The week’s other big development news includes a proposed apartment building between Hyde Park and Roslindale and a possible Superfund designation for the Neponset.
The sum definitely gets you on the property ladder in the city, with nice spreads readily available in neighborhoods such as Hyde Park, Dorchester, and East Boston.
The sum can rent quite a bit farther out in Boston, in neighborhoods such as Hyde Park and Charlestown, but the pickings are smaller closer to downtown.
Other big development news from the week includes a major climate change initiative from Boston, a preliminary plan for a Fort Point parcel, and movement on Harvard’s Allston footprint.
The sum is not all that astronomical for the Boston housing market. What does this relatively modest tag bring? Our latest Curbed Comparisons romps through five different neighborhoods to find out.
The three-floor, colonial-style building at 1445 River Street recently housed a funeral home. It’s been on and off the market since late 2015 as a development opportunity—or as a single-family with some character.
Curbed Comparisons is a weekly column that explores what one can rent or buy for a set dollar amount in the Boston area. Is one woman’s studio another woman’s townhouse? Let’s find out!
Curbed Comparisons is a weekly column that explores what one can rent or buy for a set amount (or thereabouts) in the Boston area. Is one woman’s studio another woman’s townhouse? Let’s find out! Today, the magic number is $550,000.
This weekend we travel south to Hyde Park, where you’ll forget that you’re in the city. The neighborhood motto says it all: "A Small Town in the City."
The average asking price for market-rate homes in Hyde Park was $285 a square foot as of late May, right there with Mattapan and Dot’s Codman Square, according to a new analysis.
The property dates from 1910, and its listing is frank about it needing some updates. But there it is: Four bedrooms, two staircases, one deck, and one bathroom, all for under $400,000.
At the lower end of the market, properties in Hyde Park and Roslindale are priced at 12 to 14 times their annual rent. At the upper end of the market, Back Bay and Fenway-Kenmore are priced at 30 to 30 times their annual rent
"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."