Boston Home Prices and Home Values

Zillow Home Value Index
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Zillow Home Value Index
Mid-point of Zestimate valuations for Boston. Half the Zestimates are above this number and half are below it.
Median list price ($)
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Median list price ($)
Mid-point of the list price for homes listed on Zillow in Boston, or the asking price.
Median sale price ($)
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Median sale price ($)
Mid-point of the price homes have sold for in Boston. Half the homes sold above this number and half sold below.
Zillow Rent Index
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Zillow Rent Index
Mid-point of Rent Zestimates—Zillow's estimated monthly rent price—for homes in Boston. Half the Rent Zestimates are above this number and half are below it.
Median rent list price ($)
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Median rent list price ($)
Mid-point of the rental price for homes listed for rent on Zillow in the Boston. Half the homes have rent prices above this number and half are below.
Total homes sold
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Total homes sold
Total number of homes sold in Boston during the prior 30 days.
Median value per sq. ft. ($)
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Median value per sq. ft. ($)
Mid-point of the value of all homes in Boston, per square foot. This is derived by taking the Zestimate for each home and dividing it by the homes square footage (e.g. a 1,000 sq ft home with a Zestimate of $200k has a $200 value/sq foot).
Median list price / sq. ft. ($)
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Median list price / sq. ft. ($)
Mid-point of Bostons list prices when divided by the square footage of a home (e.g. a 1,000 sq ft home with a list price of $200k has a list price/sq ft of $200).
Median sale price / sq. ft. ($)
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Median sale price / sq. ft. ($)
Mid-point of Bostons sale prices when divided by the square footage of a home (e.g. a 1,000 sq ft home that sold for $200k has a sale price/sq ft of $200).
Rent estimate / sq. ft. ($)
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Rent estimate / sq. ft. ($)
Mid-point of the estimated monthly rent price of all homes in Boston, per square foot. This is derived by taking the Rent Zestimate for each home and dividing it by the homes square footage (e.g. a 1,000 sq ft home with a Rent Zestimate of $2000 per month has a $2 value/sq foot).
Median rent list price / sq. ft. ($)
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Median rent list price / sq. ft. ($)
Mid-point of Bostons rent when divided by the square footage of a home (e.g. a 1,000 sq ft home with a rent of $1,200 has a rent/sq ft of $12).
Median sale-to-list price ratio
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Median sale-to-list price ratio
Mid-point of the ratio between the sale price and the list price for all homes in Boston (e.g. if a home with a list price of $200k sells for $250k, its ratio would be 5:4 or 1.25).
Listings with price cut (%)
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Listings with price cut (%)
The percentage of current listings on Zillow in Boston whose price has been reduced in the last 30 days.
Median price cut (%)
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Median price cut (%)
Mid-point of the percentage of price reduction for homes in Boston whose prices have been reduced in the past full month.
Sold for loss (%)
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Sold for loss (%)
The percentage of homes in Boston that sold for less than the previous purchase price (e.g. a home purchased for $250k and then sold for $225k). This excludes foreclosure transactions.
Sold for gain (%)
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Sold for gain (%)
The percentage of homes sold for more than their previous purchase price (e.g. a home purchased for $225k and then sold for $250k).
Homes foreclosed
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Homes foreclosed
The number of homes in the Boston per 10,000 that were foreclosed in a given month. A foreclosure is when a homeowner loses their home to their lending institution or it is sold to a third party at an auction.
Foreclosure re-sales (%)
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Foreclosure re-sales (%)
The percentage of home sales in a given month in Boston where the home was foreclosed upon within the previous 12 months (e.g. sales of bank-owned homes after the bank repossessed a home during a foreclosure).
Increasing values (%)
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Increasing values (%)
The percentage of homes in Boston whose values have increased in the past year.
Decreasing values (%)
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Decreasing values (%)
The percentage of all homes in Boston whose value has fallen in the last year.
Sold in past year (%)
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Sold in past year (%)
The percentage of all homes in Boston that were sold in the past 12 months.

5.61%
-10.4%Y-o-Y

Calculated 05/15/2012^*
^*Includes data and transactions through 04/30/2012

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RegionId	Region	M-o-M	Q-o-Q	Y-o-Y	Apr 2012
44269	Boston	-1.6%	0.6%	-10.4%	5.61%
272755	Allston	1.4%	-8.3%	-12.2%	5.87%
272836	Back Bay	-0.7%	3.2%	1.9%	6.93%
153980	Bay Village	-8.6%	0.0%	77.8%	11.35%
153989	Beacon Hill	-2.9%	2.6%	4.9%	7.14%
37575	Brighton	-0.3%	-7.0%	-17.2%	4.47%
154235	Charlestown	-2.6%	-3.3%	-6.8%	6.07%
416396	Chinatown	0.0%	11.8%	38.7%	8.56%
270824	Downtown	1.9%	12.2%	61.8%	8.74%
154380	Downtown Crossing
154399	East Boston	2.2%	8.7%	3.0%	5.66%
276331	Fenway	-2.3%	0.0%	4.9%	5.31%
416395	Government Center
11842	Haymarket
154775	Hyde Park	-0.4%	3.8%	-19.0%	4.08%
154795	Jamaica Plain	-1.4%	4.7%	-7.7%	5.55%
46015	Kenmore	5.7%	5.7%	-24.6%	6.10%
269750	Leather District	27.8%	43.8%	15.0%	5.87%
403114	Long Island
154970	Mattapan	-0.8%	-3.0%	-31.2%	4.56%
15856	Mission Hill	7.1%	11.1%	-47.4%	4.03%
274702	North Dorchester	-3.5%	-5.1%	-14.6%	5.07%
155173	North End	-3.1%	2.6%	-7.6%	5.64%
155506	Roslindale	-0.4%	13.9%	-11.6%	4.85%
54232	Roxbury	-8.6%	0.0%	-37.4%	4.45%
155633	South Boston	-2.8%	2.6%	4.4%	7.11%
275424	South Dorchester	-1.9%	-19.0%	-36.0%	4.98%
275429	South End	-3.1%	-2.7%	-16.1%	6.63%
273181	West End	-3.8%	8.5%	50.0%	3.93%
155995	West Roxbury	-2.5%	7.3%	-9.7%	4.51%