I looked at the article and thought “well this is silly – what kind of developer would do that?”. Then I realized that it’s Jamaica Plain, and it is will probably go for more than the $900k asking.
The JP market is a bit insane now. Right down the road from me, this house sold for more than the asking price of 1.7 million. And it’s not that nice. That property burned down a year ago, and the burned down husk of a structure sold for $700k.