Selling a Condo in Kendall Square
If you are thinking of selling your condo in Kendall Square, there’s a few things you should know. In general, condos in Kendall Square can take a bit longer to sell than in other parts of Cambridge. As of 12/11/2025, the average days on market for Kendall Square condos was 60 days - so two full months before an offer was accepted.
But it really depends - I find the large luxury condo buildings like The Esplanade located at 75-83 Cambridge Parkway and the River Court Condominiums located at 10 Rogers St tend to take longer for units to sell. There are multiple reasons why:
First, units in these buildings tend to be expensive. For example 2-beds at The Esplanade sold for between $1.7M and $2.3M in 2025. High-end units tend to have a smaller buyer pool and as a result they days on market tends to be higher.
Second, luxury buildings tend to have a lot of amenities. With a lot of amenities, comes high monthly HOA fee - you could easily spend $1,000 - $2,500/month please in fees. These high fees will push some buyers out of the market, which again results in a longer days on market before your property is sold
On the flip side, I do find that units in smaller buildings (two or three families or even 6 to 12 unit buildings) tend to sell faster in this part of Cambridge. And at the end of the day the most important piece in how quickly your units sell as well as how you ensure the highest price possible comes down to preparation of the property, staging, correct market pricing, marketing and negotiation - so I focus virtually all my energy as a seller’s agent on these key points.
Below is an example of a condo I sold in Kendall Square at 339-341 Hurley Street, Unit 5 in Cambridge. This was a small 1-bed apartment. It very well may have sat for a few months, but because we properly prepared the property with low-cost updates, then went ahead and staged it and priced it right we received an accepted offer in just one weekend of open houses! It ended up selling for $595k, that is $23,000 over asking price and it was an all cash offer with no contingencies.
If you are thinking of selling your Kendall Square condo, give me a call anytime at 617-833-7457!
Recent condos that I helped clients sell in Kendall Square:
339-341 Hurley St, Unit 5: My seller client was working with his parents to sell their long owned condo in East Cambridge. They were hoping for a smooth sale, strong sales price with easy to work with terms. We got an over asking, no contingency, cash offer in one weekend. I attribute the quick and high sales price to strong preparation and excellent staging geared towards the likely demographic - young professional owner occupant. When you market right, you can get outstanding results like this in record time!
229 Hurley St, Unit 1: While most of the time I recommend to my condo seller clients to do significant preparation and staging, this was a unique scenario where the renter took excellent care of the unit. We were able to position this property as a turnkey investment purchase with the option to buy as an owner occupant as well (by timing the sale correctly). Ultimately we had over a half dozen offers on this one and it sold for over $100k over asking. A great outcome for my seller clients!