The number of homes sold on the Vineyard in 2024 fell to its lowest point in over a decade, highlighting the effects of rising prices, high interest rates and a persisting hangover from the Covid real estate boom.
A new subdivision plan in Edgartown could help Islanders who make too much money to qualify for affordable housing but don’t earn enough to afford the Vineyard’s sky high real estate prices.
Island real estate brokerage firm Tea Lane Associates is aiming to expand its reach in the global luxury market by partnering with Forbes’s Global Properties, a network of international brokers.
Michael Sawyer submitted new drawings for single-family homes on Lagoon Pond Road after his initial idea drew the ire of the town's historical commission.
The descendants of a late Aquinnah landowner are petitioning the state appeals court to overturn a Dukes County Superior Court’s decision over who owns a small parcel off Moshup Trail.
Members of the MacKenty family in Edgartown are now in the final stages of negotiations to sell some 200 acres of their Edgartown Great Pond land to a group that plans to build a golf course on it, the Gazette has learned.
“We are negotiating, but we can’t comment on much until we have an agreement,” said Jeremiah MacKenty this week. “But yes, I’d say we are fairly close,” he added.
The family that plans to build a private championship caliber golf course along the shore of Edgartown Great Pond is fully aware that its plans will be examined with scrupulous care by Island environmentalists.
