Whoa! The Boston real estate market. I would be afraid too.  My husband works in Boston a lot.  We know that eventually we'll have to move down that way.  I find a lot of people are buying in Fitchburg/Leominster area and driving the hour commute to Boston daily or taking the train in.  Houses there average about $230K which is better than the $350k in Boston.

We just bought our house last year in Western Mass where houses are drammatically cheaper.

Good luck.  I know one day I'll be in your shoes and I'll be looking for a Boston area home.
