Below is a report of sales and listing activity for the past week. Information is derived from LINK, the online database that is used by most Boston real estate agents.

New listings: 125

Back on market (listings that went under agreement but deals fell through): 16

Price changes (almost always downward, but some go up): 74

Under agreements: 65

Off market (variety of reasons, but sometimes these are old listings that never sell): 54

ON MARKET DATA:

Total number of listings: 1961 (-2)

Average asking price: $718,177 (+ $200)

Median asking price: $495,000 (+ $3,000)

Average $ / SF: $545 (+/- $0)

My opinion: Slightly higher number of new listings, as people gear up for fall market.  Buyers will get more active, after Labor Day.