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Greater Boston home sales show widening price split

A new round of Greater Boston property transactions posted June 10 spans everything from condos in the low hundreds of thousands to single-family sales topping $7 million, reflecting how starkly prices can diverge across neighborhoods and home types.

On June 10, homebuyers across Greater Boston moved forward on properties that range from compact condo units priced just above $200,000 to luxury single-family homes listed at several million dollars.

In Abington, for example, 5 Arch St., a one-family ranch built in 1950 with 1,012 square feet on an 8,141-square-foot lot, sold for $465,000. In the same market. Acton’s transactions leaned heavily upward: 12 Joseph Reed Lane. a one-family Colonial built in 1965 with 2. 208 square feet. sold for $1. 265. 000. while 182 Main St. #4, a condo townhouse built in 2020 with 2,172 square feet, sold for $835,000.

Boston itself displayed even sharper contrasts. 17 Commercial Ave. #1, a condo listed without building details in the record, sold for $7,050,000. At the other end of the citywide list, 363 Marlborough St. #2, a condo row-end built in 1880 with 790 square feet, sold for $995,000, while 265-275 Dartmouth St. #3E, a 624-square-foot condo built in 1885, sold for $655,000.

The broader spread wasn’t just a city-versus-suburb story—it showed up within the suburbs too. In Belmont, 17 Bartlett Ave. #1, a condo/apt built in 1925 with 1,218 square feet, sold for $775,000. In the same Greater Boston listings. Billerica’s numbers moved from 81 Salem Road #74. a 2003-built condo town house with 1. 028 square feet. sold for $530. 000. to 18 Gilman Road. a 1920-built one-family Colonial with 2. 786 square feet. selling for $881. 250.

Several communities also offered a glimpse of how much the housing stock itself can vary—from smaller units to multi-million-dollar estates. In Hingham, 22 Howe St., a one-family conventional built in 2024 with 5,114 square feet on a 25,884-square-foot lot, sold for $4,632,292. The same list also shows more mid-range options in nearby listings. such as Hingham’s 605 Main St. a one-family antique built in 1890 with 1. 704 square feet. selling for $985. 000.

Even within the same town, prices could jump based on property type and size. In Cambridge, 23 25 Ellery St. #23 sold for $3,460,000, while 59 Center St. #206, a condo/apt built in 2006 with 996 square feet, sold for $289,000. In Wellesley. the listings went from 45 Kingsbury St. a one-family Colonial built in 1938 with 2. 980 square feet. sold for $1. 913. 000. to 43 Bristol Road. a one-family Colonial built in 2005 with 7. 285 square feet. sold for $5. 000. 000.

A simple street-level example shows the same divide without leaving the region’s data set. In Lawrence. 59-61 Salem St. a two-family family flat built in 1903 with 2. 760 square feet. sold for $850. 000. while in the same town’s list. 1 Freetown St. a one-family ranch built in 1975 with 2. 024 square feet. sold for $696. 000.

That spread appears again across the list’s condo market too. In North Andover, 711 Mt Hope St. #9 sold for $602,900 and 711 Mount Hope St. #10 sold for $594,000. In Revere. 510 Revere Beach Blvd #1108. a condo/apt built in 1983 with 1. 129 square feet. sold for $505. 000. while 70 Kingman Ave. a one-family ranch built in 1958 with 1. 056 square feet. sold for $935. 000.

By the time the listings reach Newton. the premium end of the market is unmistakable: 123 Sargent St. a one-family Victorian built in 1875 with 4. 562 square feet. sold for $3. 500. 000. and 34 Larchmont Ave. a one-family Colonial built in 2014 with 3. 582 square feet. sold for $3. 350. 000. Yet Newton’s list also includes more mid-range pricing such as 3 Cedar St. a one-family Colonial built in 1997 with 3. 313 square feet. selling for $3. 150. 000—still expensive. but notably lower than the town’s highest figures in the record.

The overall picture from these June 10 Greater Boston home sales is straightforward: within the same regional market. the “price of entry” varies dramatically depending on where the property sits and what kind of home it is. For buyers. that means choices are widening in both directions—toward smaller units priced in the low-to-mid hundreds of thousands. and toward large single-family and high-end condo properties that reach into the millions.

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