<p>If any of you Boston residents have a realtor that you wouldn’t think twice about referring your best friend to, please PM me (or choose email option). (I believe that CC TOS say we can’t do personal referrals publicly).</p>
<p>We’re in the beginning stages of considering some investment property and I need to establish a relationship with someone there. </p>
<p>Also, if someone asked you to summarize the differences between South Boston and the South End, how would you do that?</p>
<p>South Boston: family neighborhood, multiple generations, has never been trendy. South End: trendy, stylish, younger. Note that these are impressions from the 1980s, but Boston is slow to change. I could even add: in the 70s, there were anti-busing riots in Southie, while the South End was gentrified by a large and active gay community.</p>
<p>Have those borders and attitudes blurred over the years? Yes. How much, really? No idea.</p>
<p>dmd77 - what I’ve heard is that South Boston is in a changing pattern and is becoming desirable (especially from a real estate investment opportunity). But I think even within South Boston you need to be aware of the different areas… difference between younger, single buyers and family homes. But I don’t know what those boundaries are either!</p>
<p>I think (heavy emphasis on the ‘think’ and not know) South Boston is relatively less expensive than South End (I’ve been in South End for an art fair and it was very trendy!).</p>
<p>Most properties in the South End are more expensive than those South Boston. My D and her husband lived in the South End (they’re in grad school in DC now) and when they were looking at condos a few years ago, the median home price in the South End was about $500K. They looked at a few places in South Boston and those condos (in the gentrified sections) were in the $300K range. The market has changed in the last 2 years, but I’m almost positive that properties in South End are still more expensive than in South Boston.</p>