Brookline leads Greater Boston housing recovery









Brookline is poised to enjoy Greater Boston’s biggest home price gains in 2013, with other close suburbs and Boston itself likely to see modest increases as well, market tracker Zillow Inc. predicts.

A new Zillow forecast predicts that Brookline will see the median house and condo value rise 4.3 percent to $544,440 this year ­— the largest percentage increase among 160 Boston area cities and towns studied. Brookline’s expected gains are also a full percentage point above the 3.3 percent median increase that Zillow sees for the U.S. market as a whole.

“Brookline attracts a lot of people who work …

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