10/15/2026
Everyone keeps asking if a crash is coming.
Here’s the honest answer: the slowdown already happened.
Home sales are back to 1996 levels, with 73 million more people in the country.
That’s not a bubble.
It’s a shortage.
Here in Greater Boston, the median single-family price is $850,000, up 2% from last year…
…and if you plan to stay in Cambridge five years or more, the math still favors owning.
But the national market isn’t your market.
Your neighborhood is.
DM me MARKET and your town, and I’ll send you a custom market update.
Sources: HUD, NAR, US Census, Freddie Mac, ResiClub and Realtor.com. Greater Boston: MLS PIN, October 2026.