Sarah Shemkus

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Sarah Shemkus

Lots of factors are involved in picking a place to buy a home, especially in a wildly expensive market like Greater Boston: sticker price, interest rates, quality of the schools, whether sellers are demanding all-cash offers, just to name a few. For our annual Top Spots to Live list, we focus on communities where sales prices have increased the most over the past five years. The theory is that these are places where many buyers have been competing to live, driving up prices.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Sarah Shemkus

Lots of factors are involved in picking a place to buy a home, especially in a wildly expensive market like Greater Boston: sticker price, interest rates, quality of the schools, whether sellers are demanding all-cash offers, just to name a few. For our annual Top Spots to Live list, we focus on communities where sales prices have increased the most over the past five years. The theory is that these are places where many buyers have been competing to live, driving up prices.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Sarah Shemkus

Lots of factors are involved in picking a place to buy a home, especially in a wildly expensive market like Greater Boston: sticker price, interest rates, quality of the schools, whether sellers are demanding all-cash offers, just to name a few. For our annual Top Spots to Live list, we focus on communities where sales prices have increased the most over the past five years. The theory is that these are places where many buyers have been competing to live, driving up prices.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Sarah Shemkus

Everyone has a chilling anecdote about this real estate market to share. The house being sold for nearly $700,000 — as a teardown. Multiple Boston condos for sale, each smaller than 800 square feet and listed for more than $1 million. The fixer-upper down the street that received a flurry of offers, including all-cash ones, in a matter of hours.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Sarah Shemkus

Lots of factors are involved in picking a place to buy a home, especially in a wildly expensive market like Greater Boston: sticker price, interest rates, quality of the schools, whether sellers are demanding all-cash offers, just to name a few. For our annual Top Spots to Live list, we focus on communities where sales prices have increased the most over the past five years. The theory is that these are places where many buyers have been competing to live, driving up prices.