Ten Hills and Prospect Hill Among 'Hot' Urban Housing Markets, Says Report
The Boston Business Journal ranked the state's most in-demand urban housing markets, and Somerville neighborhoods made the grade.
Somerville's Ten Hills and Prospect Hill neighborhoods are among the most in-demand urban housing markets in Massachusetts, according to Boston Business Journal. The business publication looked at median home values, changes in home values and the percentage of homes selling for a loss to rank the strength of housing markets in urban neighborhoods. In doing so, it discovered "strong momentum" in neighborhoods that "have historically struggled with higher unemployment, crime and foreclosure rates." The Boston Business Journal said this is a "positive sign" that investors and "pioneering buyers" are willing to invest in many communities that were hit hard in the economic downturn. Ten Hills ranked number four on the business newspaper's list…
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9:41 am on Friday, June 15, 2012
Having an IKEA Store her on Somerville, especially in Assembly Square would compound an already-horrific existing traffic problem along I-93. Every city here in the United States, including Stoughton, where there is an IKEA Store has horrible vehicular traffic as a result. I say we don't need it. There are other things more important, such as the correct placing of the Green Line Extension, and … more ›