Know where to search, what questions to ask, when to look, and more when hunting for an apartment in one of the most expensive rental markets in the U.S.
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The sum might surprise you, it might not. Hint: Boston’s northern neighbor has long been known as a place to find deals in an increasingly expensive region.
California-based LimeBike has added the pedal-assist vehicles to its fleets in Medford, Melrose, Milton, Needham, Revere, and Waltham. They’re already in Bedford, Belmont, Chelsea, Everett, and Winthrop.
Sometimes it’s just not possible to rent an apartment in Boston proper. But there are plenty of more affordable options just beyond Boston’s borders, including in its northern neighbors such as Revere and Chelsea.
California startups LimeBike and Spin plan to deploy about 2,000 dockless bikes in 15 municipalities region-wide by this summer. Here’s how much they’ll cost and other details.
That effort includes more early-morning runs along 10 routes—including the 104 between Malden and Charlestown and the 70 between Waltham and Cambridge—and a switch to a tap-and-go fare system to speed boarding.
The T route will as planned roll into Chelsea in April, further opening up Boston’s northern neighbor as a hub of transit-oriented development and adding that many more commuters to South Station’s daily crush.
"Asking price can be seen as a measure of the long-term prospects of a neighborhood," NeighborhoodX research director Constantine Valhouli says. "Asking rent can be seen as a reflection of what the neighborhood is like right now."
The average asking price for market-rate homes in Medford as of January 29 was $388 a square foot. That makes the city more expensive than Chelsea, Malden, and Everett.
The e-commerce giant has said it wants to build to 8 million square feet for 50,000 employees. Here are the six likeliest spots it could do that in the Boston area.
At least when it comes to luring the e-commerce giant to Massachusetts. The city is proposing a regional plan that would see Amazon set up along the Orange Line in five different municipalities.
The five-mile route will run from South Station to a stop just west of Everett Avenue, and will facilitate connections to the Red and Blue lines. An estimated 8,700 people are expected to use the route daily.
Oops. Most readers whiffed on guessing the correct asking price for this vaulted-ceiling 1-BR, 1-BA. In fact, a lot of you went long. The results this way ...
This condo is on the third floor of a converted school building, and comes with central AC and a parking space. Bonus hint: It last sold in May 2003 for about $290,000 in today’s dollars.