Here’s What You Can Buy for $500,000 Right Now

House hunting on a budget? Here are five options within city limits.


Photo via Unlimited Sotheby’s International Realty

1. One Floor of a Dorchester Three-Decker
41 Sumner Street #3, Dorchester
Price: $500,000
Size: 1,161 square feet
Bedrooms: 2
Baths: 1

Photo via Engel & Volkers Boston

2. A Studio in the West End
2 Hawthorne Place Unit 14B, Boston
Price: $500,000
Size: 638 square feet
Bedrooms: 0
Baths: 1

Photo via Michael P. Rossman

3. A Single-Family in West Roxbury
516 Lagrange Street, West Roxbury
Price: $500,000
Size: 1,758 square feet
Bedrooms: 4
Baths: 1.5

Photo via William Raveis R. E. & Home Services

4. A Third-Floor Condo on Comm. Ave.
1662 Commonwealth Avenue #31, Brighton
Price: $500,000
Size: 819 square feet
Bedrooms: 2
Baths: 1

Photo via Century 21 Cahill Associates

5. A Three-Bedroom in Dorchester
39 Chipman Street, Boston
Price: $500,000
Size: 1,728 square feet
Bedrooms: 3
Baths: 1.5