http://mondoboston.com Your Boston real estate portal Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:01:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome to Mondo Boston! Searching for a home in Boston can be a daunting task if you live abroad. Mondoboston.com exists to help introduce international buyers to Boston and the home buying process. Use our site to find out more about the logistics of house buying in the United States. Catch ... http://mondoboston.com/2008/01/28/the-international-guide-to-boston-real-estate/ You might think it next to impossible to find any property in central Boston for less than $275K. And yet, life is full of surprises. We found more than just a few condos priced under $275K, with the best selection available in the red-hot Fenway. Does this mean that prices ... http://mondoboston.com/2010/03/11/what-you-get-for-275k-or-less/ Is the goal of owning a home all it's cracked up to be? Not according to Rutgers Economist Eugene White who argues in the Wall Street Journal that renting has one major advantage over owning: flexibility. When things get tough, when someone loses a job or gets a pay cut, a ... http://mondoboston.com/2010/03/09/some-of-us-are-better-off-renting/ Looking for something different to do? How about going out to a concert and an art exhibit at the same time? The New Gallery Concert Series has been running simultaneous concerts and art exhibits for the last 10 years out of the Community Music Center of Boston at 34 Warren Street ... http://mondoboston.com/2010/03/04/concert-and-art-exhibit-all-rolled-into-one/ So what does $350K get you around Boston these days? We checked out four Boston neighborhoods and came up with a radically different selection of condos --- all for more or less the same price. 261 Marlborough Street, #2 Back Bay BEDS: 1/BATHS:1 SQ.FT: 475 $350,000 PROS: This Back Bay condo has been completely renovated and ... http://mondoboston.com/2010/03/02/what-you-get-in-four-boston-neighborhoods-for-350k/ What do artists put on their walls? You can find out by visiting the Laconia Art Gallery in the South End's SOWA district. “Artist as Collector” is running through March 6 and displays artwork collected by several local artists, including Derek Brain, Danielle Krcmar, John Guthrie, James Hull, Donna Veverka, Joe ... http://mondoboston.com/2010/02/25/the-artist-as-collector/ Boston Magazine has officially named The Clarendon Back Bay the best of three recent luxury condo developments to go up downtown. The other contenders included 45 Province in Downtown Crossing and 100 Stuart Street bordering Chinatown. What makes the 33-story Clarendon so special? Well, according to Boston Magazine, it has something ... http://mondoboston.com/2010/02/23/clarendon-wins-condo-smackdown/ For years the city had been talking of transforming the moribund Seaport District in South Boston into a 24-hour neighborhood resplendent with shops, offices, entertainment, green space, and waterfront residences. And indeed, it was easy to imagine such a glam neighborhood during the go-go 90s, when every crappy little corner of ... http://mondoboston.com/2010/02/18/recession-brings-a-new-plan-for-the-seaport-district/ So what do you think, is the real estate market on an upswing? According to a recent article appearing in The Boston Globe, many local real estate buyers are finding it pretty hard to find a decently-priced, quality home in a good location. And when they do, it either gets ... http://mondoboston.com/2010/02/16/assessing-the-local-real-estate-market/ Where do you go for a full top-to-bottom meal -- appetizers, beer, wine and entree included -- for less than $20 a pop? Head over to the bustling Le's Restaurant in Allston Village (there's also one in Harvard Square and Chestnut Hill) and you'll find your palate pleased, your stomach sated, ... http://mondoboston.com/2010/02/11/les-restaurant-delivers-vietnamese-comfort-food/