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Lovely Colonial Four-Bedroom House in Barnstable, MA

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Welcome Home! Located just a short distance from Main Street Hyannis, restaurants, shopping, ferries, the Cape Cod Mall, and beaches, this lovely Colonial four-bedroom home with two baths, a living room, and a dining room is ready for you to start making memories.

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Listing Agent: Adrian Cadar

Vacation-Home Market Snapshot

A closer look at the vacation home market

With the summer season ramping up, it’s a good time to take a look at the vacation-home market. The NAR reported lower vacation-home sales in 2015, despite the fact that the numbers were the second highest in about 10 years. There were approximately 920,000 vacation-home sales nationally compared to 1.13 million in 2014.

Sales Seesaw: Vacation Homes Decrease, Investment Purchases Leap

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According to the National Association of REALTORS, in 2015, investment purchases saw an increase for the first time in five years. Meanwhile, vacation home sales cooled off but still remained at the second highest amount in nearly a decade.

Reflecting the strong price growth seen throughout the U.S., the median sales price of both vacation and investment homes surged in 2015.