Square Deals is Curbed Boston's mid-week look at recent home sales, based on their under-a-mile proximity to the Hub's myriad squares, plazas and places. Got a tip on a deal that just closed? Email tom@curbed.com.
Lechmere Square
Address: 150 Cambridge Street, #A206
Price: $417,000
Square Footage: 758
The Skinny: This 1-BR, 1-BA condo sold for under the average ($442,417) for similar homes in East Cambridge, according to Trulia, though the sales price per square foot, at $550, was above the average ($533).
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Lafayette Square
Address: 124 Auburn Street
Price: $470,000
Square Footage: 998
The Skinny: This 3-BR, 2-BA condo in a building dating from 1873 went for above the average ($425,583) for similar homes in Cambridgeport, according to Trulia.
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Revere Place
Address: 343 Commercial Street, #607
Price: $1,875,000
Square Footage: 2,107
The Skinny: This achingly beautiful (oh, the exposed beams!) 2-BR, 2-BA loft condo steps from the North End waterfront traded for just about half the average for similar homes in the area, according to Trulia. But! Its sales price per square foot ($890), a better measure of these things, trounced the average ($819)
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Sprague Place
Address: 14 Pinefield Road
Price: $331,500
Square Footage: 1,274
The Skinny: This 3-BR, 2-BA single-family in Hyde Park dating from 1955 broke just about even, selling for slightly above the average ($320,367) for similar homes, according to Trulia.
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Magoun Square
Address: 6 Dartmouth Street
Price: $475,000
Square Footage: 1,751
The Skinny: This 3-BR, 2-BA single-family in the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville dates from the turn of the last century. It went for under the average for similar homes ($496,167), according to Trulia, though the sales price per square foot ($271) was $20 over the average. It last sold in 2002 for $300K even.
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