Boston Real Estate for Sale
The housing market is becoming even more competitive.
The sale-to-list price ratio, which measures how close homes sell to their asking price, was 99.6 percent during the four-week period ending Feb. 28. That’s 1.6 percentage points higher than the same period last year, Inman reported, citing data from Redfin.
The median home sale price in the four-week period ending Feb. 28 was $323,600, up 16 percent from a year ago. The increase was the highest since 2016.
The median asking price also hit a record high of $347,475 during the same period, up 10 percent over 12 months.
And homes are selling faster: In February, 55 percent of homes went into contract within two weeks of being listed. That’s up 11 percentage points from a year ago. In addition, the number of active listings hit a new low, down 40 percent from a year ago.
Boston Downtown Real Estate Market
In the downtown Boston condo market 82% of all Boston condos sold over 95% of List Price
