The gift for any seller is obvious: They’ve been asking every holiday ad infinitum for a dream price for their dream home. Pick it up before someone else beats you to it.
For the myriad of Boston developers putting up high-end apartment buildings, lots of long-term renters is a great gift idea.
A few Green Line stops for the City of Somerville would also be a wicked awesome present. Some say Somerville is getting Green Line stops on its own, but that rumor has been going on so long (since 1990) that it’s approaching holiday urban myth status. And how cool would it be to get them before New Year’s?
Stumped for Brookline? A grant that would let the town build new grade schools while simultaneously keeping the current real estate tax rate would be as exciting as buying iPads for every resident.
Southie? How about 1,000 parking spaces accompanied by several hundred random household objects like chairs and ironing boards to mark who they belong to after snowstorms.
For the tenants you know: flat rents.
For the landlords: 100 percent occupancy.
For the vacant lots: the highest and best use.
For the most valuable condominium neighborhoods: a few record-high sales.
For the up-and-coming areas: momentum.
For the dilapidated old building down the street: redevelopment.
For the innovation unit developers: a couple of family-friendly units to put in the mix.
For millennials: moderately priced housing stock, condos and rentals.
From me to you: joy, hope, peace and luck. Have fantastic holidays!
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