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This Week’s Open Houses
Updated every Friday morningA short, editor-picked list of open houses worth your weekend — chosen by our editors, described in our own words, no listing feeds.
Open Houses: July 18–19 tap a home for photos & details
Beacon Hill
Renovated townhouse with a multi-level roof deck
$4,450,000 · 4 bed · 4.5 bath · Sun 1–2:30
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Photo from the listing — full gallery at the link below.
A top-to-bottom renovated townhouse on one of the Hill’s postcard blocks — about 3,400 square feet with a dramatic library, a marble kitchen, new front-facing windows, and a multi-level roof deck with a wet bar. The kind of open house you tour “for research.”
Listed by Beth Mina George · Luxury Residential Group
Full listing & photo gallery →
Back Bay
Corner two-bed over the Charles, 11-foot ceilings
$1,450,000 · 2 bed · 2 bath · Sat 1–2 & Sun 11–1
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Photo from the listing — full gallery at the link below.
A seventh-floor corner unit right where Back Bay meets the Fens — oversized bay windows looking across the Charles, ceilings over eleven feet, in-unit laundry, and a common roof deck. The building keeps its historic tiled lobby and a full-time day porter.
Listed by Daria McLean & Peter Michaud · Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty
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North End
Brick-and-beam one-bed near the Harborwalk
$679,000 · 1 bed · 1 bath · Sun 12–1
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Photo from the listing — full gallery at the link below.
A corner one-bed in one of Fulton Street’s converted mercantile warehouses — exposed brick and beams, wood floors, an elevator building steps from the Harborwalk and the Greenway, with low condo fees that cover heat and hot water.
Listed by Toni Gilardi · Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty
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Jamaica Plain
Three-bed with garage parking and a roof deck
$1,199,900 · 3 bed · 2 bath · Sat 11–1 & Sun 12–2
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Photo from the listing — full gallery at the link below.
A JP three-bed that solves the neighborhood’s two hardest problems at once: parking (a one-car garage plus driveway spaces) and private outdoor space (a roof deck off the living level). Bosch kitchen, and a bonus room that wants to be your office or gym.
Listed by Ethan Forrest · The Aland Realty Group
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West Roxbury
A 1930 Colonial with its woodwork intact
$1,050,000 · 4 bed · 2.5 bath · Sun 12:30–2
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Photo from the listing — full gallery at the link below.
A 1930 Colonial on a quiet West Roxbury street that kept what matters — original gumwood woodwork and hardwood floors — and updated the rest, including a 2023 kitchen with quartz counters. A bright sunroom, and a deck over perennial gardens out back.
Listed by Trisha Solio, Adams & Co. Team · Real Broker MA
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Hyde Park
Refreshed three-bed at the city’s friendliest price
$474,900 · 3 bed · 2.5 bath · Sat 12–1:30 & Sun 1–2:30
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Photo from the listing — full gallery at the link below.
A townhouse-style three-bed refreshed top to bottom — new paint and carpet, a stainless kitchen with its own private deck, a lower-level primary suite, central air, and deeded parking. One of the friendliest three-bed entry prices inside the city limits.
Listed by Lee Divers, The Denman Group · eXp Realty
Full listing & photo gallery →Picked by our editors, described in our own words. Listing facts, photos, and agent details are from the listing brokerages via coldwellbankerhomes.com — times can change, so confirm before you go. ExploreBoston is not a brokerage and has no relationship with these listings.
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What would it cost per month?
Principal & interest on a typical Boston condo, at the latest weekly average rate — adjust the numbers to fit your search.
Prefilled near the median assessed value of a Boston condo.
U.S. weekly average (week of July 16, 2026): 6.55%
principal & interest
Borrowing $520,000 after a 20% down payment ($130,000) · 30-year fixed at 6.55%.
Property taxes, homeowners insurance, and condo/HOA fees are extra.
Rate prefills are the Freddie Mac weekly U.S. averages via FRED — 30-year 6.55%, 15-year 5.93% (week of July 16, 2026). Estimates only, not lending advice; your rate will vary.
The Boston market right now
The freshest public, citable numbers on Boston housing — with honest vintage labels, because good data takes time to collect.
More from the same books: the average 15-year fixed rate is 5.93% (same week, Freddie Mac via FRED), and Boston’s FY2026 assessment roll runs to 184,552 records — including 74,254 condo units (median assessed value $639,350) and 30,441 single-family homes (median $703,400).
Real Estate News
What’s moving in Boston housing — new towers and conversions, rents, mortgage rates, and policy out of City Hall and Beacon Hill. We track it on the ExploreBoston news hub, refreshed throughout the day.
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