Where: 129 M Street, #2
Price: $498,000
Sale Date: Aug. 15
Square Footage: 1,232
The Skinny: 'Tis the time to buy into Southie before it changes forever and gentrification pushes all the prices so high a Back Bay transplant would blanch. This 2-BR, 2.5-BA penthouse duplex on the neighborhood's lower tier—it's about equidistant between East Broadway and East 8th Street—has been one of the choicer sales under $500K. It was fully renovated last decade; its master suite comes with private deck; and double closets in both bedrooms big enough to hold all the nostalgia for the old 'hood.
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