Don’t Buy the Hype That Buyers Are Flocking to 495 for Lower Prices

by Scott Van Voorhis | Apr 21, 2019

The idea that 495 has become a low-cost alternative for homebuyers and businesses is great spin. But the gulf in prices points a grittier reason for the shift: Discouraged by increasingly grueling commutes, buyers are simply bypassing the outer suburbs in favor of communities closer to Cambridge and Boston.