What's your Cambridge home worth?

The housing stock changes noticeably from one part of the city to the next. West Cambridge and the Brattle Street area hold large 18th- and 19th-century single-families on generous lots. Mid-Cambridge and Avon Hill are known for Victorian mansard and Queen Anne houses, many now divided into condos. Cambridgeport, East Cambridge and Wellington-Harrington lean toward worker cottages, two-families and triple-deckers on tight lots, while Kendall Square and the Cambridge Crossing area near Lechmere add mid-rise and high-rise condo and apartment buildings.

Much of what sells here is a condo in a converted house, so reviewing the master deed, reserves and how decisions are made in a two- or three-unit association matters as much as the unit itself. Off-street parking is not a given in a city with resident permit parking, and low-lying areas near Alewife Brook are worth checking against flood maps. When you want to talk through current Cambridge pricing for a specific street or building, The Pettengill Group is glad to pull the recent numbers together for you.