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City lands state grant for tree canopy

Somerville lands state grant to expand tree canopy amid extreme heat push. From our own coverage: Somerville home sales span $700,000 to $1.5 million. Also in today's brief (3 items): State grant to fund Somerville tree planting effort; Marshmallow Fluff's invention traced back to Somer…

Somerville Home Sales Span $700,000 to $1.5 Million Over Four-Week Stretch

Somerville recorded 13 property transfers between Aug. 21 and Sept. 19. Eight carried a recorded sale price, ranging from $700,000 to $1,500,000, with a median of $944,995; the other five have no price on file yet, which is typical for recently recorded deeds. The top sale was 88 Concord Ave at

Somerville Coffee Deal Featured In Statewide Patch Roundup

Somerville's $2 coffee deal for National Coffee Day put the city in a statewide Patch cheap-eats roundup this week. Somerville Patch's newsletter flagged the promotion from a regional coffee chain as part of a broader Massachusetts cheap-eats feature, published Sunday, Sept. 20. MaxPrep…

Somerville home sales range from $622,000 to $1.61 million as trust transfers make up a third of August deeds

Somerville recorded 16 property transfers between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, with nine sales listing a price ranging from $622,000 to $1,610,000 and a median of $1,150,000. The top sale was 326 Lowell St. Unit C at $1,610,000, followed by two $1.5 million sales on Albion Street and Olive Avenue.

Somerville Records 18 Sales in August, Few Prices Recorded

Somerville recorded 18 property transfers between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, according to the South Middlesex Registry of Deeds, but only seven listed a sale price. Recorded prices ranged from $600,000 to $1,370,000, with a median of $775,000. The period's top recorded sale was a condominium at 10