Salem
In the Boston-area rental market, early 2020 sure looks like early 2019
New statistics show that apartment rents haven’t budged much in 12 months—and they certainly haven’t dropped significantly.
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11 Salem sites to visit this fall—including some that have nothing to do with witches
Tourism in Boston’s northern neighbor understandably spikes around Halloween as people queue for tales of the witch trials that gripped the town three centuries ago. But there are plenty of other attractions.
Salem house dating from 1820s now more than $300,000 cheaper
It has not sold since 1998, when it went for about $260,000 in today’s money. It’s been on the market since June 2017, when the 4,000-square-foot spread was asking $1.2 million.
Cavernous live/work condo in downtown Salem asking under $350,000
Unit 9 at 7 Crombie Street is part of a church conversion during the middle of last decade that produced nine live/work condos total. The building, in fact, bills itself as Salem’s only such condo complex.
This brick-and-beam house in Salem used to be a shoe factory
The current owner—and now would-be seller—of the approximately 2,500-square-foot 55 Perkins Street bought it in 2003, and set about converting it. Now it’s on sale.