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Nantucket Real Estate Goes ‘Round and ‘Round

“Well the joint was jumpin’, going ’round and ’round,

Hey!  Realin’ and a rockin’, what a crazy sound,

Well they never stopped rockin’ til the moon went down.” -GD

Our clients bought a property in Brant Point about eight years ago, that they developed into four lots – two improved and two vacant.  It took them about a year to get the sub-division approved, so we started marketing the four properties about seven years ago.  One lot with a rundown building on it sold immediately to a spec. builder, who fixed the building up and ended up basically fire selling it during the bust to an end-user.  A vacant lot sold about two years ago to an end-user who built a beautiful house on it.  A third lot with a house, that the developer fixed up, sold the beginning of this summer to an investor.  And, the fourth lot, after only being on the market for 2,400+ days, is selling to a…  developer!

Further proof that we are at the beginning of a boom cycle.  Developers lead the way.

Well the market was jumpin’, going ’round and ’round…