Dorchester home prices heading into December average $394 a square foot

The average price for market-rate homes in Dorchester as of early December was $394 a square foot, according to an analysis from real estate research site NeighborhoodX.

Not surprisingly—given Dorchester’s origins as an independent city and its status as Boston’s largest neighborhood by area—a wide range produced this mean.

That range went from $152 a square foot for a 4,584-square-foot house at 25 South Munroe Terrace to $809 a square foot for a 555-square-foot one-bedroom condo at 31 Port Norfolk (it’s pictured above). See below for more of a breakdown.

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