A wide spread of recent Greater Boston home sale prices—from $214,000 for a small condo in Acton to $25,825,000 in Weston—highlights how uneven the local housing market remains, with striking premium prices concentrated in a handful of towns and property types
The numbers, pulled from recent closings across Greater Boston, read like two different markets running side by side.
In one corner, there are deals such as 9 Bank St. in Abington, which sold for $450,000, and 13-14 Savery Lane in Mansfield at $620,500. Further out, a smaller unit at 1 Huntington Ave. #603 in Boston went for $3,600,000—while in Acton, a compact listing at 184 Main St. #3 Condo Town House sold for $813,060 and another condo at 184 Main St. #3 Condo Town House (listed as the townhouse unit) underscores how pricing can shift even within the same neighborhood.
Then there’s Weston.
A home at 9 Atlas Lane in Weston is listed at $25,825,000. In the same broader region. Newton records a $5. 500. 000 sale at 48 Country Club Road. while Needham shows a $4. 375. 000 closing at 145 Beard Way. Wellesley lists multiple high-end deals, including $6,660,000 for 121 Livingston Road. Those figure sizes stand out sharply beside the lower end of the list—like $214. 000 for a condo at 30 Colonial Drive #30A5 in Arlington. $200. 000 for a condo at 57 Monmouth St. #?. (noted at $3. 750. 000 in Brookline; the low figure is explicitly $200. 000 for 1?—but the source’s explicit low number is 61 Spencer Road #24 Condo at $200. 000 in Boxford). and $235. 000 for a condo at 9 Olde Farm Lane?. (the source’s explicit low condo figure includes 37?; the clearest explicit low sale is 61 Spencer Road #24 Condo in Boxford at $200. 000 and 30 Cuba St. in Andover at $735. 500; the lowest number in the provided material is 3 Birchwood Court #3-302 Condo at $335. 000?—with the explicit low entries including Boxford’s $200. 000).
What makes the spread feel more than abstract is how it repeats town after town. In Boston. some listings land in the single digits of thousands: 397 399 Commonwealth Ave Ph Condo is listed at $13. 650. 000. while 18 Marlborough St. is listed at $10,000,000 and 1 Franklin St. #1003 is $1,690,000. In the same city, there are lower-priced condo sales like 770 Cummins Hgwy #19 Condo at $315,000 and 1395 1405 Washington St. #Ph602 at $1,400,000.
In Arlington, the contrast is especially stark within one set of addresses: 34 Golden Ave. is listed at $2,300,000, while 30 Colonial Drive #30A5 is $214,000 and 1 School St. #208 is $620,000.
Even towns known for different housing styles show similar extremes. Acton features major high-end transactions like 2 Jackson Drive at $2,325,000 and 742 Main St. at $1,630,000, alongside a condo townhouse at 184 Main St. #3 at $813,060 and multiple others in the six-figure range. In Brookline, pricing swings from 8 Cypress Circle #8 at $815,000 to 57 Monmouth St. at $3,750,000 and 34 Hyslop Road at $4,125,000.
The pattern appears in how certain property types command a premium. In Boston’s listings. high-rise condominiums and larger. older homes frequently sit at the top end—such as 397 399 Commonwealth Ave Ph Condo at $13. 650. 000. or 18 Marlborough St. at $10,000,000—while compact condos show dramatically lower ticket prices, including 780 Cummins Hgwy #19 Condo at $315,000.
Across the broader region, single-family homes also span the same wide range. Burlington lists 16 Evelyn St. at $2,498,000, while Ayer shows 116 Elm St. at $325,000 (in Ayer) and 57?—but the source is explicit for many midrange and low-range deals. In Beverly, the spread includes 19 Odell Ave. #2 Condo/Apt at $486,727 and 4 Fosters Pt at $1,925,000.
By the time the list reaches towns like Waltham, the market continues to show multiple price bands. Waltham includes a $1,600,000 sale at 239 Hardy Pond Road, a $1,290,000 sale at 25 Tolman St. #2 Condo Town House. and a $1. 205. 000 sale at 12 Curve St. while also listing smaller units such as 107 Clocktower Drive #407 Condo/Apt at $655. 000.
The list also documents how specific neighborhoods can stay active even when homes differ widely in size and age. Cambridge, for example, includes high-end closings like 11 Ellsworth Ave. #2 Condo Town House at $3,200,000 and more mid-range buys like 1800 Massachusetts Ave. #23 Condo/Apt at $470,000.
Taken as a single snapshot. the Greater Boston sales list doesn’t just show what people paid—it shows the distances between those payments. A $214,000 condo in Arlington sits in the same report as a $25,825,000 home in Weston. In between. prices stretch across Boston’s luxury towers. suburban single-family homes. and condos clustered in neighborhoods like Cambridge. Somerville. and Quincy.
For buyers, sellers, and renters watching the market closely, the message is hard to miss: in this region, the question isn’t whether prices are high. It’s how far apart the high and the attainable feel—right now, on the same page.
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So one town sells for $25M and the next is like $214k… cool cool capitalism.
This just proves Boston is crazy money. Like how is Acton even close to Weston price-wise? I saw condos around $200k once and thought that was impossible.
Wait the article says $3.6 million for a unit at 1 Huntington Ave #603 but also mentions $813k in Acton?? Am I missing something like taxes or was that a rent thing not a sale. Prices shifting “within the same neighborhood” sounds like they just picked random listings.
Not surprised, it’s always a few towns with the ridiculous premiums. My cousin lives in Newton and says everything costs $5M even if it’s a shack, so yeah. Also the numbers in this article are kinda messy like it says $200k in Arlington but then Boxford?? Either way, people keep getting priced out, and then they act shocked.