Boston.

Boston is the anchor of the entire region — a city of distinct, walkable neighborhoods rather than one uniform market. Back Bay brownstones, South End rowhouses, Charlestown townhouses, and East Boston's waterfront condos each trade on their own logic, often block by block.

Whether you're looking downtown, in the Seaport, or out toward Jamaica Plain or Dorchester, the right read on a Boston neighborhood usually matters more than the citywide numbers.