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Boston Globe

Springing into the fall housing market

Maddie Bilis  |  September 10, 2025

“When it comes to buying or selling a home, any real estate agent will tell you to consider the two best times of year to enter the fray: spring and fall. The spring and fall markets typically see the most activity, but in 2025, things got off to a slow start.

Spring is often the peak of sale prices for any given year, said Kate Ziegler, a realtor with Arborview Realty in Jamaica Plain, though a bump in activity after Labor Day makes fall the second-best time to sell. “This year, spring was slow to start — inventory was very low … still and comparatively, supply has slowly risen over the summer in the city,” Ziegler said.”

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