What's your Roxbury home worth?
A personalized estimate of what your Roxbury home could sell for, prepared by our team from recent sales nearby.
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The Roxbury market
What shapes home values in Roxbury
Historic detail
Victorian and earlier houses with intact original features draw particular interest, especially on Fort Hill and around Moreland Street.
Transit proximity
A short walk to an Orange Line station or the Silver Line at Nubian Square is something buyers look for.
Renovation quality
Buyers compare the quality and permitting of gut renovations closely in a market with many rehabbed older houses.
Outdoor space and parking
Private yards, decks and off-street parking stand out, particularly in multi-unit condo conversions.
Roxbury's housing spans more than two centuries. Fort Hill and Highland Park are dense with nineteenth-century Italianate, Greek Revival and Queen Anne houses, many built of wood on steep, winding streets. The Moreland Street and Kearsarge Avenue area has brick and brownstone rowhouses and freestanding Victorians, and Mount Pleasant and Dale Street have similar stock. Triple-deckers and two-families are common toward Grove Hall and Egleston Square, and newer condo and apartment buildings have gone up around Nubian Square, Jackson Square and Melnea Cass Boulevard.
Older houses in Roxbury reward careful inspection of foundations, porches and slate or wood details, and houses in the Highland Park Architectural Conservation District need city review for many exterior changes. In new-construction buildings, look at the association budget, any deed restrictions attached to units, and parking. We'd be happy to put together current Roxbury pricing for the specific street or building you have in mind.
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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