Not for long because the conservation groups are buying it all up, but that is great for all of us who love Nantucket (and like our property values to go up)! Nantucket has some of the strongest conservation foundations/efforts in the world. A group of great Nantucketers had the foresight to found the Nantucket Conservation [...]
To a layman looking on at a real estate auction, it seems straight forward-a bidder has the max she will bid, she’ll go back and forth with other bidders until a) she is tapped out or b) she wins the auction. Au contrair mon ami. Auctions have a lot more to them than meets the [...]
My dad always told me that Nantucket is one of the last ones in and first ones out of a bust. That’s another way to say that Nantucket is a very safe place to invest and/or park your money. Another way to see the strength of an investment is to look at capitalization rates. Cap [...]
Nantucket is not perfect, but it is pretty close. Once the new Dreamland Theatre is done, it will be directly across South Water Street from the Atheneum. So, Nantucket will have two, amazing, multi-faceted learning/cultural centers that complement each other perfectly a stone’s throw away from one another. I find that very cool and that’s [...]
National real estate statistics are just that-national. Although the national February numbers for new construction home sales and pre-existing home sales numbers were not what many had hoped for, these numbers take into account the US as a whole. But, there are many parts to the whole and Nantucket is one part. There are areas [...]
Nantucket’s total real estate value according to the Assessor’s office is $17,208,429,905. This number puts Nantucket at the 4th highest value in the Massachusetts behind Boston, Cambridge and Newton. Currently, Nantucket’s tax rate for residential property, $3.58/$1,000 of assessed value, for commercial property, $6.41/$1,000 of assessed value and for open space, $3.42/$1,000 of assessed value. [...]
If you are looking for a truly unique experience on Nantucket in August or September, consider a dinner charter aboard the WISHING STAR. A tender collects you and your dinner guests at Straight Wharf, staff helps you board the WISHING STAR, and cocktails and appetizers are served on the stern of the boat. After guests [...]
Last weekend was another successful Daffodil Festival Weekend on Nantucket. More than 100 antique cars were in the parade and the tailgate in ‘Sconset was a success. Dalton and Jennifer Frazier entered a 1958 Austin Healey Bug-Eyed Sprite on behalf of Team JPFCO.
For tourists seeking solitude, Nantucket in the off-season offers serenity, heavily discounted rooms and desolate walking paths. The waves of tourists and suntan oil recede each winter, leaving behind what once was: a small island town 35 serene miles out to sea. The cobblestone Main Street — teeming with shoppers each summer — is empty. [...]
People who support the car cap say Nantucket’s roads were not built for the vehicle volume they now bear. The steadily growing number of cars, they say, creates gridlock downtown, as well as a general safety hazard. Opponents argue that restricting vehicle access would itself create an inconvenience that could deter tourism. Some seasonal residents [...]
HOME | REAL ESTATE | RENTALS | NANTUCKET | JPFCO | NEWSLETTER
One of the oldest and most experienced nantucket real estate firms
JPFCO | 19 Centre Street Nantucket, MA 02554
