When the John C. Kelley mansion, at 247 Hancock Street, was listed in October 2014, the market was surging and it seemed a distinct, if not particularly likely possibility that the Victorian mansion might actually get its asking price of $6 million. Of course, the close-following sale of a townhouse on Gates Avenue for a record-breaking $3 million seemed as much a bad omen as a good one (the market was going up, but…?). But then, a lot of properties were asking more than they should, more … (View original article)