Our friends over at GotVMail.com, the entrepreneur’s phone system, recently interviewed Territory Real Estate for their customer case studies.

“Not long after Terry Sanford and Marla Mullen began working as real estate agents, they realized that many homebuyers wanted to work with a real estate agent who only represents people on the buy-side of a transaction and would not pressure them into buying a home with amenities they didn’t need, or was above their price range.

Seeking to eliminate what they saw as a conflict of interest for many real agents who represent both buyers and sellers - often in the same transaction - they founded Territory Real Estate, a Boston-based exclusive buyer agency catering to technology-savvy and do-it-yourself young professionals in Greater Boston.

“We’re trying to provide a no-hassle, no-pressure atmosphere, and trying to avoid pushy sales tactics,

Then…

Now…

Plans for a $500 million hotel, office, residential, and retail development are in the works by Eurovest Development Inc. who won a two-year competition to develop a half-mile stretch of Revere Beach, neglected since the late 1950s

The first phase of the development includes the hotel, with luxury condominiums on the top eight of 13 floors, an office building, and a four-acre park with parking for 300 cars underneath. Nine residential buildings and the highest 13 floors, are planned for later phases. Construction is epxected to run through 2016 and will encompass property to the north of Wonderland Station as far as Revere Street.

- Boston.com

The “the Queen of Mean” has passed but her spirt lives on. Leona Helmsley died earlier this month at her Connecticut home and according to her will, which was made public Tuesday in surrogate court, she left her beloved white Maltese, named Trouble, a $12 million trust fund. She also left millions for her brother, Alvin Rosenthal, who was named to care for Trouble in her absence, as well as two of four grandchildren from her late son Jay Panzirer — so long as they visit their father’s grave site once each calendar year. She left nothing to her two other grandchildren — Craig and Meegan Panzirer — for “reasons that are known to them,” she wrote.

Ouch! Mabye she earned her nickname fair and square.

Her residences will be sold off and proceeds donated to the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.

- Boston.com

Now this is some funny sh**, and I don’t say that JUST because I work in Real Estate.

Favorite quotes from the trailer… “There are fixer-uppers out there, and then there are houses that can be made into fixer-uppers.” & “I am your slave, I work for you.”

Watch the trailer Here.

The condominium market in Cambridge is soaring. Cambridge condo sales have jumped 33 percent, while the median prices increased 1.4%. Cambridge condo sellers have been fetching 96 percent of the original asking price, up from 95 percent a year ago. - Banker & Tradesme

NY investors buy a block of Cambridge buildings including 479, 485 and 493 Massachusetts Ave., as well as 49 Bishop Allen Dr. The Central Square purchase comes amidst a renaissance for the business district. Mixed-use projects as University Park at MIT have arrived to bring new businesses such as medical research there. More recently, Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG has infused the area by occupying more than one million sf in several buildings on Massachusetts Avenue, while investors have turned to overhauling properties in the retail section of Central Square. - GlobeSt.com

“It’s one more bizarre example of people trying to save what appears to be an unviable project. If it isn’t viable, it shouldn’t be built. Why are we throwing money at something the private market won’t support?” - Back Bay Representative Martha M. Walz in regard to MassHousing’s decision to ignore its own guidelines and award more than $20 million in low interest loans to the controversial Columbus Center development. The loans for the luxury condo development will come from funds specifically set aside for affordable rental apartments.

From today’s Boston.com

A little local press is always a good thing. N Magazine, which keeps tabs on Nantucket’s finest, has featured our own Terry Sanford and gave Territory Real Estate a nice plug. Thanks go out to Bill & Becky at N.

Click Here for the whole article.

“Six steel plates that hold in place support cables of the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge show signs of warping, and the state needs to quickly determine whether they present a hazard to tens of thousands of people who cross the bridge daily, according to a federal inspector general’s report” - Boston.com

Best quote in the whole article is from Bernard Cohen, the state transportation secretary and chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority. “It is not a safety issue, but rather a defect associated with the installation.” Brian do you think you could elaborate on how a defective installation is not a safety issue!

“The Patrick administration revived a plan last night to build a temporary bypass road through the Charles River Esplanade to expedite reconstruction of the crumbling Storrow Drive tunnel, igniting outrage among residents who decried the damage that would be inflicted on the widely used park in Boston’s historic Back Bay.”

- Boston.com

This is brilliant, if you were a politician why wouldn’t you run full speed ahead with a plan that is sure to piss off every wealthy voter in your city (ie Beacon Hill & Back Bay residents)?

Are you aware of the following affordable homeownership opportunity at 321 West Second Street in South Boston?

Applications must be picked up in person at the following times:
August 14, 15 &17: Time 9AM-5PM
August 16: Time: 9AM-7PM
August 18: Time: 10AM - 1PM

Location:
South Boston NDC
365 West Broadway
South Boston, MA 02127

Deadline for RETURNING applications:
IN PERSON: August 25, 2007 by 1PM

RETURN APPLICATION TO:
South Boston NDC
365 West Broadway
South Boston, MA 02127

You may also click the following link to the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s Affordable Housing page for information on this opportunity. For more information, please contact South Boston NDC at 617-268-9610.