End of Q3-Nantucket Real Estate Market appears healthy

According to LINK, Nantucket’s MLS system, $448,895,872 total Nantucket real estate volume closed in the first three quarters of this year with an average days on market of 251. This is compared to $237,308,238 total Nantucket real estate volume for the first three quarters of ’09 with an average days on market of 223. I’d [...]

84′ Trumpy WISHING STAR

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 [...]

Nantucket Rental Market

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Last Minute Vacation Rentals

This year, last-minute renters are in luck in most destination resort areas. Renters seem to be the beneficiaries of changing American vacation habits, quirks of weather and, in many resort areas, a swelling supply of luxury rental properties. While real estate prices have shot up, rental prices have, for the most part, held steady from [...]

The gloomy weather sinks rental bookings

From the coast of Maine to Martha’s Vineyard, realtors are reporting significant drops in all kinds of vacation rentals, giving last-minute planners a feast of options this summer. As temperatures dropped to the 40s and a northeaster spread across the region last week, real estate agents grumbled that the harsh winter and gloomy spring are [...]

Vineyard Rental Market Stays Strong

After a long, cold winter, Vineyard property owners are getting some welcome news: people are still willing to pay thousands of dollars a week to rent homes on the Island in summer. “I’d say it’s just as strong as last year,” said David Cron, a partner at Island Real Estate in Vineyard Haven. At Tea [...]

Summer Rental Guide 2005

These days the mantra in the real estate world is: Buying beats renting. And when it comes to vacation homes, Americans have been in a buying mode–but that doesn’t mean the rental market is taking a dive. Second-home sales swelled last year, according to a study released recently by the National Association of Realtors. Sales [...]

Rental Properties at J Pepper Frazier

Just got the word – we’ve gone from 350 vacation rental listings to over 700 in one year. And the website hasn’t crashed once with the added stress (although we have a few times)