What's your Brighton home worth?
A personalized estimate of what your Brighton home could sell for, prepared by our team from recent sales nearby.
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The Brighton market
What shapes home values in Brighton
Transit access
Proximity to a Green Line stop, the 57 bus or Boston Landing station tends to widen a home's appeal.
Building finances
In larger condo buildings, healthy reserves and a clear capital plan help buyers feel confident.
Driveways and garages
Off-street parking on the hillier streets is a feature buyers ask about early.
Proximity to the reservoir
Streets within a short walk of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir and Cleveland Circle tend to attract steady interest.
Brighton offers a wide range of building types. Along Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill Avenue and Beacon Street near Cleveland Circle, early 20th-century brick apartment buildings hold many of the neighborhood's condos. The hillier streets around Oak Square, Brighton Center and the Aberdeen section have Victorian and Colonial Revival single-families and two-families, plus triple-deckers. Newer mid-rise condo and rental buildings have been built near Boston Landing, along Market Street and on Washington Street.
In the larger brick condo buildings, buyers should review association finances, reserve funds and any planned work on roofs, masonry or elevators. Single-family and two-family homes on the hills often come with driveways, which matters on streets with heavy demand for parking. Inside the Aberdeen district, exterior changes need commission review. When you're ready for a current pricing picture for a particular Brighton street or building, reach out and we can pull together recent comparable sales.
FAQ
Home valuation questions
How is the home value estimate prepared?
A member of our team looks at recent comparable sales near your property, its size, layout, condition and features, and current market conditions. It is prepared by a person who knows the area, not generated by an algorithm.
Is the home valuation really free?
Yes. There is no cost and no obligation to list your home with us.
How long does it take to get my estimate?
We send personalized estimates within 24 hours, usually by email. If we have a question about the property, we may call first.
Is this the same as an appraisal?
No. Our estimate is a comparative market analysis: our professional opinion of a likely sale price based on market data. A formal appraisal is done by a licensed appraiser, usually for a lender during a purchase or refinance.
What happens with my information?
We use it only to prepare your estimate and to contact you about it.
Before you sell
Guide
How to sell a house in Massachusetts
Price the home from recent comparable sales, prepare it and list it, while gathering the paperwork Massachusetts requires: a smoke and CO certificate, the lead paint notification for pre-1978 homes, a home inspection disclosure, and a Title 5 report if you have a septic system. After you accept an offer, your attorney negotiates the Purchase and Sale agreement and handles the deed and deed excise tax at closing.
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Closing costs in Massachusetts: what buyers and sellers pay
Buyers in Massachusetts pay lender charges, title insurance, their attorney, Registry of Deeds recording fees and prepaid taxes and insurance. Sellers pay the deed excise tax ($2.28 per $500 outside Barnstable County), mortgage discharge recording, their attorney, the smoke and CO certificate and any agreed commission.
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Massachusetts deed excise tax (transfer stamps)
Outside Barnstable County, the Massachusetts deed excise tax is $2.28 for every $500 of the sale price, or fraction of $500 (about $4.56 per $1,000). The person who signs the deed, the seller in a sale, pays it when the deed is recorded.
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