Brookline 2-beds for under $400K
Sure, there are plenty of single-family homes in Brookline (with… gulp… an average price of about $1.4 million!), but what really drives the market in this town is CONDOS. Quite simply, none of us can afford to plunk down a couple of mil on a house. In fact, according to Greg Kiely, each year, 10 times more condos are sold in Brookline than houses. And this is despite the fact that Brookline is known as a “family town” (meaning the only reason people want to live here rather than the South End is because of the schools.) Evidently, quite a few of us are cramming ourselves into our tiny condos, kids and all.
So I decided to do a little house-hunting for the vast majority of us. Both young professionals and families alike are aching to buy in Brookline, but for something less than median price of a condo in the first quarter of 2008 — $432K (up from $415K in the first quarter of last year.) I opted for two bedrooms in this range, since it’s easy enough to find a $400,000 one-bedroom. While three-bedrooms has been sort of the baseline standard, two bedrooms can work for young professionals looking for a first home, as well as young families with small kids. (Heck, it can also work for older families committed to all the advantages of small-space living!)
236 Rawson Road, #2, $339K
2Beds/1Baths
SQ.FT.: 810
94 Naples Road, #5, $375K
2Beds/1Baths
SQ.FT.: 885
405 Washington Street, #6, $399K
2Beds/1Baths
SQ.FT.: 955
40 Parkman Street, #1A, $350K
2Beds/2Baths
SQ.FT.: 913
17 Perry Street, #3, $390K
2Beds/1Baths
SQ.FT.: 846
