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This year was a whopper for Somerville in terms of home sales.
The 12 months now ending saw the city's two priciest trades ever as well as other titanic deals that seemed to presage a permanent shift for the Somerville housing market from Cambridge or Boston Plan B to gobsmacking pricey in its own right.
Check out the 10 most expensive home deals of 2016 below. H/t Estately for the data.
Read MoreThe late July trade of this 2,500-square-foot 4-BR, 2-BA was not only one of the two priciest Somerville deals of 2016, but the priciest home sale in the city's history up to that point (it quickly had competition; see below). The record tag? $1,750,000.
The 2,033-square-foot contemporary Victorian also went for $1,750,000. It traded in early August and has four bedrooms as well as two and a half bathrooms.
The 3,300-square-foot shingle Victorian went for its exact asking of $1,690,000. It has four bedrooms and four bathrooms; and sold in mid-March.
This 3,125-square-foot, 4-BR, 4.5-BA frame sold in late August for $1,625,000.
The 2,298-square-foot colonial went in mid-August for the rather precise sum of $1,601,000. It has three bedrooms and two bathrooms, and bones from the 1880s.
A 2,739-square-foot Victorian, it sold in early May for $1,518,000 (another fairly precise tag). It has four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms.
The 3,653-square-foot, 3-BR, 3-BA duplex went in late September for $1,505,000.
The 2,025-square-foot Second Empire went for $1,465,000 in late December. It has three bedrooms and four bathrooms.
This 3,064-square-foot contemporary colonial is the product of a gut-renovation. The 4-BR, 4-BA went in late November for $1,450,000.
The 2,354-square-foot, 4-BR, 3-BA Victorian traded in mid-November for $1,450,000.
The late July trade of this 2,500-square-foot 4-BR, 2-BA was not only one of the two priciest Somerville deals of 2016, but the priciest home sale in the city's history up to that point (it quickly had competition; see below). The record tag? $1,750,000.
The 2,033-square-foot contemporary Victorian also went for $1,750,000. It traded in early August and has four bedrooms as well as two and a half bathrooms.
The 3,300-square-foot shingle Victorian went for its exact asking of $1,690,000. It has four bedrooms and four bathrooms; and sold in mid-March.
This 3,125-square-foot, 4-BR, 4.5-BA frame sold in late August for $1,625,000.
The 2,298-square-foot colonial went in mid-August for the rather precise sum of $1,601,000. It has three bedrooms and two bathrooms, and bones from the 1880s.
A 2,739-square-foot Victorian, it sold in early May for $1,518,000 (another fairly precise tag). It has four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms.
The 3,653-square-foot, 3-BR, 3-BA duplex went in late September for $1,505,000.
The 2,025-square-foot Second Empire went for $1,465,000 in late December. It has three bedrooms and four bathrooms.
This 3,064-square-foot contemporary colonial is the product of a gut-renovation. The 4-BR, 4-BA went in late November for $1,450,000.
The 2,354-square-foot, 4-BR, 3-BA Victorian traded in mid-November for $1,450,000.