Report: Jamaica Plain Home Values Received Huge Boost Over Past Year

A recent top 10 list compiled by the Warren Group ranked a list of Massachusetts communities with the largest home value gains over the past nine years.

MassLive reported that the list alphabetically is as follows: Brookline, Belmont, Cambridge, Concord, Jamaica Plain, Lexington, Newton, Somerville, South Boston and Winchester.

Brookline came in at fifth place, with the median price in 2014 reaching $1.48 million from $1.1 million in 2005, a 32.6 percent increase. Brookline saw sales increase with prices.

The Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain, which shares a border with Brookline, saw prices rise to $700,000 in 2014 from $498,000 in 2005, a 40.6 percent increase.

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