Boston market data
14K active listings out of 1.9M total properties we track across 455 Boston ZIPs — listings, off-market homes, rentals, and full sales/tax history. Refreshed nightly.
Over the past 12 months, Boston has recorded 33,744 home sales. Last month saw 412 sales (-77.2% vs the prior month). Most recent median sale price: $795K. Drag the time slider above to watch the sales wave ripple month by month across the metro.
- Sales (12mo)
- 34K
- Last month
- 412
- MoM
- -77.2%
- Peak month
- Jun 2025
- Median sale
- $795K
Right now, 14K homes are actively for sale across Boston. Median list price is $900K at $515/sqft. Hover any hex above to see its local median price and property-type mix.
- Active total
- 14K
- Median list
- $900K
- Median $/sqft
- $515
- Top ZIP
- 02127
- Top type
- Single Family (40%)
Flip activity in Boston surfaces in the hex map — dense cells are sub-neighborhoods where buy-and-resell transactions have clustered. Out of 33,744 sales in the past year, a meaningful slice fits the classic flip profile. Hover for local flip counts and median profit.
- Sales (12mo)
- 34K
- Median sale
- $415K
- Top ZIP
- 02127
10.6% of recorded sales in Boston have cleared the $1M mark. Median sale price across all recorded transactions is $415K. Drag the decade slider to see the $1M line sweep across the metro.
- $1M+ share
- 10.6%
- Median sale
- $415K
- Current list
- $900K
Boston's housing stock peak-built in the 1950s. 29% of homes were built after 1980; just 38.6% predate 1940. Since 2020 we've tracked 33K newly-built homes.
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Post-1980
- 29%
- Pre-war
- 38.6%
- New (2020+)
- 33K
Corporate and LLC buyers show up in the map — dense hexes mark neighborhoods with high investor purchase activity. Our current dataset shows 1.29M rental listings with enough data to calculate yield in Boston.
- Rental listings
- 1.29M
- Avg gross yield
- 4209.22%
- Tracked
- 1.9M
Inventory breakdown
Distribution of the 14K currently-active listings in Boston. Our full dataset covers 1.9M Boston properties — listings, off-market homes, rentals, and full sales/tax history — queryable per-ZIP or per-property via the API.
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"metro": "boston",
"total_tracked": 1896636,
"active": 14263,
"median_list": 899900,
"sold_this_month": 412,
"median_sold": 795000
}Boston ZIPs by activity
Drill into any ZIP for hex-level breakdowns. 455 ZIPs total in this metro.
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Authorization: Bearer $STRAPLY_KEY{
"metro": "boston",
"total_tracked": 1896636,
"active": 14263,
"median_list": 899900,
"sold_this_month": 412
}