Home Buying

One bedroom. No parking. One million dollars.

Oh, million-dollar home, what happened to you? Wasn’t it yesterday you were a mansion? All marble floors and important artwork and tree-lined driveways? Master baths and walk-in closets and soaring ceilings?

It seems like just yesterday that the million-dollar home was a mansion. Today, it no longer guarantees parking, outdoor space, or a second bedroom. Above, homes with price tags close to $1 million in (left to right) Cambridge and East Boston. John Tlumacki / Globe Staff

By The Boston Globe

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Oh, million-dollar home, what happened to you? Wasn’t it yesterday you were a mansion? All marble floors and important artwork and tree-lined driveways? Master baths and walk-in closets and soaring ceilings?

But today? “It’s one floor of a triple decker.”

That’s David Linhart speaking. He and his young family had just emerged from an open house for a cramped 1,504-square-foot Cambridgeport single-family house with light blue siding and no identifiable architectural style. It was listed at $950,000.

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