503 Cambridge St
503 Cambridge St, Cambridge
An illustrative plan of the block, not a survey.
503 Cambridge St
CambridgeUnder contract18 days on marketMLS #73242918
$845,000
or $4,270/mo est. with 20% down over 30 years
About this home
Two bedrooms and a bath on one floor with its own door onto the street, which is the part of this people come back for. Under contract at asking, eighteen days after it went up.
- Property type
- Condominium
- Year built
- 1898
- Bedrooms
- 2
- Bathrooms
- 1
- Interior
- 1,120 sqft
- Price per sqft
- $754
- Parking
- Resident permit
- Outdoor space
- Private street door
- Days on market
- 18
- MLS #
- 73242918
Inside
What an agent would tell you while you walked through, in the order you would walk it.
Living and dining
The main floor runs open from the front door to the back, and the plan measures 1,120 sqft in total.
Kitchen
Gas range, a full run of counter, and stools for three at the end of it.
2 bedrooms
The main bedroom takes the quiet side of the building. Every other one holds a double bed and a desk.
1 bathrooms
Tiled to the ceiling, and the pressure holds on the top floor when the shower is running.
Outside
Private street door
Parking
Resident permit
Fixtures and fittings
Ask on the day and you get a promise. This is the list that goes into the offer.
Stays with the house
- Range, hood and dishwasher
- Washer and dryer
- Every blind and curtain rail
- Ceiling fixtures throughout
- Resident permit
- Shed, ladder and the garden tools in it
Leaves with the owner
- The staging furniture, all of it
- The dining room chandelier
- Two stone planters by the door
- The freezer in the basement
- The workbench and its tools
- Whatever is in the attic on closing day
Where it stands
Cambridge, and what is at the end of the street
Two universities, leases that end on the first of September, and the one market here that moves on a calendar. The median here is $1.19M across 64 homes we are holding this morning.
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Central Square
Red Line · 7 min walk
Cambridge Rindge and Latin
Grades 9–12 · 10 min
Cambridge Common
Nine acres · 8 min walk
Massachusetts Avenue
Open late · 3 min walk
Before you offer
Six things people ask us next
Taxes
About $753 a month at the city rate, billed quarterly.
Heating and cooling
Gas heat with a newer boiler, and split units on the top two floors.
Inspection
Bring your inspector before you write. The seller has not pre-inspected.
Offers
They go to the seller as they arrive, and we tell you where yours stands.
Closing
Forty-five days is normal here. The seller can move faster if you can.
Floor area
1,120 sqft measured to the inside walls, not to the deed.
What it costs to own
Term
Down payment20% · $169,000
Interest rate6.50%
Estimated monthly payment on $676,000 borrowed
$5,308
Principal and interest
30-year fixed at 6.50%
$4,273
Property tax
Estimated at 1.07% a year
$753
Home insurance
Estimated, and your broker will quote it
$282
Due at closing
The deposit alone, before fees and prepaids
$169,000
Book a viewing
An estimate, not an offer of credit. Ofen is not a lender.
Also on the book
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- 2 baths
- 1,540 sqft
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- 5 beds
- 4 baths
- 3,340 sqft
$3,125,000 or $15,800/mo est. with 20% down over 30 years
- 4 beds
- 3 baths
- 2,410 sqft
$1,275,000 or $6,450/mo est. with 20% down over 30 years
Book a viewing
Tell us the street and we will open the door
An agent replies within two hours, in person rather than by autoresponder. If nothing on the site fits, say so. Most of what we sell is not on it yet.
- An agent replies within 2 hours
- One agent, first call to closing
- No obligation to list or to buy
- No fee until the sale completes