
Tracking 9,482 properties across Everett, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1910 and the oldest to 1735. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Everett is a dense, urban city immediately north of Boston, bordered by the Mystic River and Malden. The city's industrial heritage — chemical plants, oil tank farms, and manufacturing along the waterfront — left both a dense housing stock of multi-family buildings and a legacy of environmental considerations that affect property assessment and lending. The Encore Boston Harbor casino, which opened in 2019 on a remediated industrial site, has been the most significant development in the city's recent history.
The housing stock is predominantly multi-family — triple-deckers, two-family homes, and small apartment buildings — with assessed values that have risen sharply as Boston's housing pressure pushes demand into surrounding communities. For property professionals, Everett's combination of urban density, older construction, environmental history, and rapid market change creates a dynamic environment where current condition data and environmental screening are particularly valuable.
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon, coastal exposure, storm surge — parcel by parcel
110 properties (1%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
Fire protection grades reflect proximity to fire stations and hydrant infrastructure. Grade affects insurance pricing in every New England state.
3,976 properties (42%) are within 3 miles of the ocean. 39 are classified as waterfront. The closest property is 2.1 mi from the coastline.
9,482 properties · Median year built 1910 · Avg 3,510 sf
Recorded transactions from Middlesex County Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 64% of Everett properties. Ownership intelligence includes transaction history, entity detection, portfolio identification, and lien analysis — assembled from public registry records into a single property-level profile.
Middlesex County · Massachusetts
Everett covers 3.4 square miles in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $695K.
Single-family homes account for 2,689 of Everett's 9,482 properties, with 4,178 condominiums and 1,653 multi-family buildings. There are 383 commercial properties and 65 parcels of vacant land. About 54% of properties are owner-occupied, and 2% are owned by someone out of state.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $547K and $873K, with the highest assessed property at $152.9M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
Most of Everett (99%) is on municipal sewer. Electric service is provided by NSTAR ELECTRIC COMPANY. 1,480 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Everett its character.
Environmental note: Everett has an average EPA lead paint indicator at the 82th percentile nationally, consistent with 1,033 properties built before 1900 when lead paint was standard. 9,297 properties exceed at least one EPA environmental justice threshold — a factor in lending compliance and environmental due diligence.
With 1% of properties in FEMA flood zones and 42% in the coastal zone, Everett concentrates several major underwriting variables. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsEverett's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1735 to present, require local market knowledge for accurate comparable selection and valuation. NEP assembles building characteristics, environmental exposure, and condition signals into a single property profile.
Real estate solutionsCollateral assessment requires flood zone verification, environmental screening, and ownership chain validation. 1% of Everett properties are in SFHAs where flood insurance is a federal lending requirement. NEP provides property-level compliance data from public records.
Lending solutionsUnderstanding a property's construction era, environmental exposure, and building characteristics before arriving on site transforms inspection from discovery to verification.
Inspection solutions9,482 Everett properties — each with risk profiles, building data, permit history, and ownership analysis from 140+ sources. Open any property and see the full picture.

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