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3 days ago | 
boston.com | Madeline Bilis |Kaitlyn Johnston
Home buyers on the hunt for architectural gems often start their searches in towns like Lincoln and Lexington, where pioneering architects built houses with clean lines and angles in the years after World War II. But a rare International-style Modernist home just hit the market in nearby Framingham, and it has some extraordinary architectural cred.
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1 month ago | 
boston.com | Megan Johnson |Kaitlyn Johnston
27 Marchant Avenue, the home that Taylor Swift purchased during her romance with Conor Kennedy, is officially on the market for $14.5 million. The 5,064-square-foot home, which is being sold furnished, has eight bedrooms and seven baths (five full, two half). The 1.1-acre property sits on an elevated bluff with 200 feet of private beach space. “It is quintessential Cape Cod. It is absolutely gorgeous,” said Robert Kinlin of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Robert Paul Properties, who has the listing.
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1 month ago | 
boston.com | Megan Johnson |Kaitlyn Johnston
The historic Roslindale home that made headlines for an unusual reason last month is officially on the market. 318 Metropolitan Avenue garnered significant attention in March when it was revealed that the historic Victorian was sliced into two pieces back in 1943. The main home was left in place on its original foundation, and the eastern wing was relocated two doors down.
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1 month ago | 
boston.com | Megan Johnson |Kaitlyn Johnston
Spring House Hunt If your real estate taste leans more spooky than stylish, the legendary S.K. Pierce Mansion in Gardner is officially on the market for $1.2 million.
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1 month ago | 
boston.com | Robyn A. Friedman |Kaitlyn Johnston
Do you have flood insurance? If your home is located in a high-flood-risk area and you have a federally backed mortgage, you probably do because your lender would have required it. But what if you paid cash for your home? Or it’s not located in a high-flood-risk area? You might still need flood insurance to protect what, for many, is their largest asset — your home.
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2 months ago | 
boston.com | Megan Johnson |Kaitlyn Johnston
The home of former Red Sox President and CEO Larry Lucchino, who passed away in April 2024, has hit the market for $7.495 million. The proceeds will go to Lucchino’s foundation, and then will be distributed to local charities. “I think that’s so cool,” said Michael Carucci of Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty, who has the listing.
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2 months ago | 
boston.com | Megan Johnson |Kaitlyn Johnston
“Mystic Pizza,” the film about a trio of young Portuguese women played by Julia Roberts, Annabelle Gish, and Lili Taylor, follows the women as they navigate life and love while slinging slices of pizza in the town of Mystic on the Connecticut shoreline. (It also served as Matt Damon’s film debut!)In real life, the home that served as the heart of the close-knit family is located in the Pawcatuck section of Stonington, just a short drive from Mystic.
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2 months ago | 
boston.com | Megan Johnson |Kaitlyn Johnston
If waking up right on the ocean is your dream, grab your flip-flops and beach towel. This Winthrop condo could be your dream home. Listed at $299,000, 203 Winthrop Shore Drive Apartment 8 is a one-bed, one-bath condo measuring 764 square feet. Located on the fourth floor of an eight-unit building that was constructed in 1900 and converted to condos in 2004, the unit provides stunning views of Winthrop Beach. Climb up a series of steps to the common entrance, which is on the side of the building.
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2 months ago | 
boston.com | Madeline Bilis |Kaitlyn Johnston
Every year — sometimes as early as February — Sept. 1 apartment vacancies start popping up around Boston. For renters in search of a new place, it marks the beginning of an open season of sorts, where thousands of people shuffle in for apartment tours across the city. Although roughly two-thirds of all leases in Boston turn over on Sept. 1, it can still be a challenge to find the rental of your dreams.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
boston.com | Kaitlyn Johnston
Neighborhoods "So, where are you from?" For many who have called Boston home for years - sometimes even decades - this question can surprisingly be difficult to answer. What are the defining moments and experiences that mark the transition from outsider to Bostonian? The answer to this question may go back further than we would like to admit - to Revolutionary times.
