Place is expensive - taxes are tough - you should really take a deep dive into the fiscal application of the move.

That being said I live in natick - about 20-30 from Logan in a ranch - single floor 3bed 1 bath that was just valued at 730k on .20 acre

My parents live the town over in Framingham 4 bed 3 bath with a Basement 1/2 acre and it would go for about what your budget is maybe even more.

There are more wooded towns like holpkinton and holliston which is very nice but again your money really doesn’t go as far here as it would in the south

You will get into a bidding war as the market here is crazy so honestly I would start looking in the 600k listed price.

I was looking to rehab a home a few months ago listed for 399k it was unlivable and needed everything done to it - it sold within a day for 576K riddle me that