Published October 25, 2026 in Market Update

More listings are hitting Roxbury, but buyers are taking more time

By Juan Murray

Real estate, Roxbury

The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 56 new listings in ZIP 02119 for the three months ending August 31, 2026. That is up 64.7% from the same period in 2025. More supply means buyers can afford to be patient, and the numbers show they are.

The Real Estate Data Aggregator put median days on market in ZIP 02119 at 34 days for the three months ending August 31, 2026. That is 14 days longer than the same stretch in 2025. Homes are not sitting forever, but the window to get under contract quickly got smaller.

Supply is the headline number

At 7.2 months of supply, ZIP 02119 is sitting well above what most market watchers call a balanced market. The Real Estate Data Aggregator shows that number climbed 2.4 months in a single year. Buyers have options. That shifts leverage.

Prices held up, but sellers gave a little ground

The Real Estate Data Aggregator recorded a median sale price of $691,000 in ZIP 02119 for the three months ending August 31, 2026. That is up 8% from the same period in 2025. Prices moved in the right direction for sellers. But the average sale-to-list ratio slipped 2.5 points to 97.3%. Sellers are still getting close to their asking price, just not quite as close as before.

One detail worth noting: 25% of homes in ZIP 02119 sold above list price, up 11.2 points from a year earlier. That is not a contradiction. It means well-priced homes still attracted competition. Overpriced ones did not.

Nationally, rates and price cuts are part of the same story

Realtor.com reported that mortgage rates climbed above 7% for the first time since January 2025. That slows buyers down everywhere. Realtor.com also reported that 20.8% of listings nationwide had price cuts in September 2026, the highest share since October 2022. Higher rates and more cuts are connected: when carrying costs rise, buyers push back on price.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that U.S. house prices rose 2.6% from July 2025 to July 2026. Prices are still moving up nationally, but the pace is slow. Roxbury's 8% gain in ZIP 02119 outran the national number, at least for this period.

How the three Roxbury ZIP codes compare

Roxbury spans three ZIP codes, and they do not all read the same. The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 124 homes sold across ZIPs 02119, 02118, and 02120 combined for the three months ending August 31, 2026. But product type and price point vary sharply by ZIP. Here is how each one sat on its own.

ZIP 02119 carries the most supply pressure, at 7.2 months. ZIPs 02118 and 02120 are tighter. That gap matters if you are pricing a home. The same square footage can trade at a very different number depending on which side of a street it sits on.

Pending sales point to real buyer activity

The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 24 pending sales in ZIP 02119 for the three months ending August 31, 2026, up 33.3% from a year earlier. Across all three ZIP codes combined, pending sales reached 103. Buyers are still moving. They are just moving more carefully, and on their own timeline.

What this means if you are thinking about selling

More listings, longer days on market, and a national price-cut rate at a four-year high: those three facts together say the same thing. Buyers have more to look at, and they know it. A home that is priced right and shows well can still find a buyer quickly. ZIP 02119 showed that 25% of homes sold above list price. But that same data shows homes took 34 days on average. The difference between the two groups often comes down to price and condition at launch.