The story of this market
The typical home in Suffolk County, Massachusetts sells for about $857,131, or $715 per square foot.
Prices are up +7.3% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 39 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 167% since 2000. Last year 48 of 84 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street.
FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Very Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
0%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2000 (+21.9%). Worst: 2009 (-5.2%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+2.5%
MA · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 84 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
7
Very Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $114,876,776.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
75.5%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 27294 | 14809 | 75.5% | 17.5% | $615,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Suffolk County's housing market is experiencing mixed signals with rising prices driven by luxury transactions alongside declining sales volume. Affordability constraints and elevated inventory levels have cooled buyer urgency, leading to a shift toward a more balanced market.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: median price corroborated by the prior refresh cycle (within 12.5%).
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Median prices moved down 3.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 75 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 28.86% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · poverty 15.6% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Owned and leased federal assets with active or excess status, per the General Services Administration's Real Estate Across the United States inventory (read 2026-09-25). A federal footprint read on this county — not a market valuation, and never an attribute of any individual property or tenant.
Deterministic aggregate of 35 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Each property observation weighs one in its ZIP's deterministic roll-up — property-level records (taxes, scores, permits) never roll individually. Latest property research run Oct 14, 2026.
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| 02108 | Boston | $950,000 | $3,513 | +108.9% | 23 | — | — | — | 86 | $2,597 | researched Sep 28 |
| 02109 | Boston | $1,300,000 | $1,190 | -49.7% | 43 | — | — | — | 26 | $3,501 | researched Sep 29 |
| 02110 | Boston | $1,700,000 | $1,200 | +2.9% | 45 | 98.5% | 12% | 6.4 | 115 | $2,938 | researched Sep 30 |
| 02111 | Boston | $953,400 | $1,104 | +2.4% | 45 | 98.5% | 12% | 3.4 | 62 | $1,926 | researched Oct 1 |
| 02113 | Boston | $900,000 | $1,120 | — | 26 | — | — | — | 4,598 | $2,630 | researched Oct 4 |
| 02114 | Boston | $1,260,000 | $1,340 | +14.5% | 34 | 98% | — | 1 | 31 | $2,989 | researched Sep 18 |
| 02115 | Boston | $860,000 | $693 | +2.9% | 23 | — | — | — | — | $2,039 | researched Sep 19 |
| 02116 | Boston | $1,210,000 | $1,300 | -16.6% | 54 | — | — | — | 271 | $2,375 | researched Sep 19 |
| 02118 | Boston | $1,300,000 | $950 | +2.1% | 35 | 98.5% | 15% | 4.3 | 182 | $1,968 | researched Sep 29 |
| 02119 | Boston | $668,900 | $495 | +3.2% | 38 | 98.5% | 12% | 4.2 | 80 | $1,329 | researched Sep 30 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
The county serves as a major hub for health care and social assistance, driving significant economic momentum in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton region.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Massachusetts) — Massachusetts Local Property Tax: Ad valorem tax calculated as (Municipal Budget / Total Assessed Value of all taxable property) = Tax Rate per $1,000 of assessed value. Assessments must be at 100% of full and fair cash (market) value.
The economy is heavily anchored by the health care and social assistance sectors, employing approximately 439,000 people.
- Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum4.63.7 mi
- Kimball Farm Westford4.627.9 mi
- Supercharged Entertainment4.527.2 mi
- F1 Arcade Boston4.53.4 mi
- Starland Sportsplex & Fun Park4.418 mi
- Fenway Park4.86.1 mi
- TD Garden4.64.3 mi
- Gillette Stadium4.623.5 mi
- Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center4.53.6 mi
- Topgolf Boston - Canton3.914.3 mi
- Fenway Park4.86.1 mi
- Boston Common4.74.5 mi
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston4.86 mi
- New England Aquarium4.43.6 mi
- Harvard Square4.67.3 mi
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston4.86 mi
- Boston Public Library4.85.2 mi
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum4.76.3 mi
- Museum of Science4.74.8 mi
- Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum4.63.7 mi
- Boston Common4.74.5 mi
- Franklin Park Zoo4.46.7 mi
- Public Garden4.84.7 mi
- Charles River Esplanade4.85.1 mi
- Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University4.88.1 mi
- Atlantic Wharf4.63.8 mi
- Constitution Marina4.64.2 mi
- Charlestown Marina4.83.8 mi
- Fan Pier Marina4.73.4 mi
- Cottage Park Yacht Club4.70.9 mi
- Topgolf Boston - Canton3.914.3 mi
- Granite Links Golf Club4.68.6 mi
- Robert T. Lynch Municipal Golf Course3.99.9 mi
- George Wright4.510 mi
- Newton Commonwealth Golf Course49.9 mi
- Encore Boston Harbor4.35.3 mi
- Burlington Mall4.414.8 mi
- Prudential Center Boston4.55.4 mi
- Quincy Market4.53.9 mi
- Faneuil Hall Marketplace4.53.9 mi
- Boston Logan International Airport4.11.7 mi
- Park Shuttle & Fly4.52.9 mi
- The Lounge3.42 mi
- DaCoopas Pizza4.12.9 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data retrieved from Census Reporter profile for Suffolk County, MA.
applies when — Parcels classified as forest production land under M.G.L. c. 61
Imposes a conveyance tax upon sale for non-forest use and potential roll-back taxes if disqualified; grants the municipality a right of first refusal upon conversion to residential, industrial, or commercial use.
Governed by M.G.L. Chapter 61.
Ad valorem tax calculated as (Municipal Budget / Total Assessed Value of all taxable property) = Tax Rate per $1,000 of assessed value. Assessments must be at 100% of full and fair cash (market) value.
Governed by M.G.L. Chapter 59; assessed annually by local boards of assessors.
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.