Look for this pair of sweet, newly-renovated condos in Dorchester.

Where the weather is extreme, and our housing market is . . . challenging. Do you have friends or family that are relocating in the coming year? Here's my quick intro the Boston-area housing market - so helpful, thanks to my friend Jim's great questions. He's a transplant himself; he grew up in Boston but he's a Realtor in Chicago now, on *their* North Shore. And if you or someone you know is relocating elsewhere, check out Jim's Facebook videos, he's doing a series with Real