The housing meltdown has created opportunities for buyers previously priced out of Boston’s neighborhoods

Consider these homes: There’s a three-bedroom row house on Jeffrey’s Point in East Boston with a fenced in yard for $159,900. It was listed last fall for $199,900 and has been on the market for 165 days. In Mattapan, a nine-room Colonial with four bedrooms and 1 baths near Mattapan Square is listed for $229,900 after a $20,000 price drop since last year.

For buyers willing to consider condominium living, there are more options to live in Boston. The choices include 385 condos listed under $250,900 from $44,900 for a four-room unit in a six-family home on Beethoven Street in Roxbury to $250,000 for a two-bedroom penthouse in a Fenway brownstone.

More than three dozen of the condos are located in the Allston-Brighton neighborhoods. Among the choices are a basement two-bedroom with one bath and a deeded parking space at 1776 Commonwealth Ave. in Brighton within steps of Cleveland Circle for $229,000. There’s also a one-bedroom unit in a four-story brick building at 86 Glenville Ave. in Allston for 189,900.