'Tis the Season for Bargains! The Year in Hub Price-Chops

By Tom Acitelli@tomacitelli Dec 17, 2012, 3:00pm EST

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By Tom Acitelli@tomacitelli Dec 17, 2012, 3:00pm EST

As the holiday season enters its 37th week, we thought we'd tell you about the biggest shopping deals of them all in Greater Boston: marked-down residential real estate. Never mind 20 percent off an Android. How's about 20 percent off a goddamn mansion? You get the picture. Herewith, merry gentlemen (and ladies), the Curbed Boston Heatmap of Notable Price-Chops of 2012. Some of them have happy endings. One of them has a chimney from Frank Lloyd Wright.

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The Arthur Astor Carey House

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The 8-BR home of William Weld when he was governor is being sold by his ex-wife, a Roosevelt, for now $3,800,000. That’s after a $190,000 price-chop just last week as well as a $501,000 one in May (and a $500,000 one before that even).

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28 Fayerweather Street, Cambridge, MA

Frank Lloyd Wright Fireplace

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That’s right: the famed architect supposedly designed the fireplace in this capacious 3-BR penthouse. The price was chopped $151,000 in April (after a $340,000 chop the year before) and it sold in June for $2,125,000.

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347 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA

21-23 Marlborough Street

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This 4-BR duplex chopped its price $400,000 in March, down to $5,500,000. It sold in June for $700K less than that.

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21-23 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA

46 Appleton Street

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This 5-BR townhouse chopped its price $560,000 in May, after 552 days on the market. That was just the beginning: In October, it whacked another $405,000 off, bringing the price to $3,495,000.

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46 Appleton Street, Boston, MA

The Mason House

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The 14,850-square-foot manse with 14 bathrooms cut its price by a whopping $1,400,000 in July, down to $16,500,000. This has been the biggest price-chop of 2012.

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211 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA

18 Traill Street

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The 7-BR, modernist house designed by Walter Bogner saw two price-chops in 2012: a $500K one in June and a $300K one in October. They brought the price to $2,950,000. The house has since been taken off the market.

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18 Traill Street, Cambridge, MA

The Sunflower Castle

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Beacon Hill’s most adorable house chopped its price $105,000 in October, after barely a month on the market. The 3-BR is now asking $4,495,000.

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130 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, MA 02108

36 Lime Street

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The stylish 5-BR townhouse, with an interior designed by the late David Nightingale Hicks, went on the market last winter, and chopped its price in November by a cool quarter-mill. It’s now asking $6,700,000.

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36 Lime Street, Boston, MA

Albert A. Pope Penthouse

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The 3-BR penthouse went through three massive price-chops: $500,000 in October; $500,000 in November; and $300,000 in December. It’s now asking $5,900,000.

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221 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA

Atelier 505

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This 3-BR condo was once owned by former Red Sox All-Star Nomar Garciaparra and soccer Olympian Mia Hamm. It was price-chopped in March by $380,000 and again in June by $400,000. It appears to be off the market, with its last asking price at $3,590,000.