About Andrea McDonough

Andrea McDonough is a motivated and knowledgeable sales and leasing agent with a prior background in economics and commercial property investments. Andrea graduated from St. Lawrence University with a degree in Economics. Prior to joining the Bushari Group, she worked for C.B. Richard Ellis on the Capital Markets Team, where she focused her efforts on research, marketing and analysis. Andrea is training to run the Boston Marathon in 2009 and has run more than 40 races since 2001. She continues to increase her road biking mileage and plans to bike Central New York’s “Ride for Missing Children” in 2009. Andrea is also a “Big Sister” for the Big Sister’s of Massachusetts Bay and coach’s figure skating in her spare time.
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The Bryant On The Auction Block

This is an opportunity that South End seekers should not pass up! It was leaked to the Boston Herald today that the Bryant at 303 Columbus has been put up for auction. The date of the auction is unknown, however, people interested should contact Bushari Group Real Estate. We  will pass along all the information as soon [...]

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What Zillow and Redfin Can’t do For You

For any home or investment property buyer, it’s great consumers have the resources and capabilities to do their own research, but consumers should consider the following before using stats off, or market reports off sites like RedFin or Zillow:   1. They do no compensate for foreclosures, short sales, bank owns. These have a significant [...]

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Have We Weathered the Economic Storm?

Have We Weathered the Economic Storm? The Boston Real Estate market has not fallen as far as experts and professionals had originally predicted.  The Second Quarter Citywide Link report has shown a significant increase in appreciation for the second quarter of 2009 to 103% from 95% for the first quarter. What does that mean? Well, [...]

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Renting Vs. Buying

Many people have asked me:  what’s more cost effective: renting or buying?  Now, that always depends on your personal situation but here are the two fundamental elements you need in order to buy. 1. Down payment: most mortgage lenders are beginning to require that buyers have at least 20% of the purchase price to put [...]

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1st Quarter Boston Real Estate Report

Boston Real Estate 2009 1st Quarter Report The 2009 city wide report of Boston Real Estate, created by Link Boston, is showing some key trends that indicate it’s still a strong buyers market:  1.     Sales in the first quarter of 2009 have fallen 33.4% since 2008, with 339 transactions compared to 509 in the 1st quarter [...]

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The End of an Era, The Beginning of an Epic

THE END OF A WASTEFUL ERA It’s about time we’ve ended the era of careless spending, precarious debt and risky trading. Three major structures: the credit market, the banking market and the political machine have poisoned the heart and soul of the American economy.  The heart, which pumped the life-blood into our economy, was tainted through several [...]

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