Published October 4, 2026 in Market Update

Some parts of the corridor are moving very fast

By Patrick & Alana Scanlon (Scanlon Sells Team)

Real estate, The Route 1 / 495 Corridor

Rates are above 7%, according to Realtor.com. That is the headline nationally. But the Real Estate Data Aggregator tells a different story here. In one part of this corridor, nearly 8 in 10 homes went under contract within two weeks of listing. Several others were above 60%. The first two weeks still do a lot of the work.

How fast homes are moving, ZIP by ZIP

These are Real Estate Data Aggregator counts for the three months ending July 31, 2026. Every number is from that period.

The ZIP that stands out: 02038

The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 95 homes sold in ZIP 02038 in the three months ending July 31, 2026. Nearly 8 in 10 went under contract in two weeks. That share rose 7.8 points from the same period a year before. The median sale price was $740,000, up 7.6% year over year. And homes sold at 104.3% of list price on average. More than 7 in 10 sold above asking.

Rates above 7% are real, but they have not stopped buyers here

Realtor.com reported that mortgage rates climbed above 7% for the first time since January 2025. Nationally, Realtor.com also found that 20.8% of listings took a price cut in September, the highest share since October 2022. That is the national picture. This corridor is not matching it. The Real Estate Data Aggregator shows pending sales up across most of these ZIPs, and months of supply still well under 2 in most of them.

Where things moved a little slower

ZIP 02019 had the lowest two-week contract rate in the corridor: 51.4%, according to the Real Estate Data Aggregator. That is still more than half of all homes. But it dropped 15.3 points from a year before, and homes sold dropped 16.2% year over year. More new listings came in, up 29.8%. More supply, fewer sales, a slower pace. Not stopped, just softer.

ZIP 02093 tells a different kind of story. The Real Estate Data Aggregator shows the median sale price there at $860,000, up 16.2% year over year. Months of supply rose to 3.6, the highest in the corridor. Fewer homes sold, down 27.3%. But 83.3% of those that did sell went above list price. A thin, competitive market at the top end.

What this means if you are selling

The first two weeks are still doing most of the work. In the fastest ZIPs, a home priced right goes under contract before most buyers have had a second look. The Real Estate Data Aggregator shows sale-to-list ratios above 100% in every ZIP with enough sales to measure. That means list price is a floor in many cases, not a ceiling. But not every ZIP reads the same. ZIP 02019 slowed. ZIP 02356 saw its above-list share drop 30.5 points year over year, even as more homes sold. Price and timing still matter.

What this means if you are buying

Timing matters more than guessing on rates. Waiting for rates to drop has not opened up inventory here. The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 384 homes for sale across all 12 ZIPs in the three months ending July 31, 2026. That is not much room. In ZIP 02762, there were just 11 homes for sale. In ZIP 02763, just 1. When a home fits, the window is short.