43 Essex St #3, Cambridge — property record card

Residential Condominium built in 1900 in Cambridge, assessed at $3,282,700 for fiscal year 2026; last sold for $1,650,000 on July 2, 2025.

Rebuilt from the Cambridge assessor file as published by MassGIS — not the official card. For the official card, with owner, photo and sketch, ask the Cambridge assessor’s office.

Parcel

Location	43 Essex St #3, Cambridge MA 02139
Map and parcel ID	90-36 90-36-3
Use	Residential Condominium (use code 102)
County	Middlesex

Valuation — fiscal year 2026

Building	$3,282,700
Land	$0
Total assessed	$3,282,700

Building

Year built	1900
Style	TOWNHOUSE
Living area	1,686 ft²
Rooms	7
Stories	2
Units	3

Last recorded sale

Price	$1,650,000
Date	July 2, 2025
Deed	Registry of Deeds book 84315, page 0001

3 assessor accounts on this parcel

Condominium units or several buildings share one parcel; each has its own assessment.

Address	Account	Use	Assessed	Last sale
43 Essex St	90-36	CONDO-BLDG	$0	$2,625,000 September 20, 2016
43 Essex St #1	90-36-1	Residential Condominium	$1,434,600	$1,650,000 July 2, 2025
43 Essex St #3	90-36-3	Residential Condominium	$1,848,100	$1,650,000 January 29, 2021

What MassDEP has recorded

No tier-classified 21E site and no Activity and Use Limitation is mapped on this parcel.

Within about 500 m (a third of a mile): 5 active tier-classified 21E sites and 5 sites with an Activity and Use Limitation. All MassDEP sites in Cambridge.

What this means

Assessed 12% above the median residential condominium in Cambridge ($2,924,050, 2,506 parcels).
The last sale price is 50% below the current assessment. Massachusetts assessments aim at full market value as of January 1 of the year before the fiscal year.
Built before 1978: the Massachusetts Lead Law applies when a child under six lives there; ask for any lead inspection or letter of compliance.

Point at the centre of the assessor parcel — not a survey.

Data: Cambridge assessor file for fiscal year 2026, via MassGIS, retrieved October 30, 2026; MassDEP sites retrieved the same day. Sources and freshness. No owner names are published.

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The report for 43 Essex St #3

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