We recently sent our highlights for A Little Beacon Blog’s Real Estate Guide to our newsletter subscribers, where, from time to time, we spotlight a tiny corner of the market. We wanted you to get our latest recap, too. (Just in case you’re not a subscriber - what are you waiting for? Subscribe!) If you're curious about the market, selling or buying your home, or just want to see what kind of houses or commercial spaces are going for what, A Little Beacon Blog's Real Estate Guide is a good guide to watch.

A few notable properties not in this Real Estate Guide have had price changes. They’re notable simply for having an unusual story behind them, not necessarily because they’re benchmarks for the entire market.

If you were keeping an eye on a few homes just to see what happened, you’ll be interested that 51 Orchard Place, the house that catapulted last year's Airbnb legislation debate (the house was apparently purchased to solely be an Airbnb, and neighbors took the issue to City Hall) as well as the tree-cutting permit legislation, recently sold for $430K, according to Zillow. The original asking price was $699K for a five-bedroom, although the bedrooms were small, some were connected, and one seemed like an office (according to our walk-through during an open house). The price had been inching down since it was listed in May of last year.

The most charming little blue house across the street from it sold like hot cakes for $430K in July 2019, according to Zillow. According to its agent, the little blue house had 10 offers and a slight bidding war. Asking price was $415K and it sold for $430K.

36 North Cedar Street, a former City Highway Garage, has been fully renovated into a spacious residential home. It was listed for just over $1.48M in February of this year, and has been inching down. As of August, the price is listed at $995K.

The Highlands Current newspaper has been running a monthly comparative look-back at real estate stats (source: hgar.com) in the newspaper for Beacon and Phillipstown, the results of which have been interesting to watch.

There do seem to be sweet spots for home sales. One realtor recently told A Little Beacon Blog: "The homes in Beacon sell themselves." For the right matched price, they seem to be, especially for renovated older homes, and the cool architecture in the new buildings.