offers one-stop shopping. We have our own in-house loan officer and insurance options too. Centrally located at One Chapel Street, Needham, MA 02492.
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A wonderful place that I go to sit and just meditate. Along the Charles River at the Needham/Dover line.
Buying a house is stressful in the best of times. Working with Pat made the process almost effortless for us. Pat was tireless in her own efforts to really understand what kind of home we were looking for and to only show us homes that we could afford and met our needs. She was available to us virtually anytime we needed to reach her and always ahead of the game in terms of what we needed to be doing in the process of the transaction. I cannot recommend Pat strongly enough as one of those true professionals one rarely has the opportunity to work with with.
David
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"I just wanted to thank you for all your help with the house purchase. It was a pleasure working with someone who was so considerate and professional. It is certainly a major event and you helped to ease the stress and anxiety."
Mary Ellen
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