Over the course of the last week around 60 Dolphins have stranded along the coast of Cape Cod.  This is the largest stranding in years, and experts are still unsure as to why this is happening. 

Here is a short video from The Cape Cod Times' Eric Willaims

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The big news in the Truro real estate market is the reduced inventory.  We started the year with well over 110 single family homes on the market and today we have only 67.  Sales on single family homes were pretty level but we finally saw the condo market return.

Stability was the word for the Wellfleet real estate market for 2011.  A slight decrease in sales of homes sold in Wellfleet was offset by slight increase in condos.  Prices decreased somewhat but recently we've seen them firming up somewhat.

Real estate sales in Provincetown were strong in 2011.  Lured by low interest rates and lower prices, the town saw continued strength in the condo sector and an uptick in single family sales.  Here at 3Harbors, we've seen a significant increase in activity and there are indications that prices are starting to rise. Illustrating this trend, we put a small free standing one bedroom cottage on the market for $439,000 recently and we had it under agreement within 24 hours.

We've been saying that a direct flight between the Big Apple and Ptown would be tremendously popular for a long time and now it seems like it's going to become a reality. This is a move that is sure to stoke the already warming Outer Cape real estate market.

Check out the story in the Cape Cod Times here.

The Boston Globe wrote up a quick guide for things to do in Wellfleet this autumn.  Check it out here and maybe do some house hunting while you're here.

Instint Magazine just posted a great article about what a terrific place Provincetown is to visit - even in the fall.  See the article here and then book your Ptown rental with our rental agent, Scott Powell.

This year's fair was better than ever! All of us at 3Harbors had a terrific time. We saw old fiends and made new ones, saw the animals and veggies, saw cool art and ate wonderful food (deep fried lobster tail on a stick, anyone?).  Click here to see our slide show (and pie eating video).

"Celebrate agriculture, aquaculture, fishing and farming on Cape Cod"

This is the tag line for the fair and it's an apt one. Folks on the Outer Cape are becoming more and more interested in farming and eating local.  Walk up to the Blackfish restaurant and see how the menu is geared toward eating foods grown right here in town. Visit Mac's Seafood and see how they are pushing the local catch. And drive around the Outer Cape and see all the road side farm stands.  Below are a few - we're sure there are more, so please send them our way to add to this blog. 

For more info on the fair visit www.TruroAgFair.com and to see a sampling of the fun at last year's fair see the slide show we did here. Like our aggies say, "Till, Baby Till"

As the Wall Street Journal writes about second homes, "If you have the money and you plan on staying put for the long term, now may be a good time to buy." Although the article doesn't mention homes for sale in Truro, Wellfleet or Provincetown specifically, it stresses that "blue chip" locales have stabilized and there are some very good deals to be had. 3Harbors has already seen a steady ramp up in the Provincetown real estate market and activity in the Truro real estate market has been picking up while Wellfleet real estate has continued to be quite steady.

See the article here.