Arlington, MA Homes for Sale

Arlington is the town I point to when clients say they want Cambridge but the numbers don't work. East Arlington sits minutes from Alewife's Red Line garage, the 77 bus runs the length of Mass Ave, and the Minuteman Bikeway is a genuine commuting artery in three seasons. You give up a Cambridge address and keep most of the life.

What I like about the market here is the two-family stock — Arlington is loaded with well-built two-families that let a buyer live in one unit while rent covers a real share of the mortgage. The condo conversions in East Arlington trade quickly; the Heights gives you hills, views, and a little more house for the money.

Between Spy Pond, the restaurant stretch near the Capitol Theatre, and the Arlington schools, demand here is structural, not cyclical. Homes that show well go under agreement in days — I tell my Arlington buyers to treat every first showing as potentially their only one.