Downtown Ipswich Trick or Treat was a huge success! I estimate we had a record number of kids and attribute that to the nice weather, the impending hurricane and the buzz created by the pole decorating contest. The Chamber of Commerce reports that hundreds of people voted at the ballot station and the winner of the pole decorating [...]

Not here in Ipswich! The Warren Group announces the median price for Massachusetts Single-family homes hovers around the $300,000 mark. Boston.com gives us the article(click here) but readers need to know the state-wide numbers simply don't jive with all towns. Just to give you one example of what's happening here on the North Shore, Ipswich rings in at a median sale price of $449,900 across the board for all 2012 single family home sales. We are still seeing multiple offer situations combined with a lack of inventory. Today's rates make it a GREAT time to buy and inventory levels make it a GREAT time to sell!

Team Windhill attended the North Shore Association of Realtors' 2012 Annual Meeting held at Colonial Hall at Rockafellas in Salem, MA. October is a GREAT time to be in Salem! It was an exciting night of food, fun and a look back through the decades; from the 1970's forward; the social culture, music, fashion and real estate market over the [...]

Houses are our business and we thought we'd share Boston.com's list of scary places! Spoiler alert! After screaming your way out the door, you'll be crossing these homes off your "to-buy" list. [...]

Patrick Martin was first to answer our 'Team Windhill Circles the Globe' quiz and got all three locations right! 4 chances remain! Click here to give it a try and win a cool visor!

To these tips! If you're thinking of selling your house this fall. Boston.com has some great, practical, often overlooked ideas on how to prepare your home for Fall showings. Click here!