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New-construction and conversions dominate list
The year now ending was one of the briskest in recent memory in terms of big-time property sales in Boston. This map charts the 20 most expensive home sales to close in the city in 2016. It does not include pending sales or contracts yet to close.
Newly constructed or converted homes dominate the map. In fact, more than one-quarter of the 20 priciest were in a single address: Millennium Tower, which opened this year as Boston's tallest residential building (for now).
Read MoreThe most expensive Boston home sale of 2016 was a 6,252-square-foot penthouse in a recent condo conversion in western Back Bay. The spread has four bedrooms and an astounding six full bathrooms. It also comes with a roof deck and four parking spaces, including two garaged. It traded in August for its exact asking price of $13,250,000.
This 4,173-square-foot penthouse in the new Millennium Tower dropped in July for $11,995,000 ... and sold for just that in October. There are three bedrooms, four full bathrooms, and floor-to-ceiling windows in every room.
The 6,100-square-foot, floor-through condo in the newish Back Bay conversion originally asked $12,950,000, but sold in May for $11,480,000.
Another gigantic Millennium Tower penthouse: 4,496 square feet with four bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms. Its price was originally $11,250,000, but it went in November for $11,200,000.
This 4,004-square-foot, 4-BR, 4.5-BA spread is part of a recent conversion in western Back Bay. It was asking $9,950,000, but went in August for $10,250,000.
This 3,435-square-foot penthouse got exactly what it was asking: $8,950,000, with a deal for the 3-BR, 4.5-BA closing in November.
The 3,300-square-foot 3-BR, 3-BA was on the market for just under a year, closing in September for $8,875,000. That is quite a bit off the original asking of $10,250,000.
This 3,804-square-foot townhouse is the product of a gut-renovation and is part of a concierge building. It comes with two parking spaces and has four bedrooms. The whole shebang traded in September for $8,150,000, a bit off from its $8,499,000 asking.
The 3,172-square-foot penthouse (with two parking spaces) sold in November for its exact asking of $7,995,000.
The 5,035-square-foot 4-BR, 4.5-BA in a renovated brownstone went for $7,995,000 in October.
This 4,024-square-foot, 5-BR, 4.5-BA penthouse with a roof deck and three parking spaces went for $7,525,000 in February. That was a quarter-million off its asking.
The 3,565-square-foot renovated triplex with four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms sold for $7,500,000 in May.
The largest of the eight units in this fresh conversion, Unit 5 runs to 5,797 square feet and features five bedrooms. The condo asked $9,995,000 in April and got $7,500,000 in July.
This newly constructed triplex with 4,390 square feet and two garaged parking spaces dropped in January 2015 for $8,650,000 and traded this past May for $7,160,000.
The 3,172-square-foot corner unit wanted $6,825,000 and got exactly that in November.
This six-story, 8,514-square-foot apartment building sold in June for $6,700,000 as a single-family conversion possibility.
The 3,172-square-foot 3-BR, 4.5-BA sold in September for its asking price of $6,675,000.
The 2,756-square-foot 3-BR, 3.5-BA in the swanky new condo development went for $6,500,000 in June after asking as much as $6,995,000.
This 3,524-square-foot spread is part of a five-unit conversion of a former Harvard Club building. The 3-BR, 3.5-BA went in August for its asking of $6,350,000.
The 4,052-square-foot 3-BR, 3.5-BA went in August for $6,400,000, which was a quarter-million less than its $6,650,000. The spread is part of a conversion of an old Harvard Club building.
The most expensive Boston home sale of 2016 was a 6,252-square-foot penthouse in a recent condo conversion in western Back Bay. The spread has four bedrooms and an astounding six full bathrooms. It also comes with a roof deck and four parking spaces, including two garaged. It traded in August for its exact asking price of $13,250,000.
This 4,173-square-foot penthouse in the new Millennium Tower dropped in July for $11,995,000 ... and sold for just that in October. There are three bedrooms, four full bathrooms, and floor-to-ceiling windows in every room.
The 6,100-square-foot, floor-through condo in the newish Back Bay conversion originally asked $12,950,000, but sold in May for $11,480,000.
Another gigantic Millennium Tower penthouse: 4,496 square feet with four bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms. Its price was originally $11,250,000, but it went in November for $11,200,000.
This 4,004-square-foot, 4-BR, 4.5-BA spread is part of a recent conversion in western Back Bay. It was asking $9,950,000, but went in August for $10,250,000.
This 3,435-square-foot penthouse got exactly what it was asking: $8,950,000, with a deal for the 3-BR, 4.5-BA closing in November.
The 3,300-square-foot 3-BR, 3-BA was on the market for just under a year, closing in September for $8,875,000. That is quite a bit off the original asking of $10,250,000.
This 3,804-square-foot townhouse is the product of a gut-renovation and is part of a concierge building. It comes with two parking spaces and has four bedrooms. The whole shebang traded in September for $8,150,000, a bit off from its $8,499,000 asking.
The 3,172-square-foot penthouse (with two parking spaces) sold in November for its exact asking of $7,995,000.
The 5,035-square-foot 4-BR, 4.5-BA in a renovated brownstone went for $7,995,000 in October.
This 4,024-square-foot, 5-BR, 4.5-BA penthouse with a roof deck and three parking spaces went for $7,525,000 in February. That was a quarter-million off its asking.
The 3,565-square-foot renovated triplex with four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms sold for $7,500,000 in May.
The largest of the eight units in this fresh conversion, Unit 5 runs to 5,797 square feet and features five bedrooms. The condo asked $9,995,000 in April and got $7,500,000 in July.
This newly constructed triplex with 4,390 square feet and two garaged parking spaces dropped in January 2015 for $8,650,000 and traded this past May for $7,160,000.
The 3,172-square-foot corner unit wanted $6,825,000 and got exactly that in November.
This six-story, 8,514-square-foot apartment building sold in June for $6,700,000 as a single-family conversion possibility.
The 3,172-square-foot 3-BR, 4.5-BA sold in September for its asking price of $6,675,000.
The 2,756-square-foot 3-BR, 3.5-BA in the swanky new condo development went for $6,500,000 in June after asking as much as $6,995,000.
This 3,524-square-foot spread is part of a five-unit conversion of a former Harvard Club building. The 3-BR, 3.5-BA went in August for its asking of $6,350,000.
The 4,052-square-foot 3-BR, 3.5-BA went in August for $6,400,000, which was a quarter-million less than its $6,650,000. The spread is part of a conversion of an old Harvard Club building.