Braintree, MA Townhome for Sale

Though technically a city, the inner-ring Boston suburb of Braintree is more often called a town. In part, that’s probably because while the population is nearing 40,000, the many Little League games, firework-lit festivals and farmers markets held in this section of the South Shore help keep a relatively sprawling, suburban community feel close-knit. “There's so much as far as youth activities are concerned, the sports programs are very heavily attended. There’s not a week that goes by without an event in Braintree. We even started having a beer garden in the fall a few years back,” says Kerrie Doherty, a broker with eXp Realty who has lived and raised her family in Braintree for 30 years. “I always say, you’re 30 minutes from Boston and 40 minutes from the Cape. Its location is so ideal.” Proximity to Boston and its Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority hubs will continue to spawn development in Braintree in the coming years, but a settled bedroom community status, wealth of wide-open green spaces and slate of constant community events are the town’s core, and that’s not likely to change. Braintree’s varied suburban neighborhoods offer distinctive styles and sizes of