Asking Prices and Inventory for Homes in Boston Massachusetts

As of January 30 2012 there were about 19,794 single family and condo homes listed for sale in Boston Massachusetts. The median asking price of these homes was approximately $314,900. Since this time last year, the inventory of homes for sale has increased by 12.4% and the median price has decreased by 1.3%.

	January 30, 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Median Asking Price	$314,900	+1.6%	-1.3%
Home Listings/Inventory	19,794	-4.0%	+12.4%

Recent Asking Price and Inventory History for Boston

Date	Single Family & Condo Inventory	25th Percentile Asking Price	Median Asking Price	75th Percentile Asking Price
01/30/2012	19,794	$207,000	$314,900	$479,900
01/23/2012	19,631	$204,900	$310,000	$479,000
01/16/2012	19,612	$200,000	$309,900	$475,000
01/09/2012	19,369	$200,000	$309,900	$475,000
01/02/2012	20,247	$199,900	$309,900	$475,000

Boston Asking Price History

The median asking price for homes in Boston peaked in May 2006 at $389,920 and is now $79,000 (20.3%) lower.

25th, Median (50th) and 75th Percentile Asking Prices for Boston Massachusetts

Boston Housing Inventory History

Housing inventory in Boston, which is typically highest in the spring/summer and lowest in the fall/winter, peaked at 45,412 in June 2006. The lowest housing inventory level seen was 19,327 in January 2011.

Housing Inventory for Boston Massachusetts

Boston Asking Price and Inventory History

Date	Single Family & Condo Inventory	25th Percentile Asking Price	Median Asking Price	75th Percentile Asking Price
January 2012	19,731	$202,360	$310,920	$476,780
December 2011	21,839	$207,225	$314,150	$479,925
November 2011	25,028	$216,725	$320,925	$495,687
October 2011	27,185	$221,940	$329,215	$499,900
September 2011	27,324	$222,925	$328,200	$495,725
August 2011	28,218	$224,920	$329,360	$499,180
July 2011	29,135	$228,700	$331,150	$502,400
June 2011	29,757	$229,900	$339,225	$518,700
May 2011	28,349	$229,720	$337,540	$517,740
April 2011	25,450	$226,725	$333,200	$504,700
March 2011	22,564	$220,700	$329,475	$506,175
February 2011	20,770	$214,900	$319,475	$490,975
January 2011	19,327	$214,880	$318,080	$483,540
December 2010	23,115	$219,350	$320,950	$487,925
November 2010	26,651	$228,540	$332,580	$499,740
October 2010	28,801	$231,200	$336,975	$505,900
September 2010	28,754	$234,175	$338,000	$505,925
August 2010	28,477	$235,560	$339,540	$508,740
July 2010	28,831	$239,675	$346,725	$527,006
June 2010	28,772	$241,175	$349,900	$539,000
May 2010	27,870	$246,060	$349,920	$545,580
April 2010	27,259	$243,175	$349,675	$529,675
March 2010	24,175	$239,915	$346,800	$527,580
February 2010	21,194	$236,450	$339,675	$523,450
January 2010	19,401	$231,350	$339,000	$512,475
December 2009	21,056	$238,450	$342,700	$524,638
November 2009	23,807	$245,680	$350,920	$545,540
October 2009	25,648	$249,650	$355,975	$549,900
September 2009	25,758	$247,750	$353,950	$549,450
August 2009	26,008	$248,960	$357,960	$549,740
July 2009	27,024	$249,900	$360,925	$560,725
June 2009	27,789	$249,940	$365,260	$569,740
May 2009	27,150	$249,900	$359,900	$564,700
April 2009	26,394	$242,450	$351,175	$548,200
March 2009	24,975	$235,740	$345,160	$532,540
February 2009	23,805	$229,575	$332,175	$505,950
January 2009	24,859	$230,288	$331,462	$503,180
December 2008	27,143	$232,507	$334,154	$508,830
November 2008	30,192	$234,655	$336,758	$514,297
October 2008	31,203	$236,875	$339,450	$519,947
September 2008	31,253	$237,605	$339,320	$511,220
August 2008	31,929	$237,279	$338,975	$503,675
July 2008	33,408	$239,800	$341,175	$514,675
June 2008	35,441	$243,340	$347,280	$519,000
May 2008	35,620	$243,193	$343,700	$515,725
April 2008	34,557	$239,975	$339,900	$507,175
March 2008	32,443	$239,900	$339,180	$499,360
February 2008	31,344	$239,900	$337,450	$497,475
January 2008	30,142	$239,924	$337,950	$492,445
December 2007	32,821	$245,935	$338,940	$495,780
November 2007	36,772	$253,425	$346,925	$499,675
October 2007	38,843	$259,700	$349,900	$499,900
September 2007	38,619	$259,675	$349,675	$496,955
August 2007	38,881	$260,725	$349,905	$498,100
July 2007	39,886	$268,660	$360,560	$508,560
June 2007	40,252	$271,849	$367,972	$521,950
May 2007	38,752	$274,700	$369,799	$524,975
April 2007	35,910	$271,960	$369,539	$526,990
March 2007	33,196	$271,974	$368,975	$523,075
February 2007	32,173	$271,475	$364,300	$516,250
January 2007	31,478	$274,139	$362,839	$508,760
December 2006	35,373	$278,000	$368,475	$518,450
November 2006	40,083	$280,400	$371,174	$528,000
October 2006	43,228	$285,857	$377,380	$529,720
September 2006	42,462	$289,000	$379,350	$529,900
August 2006	42,807	$289,450	$380,150	$539,450
July 2006	44,210	$292,940	$388,160	$547,680
June 2006	45,412	$295,725	$389,675	$549,575
May 2006	43,747	$298,800	$389,920	$549,900
April 2006	40,353	$298,300	$389,900	$549,300