The hubbub at Fornax on a Saturday morning tells you most of what you need to know about Roslindale right now. So does the wait at Sophia's Grotto on a Friday night, and the way the patio tables along Birch outside of Distraction fill up the first warm afternoon in April. Roslindale is a destination.
The data backs it up: people who buy here tend to stay, inventory keeps tightening, and demand keeps showing up. Here's what's actually happening this spring.
Five Active Single-Family Listings
There are exactly five active single-family homes for sale in Roslindale as of late April. A year ago, there were eight. Two years ago, there were closer to a dozen. The single-family inventory in 02131 has been quietly compressing for two straight years, and this is what the bottom of that compression looks like.
The five that are listed aren't sitting, either. The average days-on-market for active SF inventory is 12 days — down from 28 a year ago. Translation: when a single-family home shows up in Rozzie this spring, it goes pending in two weeks or less. The buyers are out there. The houses are not.
This is the most important fact in the report if you're a buyer. Wait-and-see is no longer a strategy in the Roslindale single-family market. If a house comes on that fits your criteria, you have to be in a position to write that day or the next. We're already seeing escalation clauses on listings that probably wouldn't have seen them last spring.
More Selection. More Nuance.
The condo picture in Rozzie reads differently. Active condo inventory is 18 listings today versus 12 a year ago — a 50% jump. More to choose from, and a wider price range too. The current condo inventory runs from $265,000 at the low end to $1.099M at the top, with a median list price of $632,000.
Year-to-date, condo closings are up 16% (29 sales vs. 25 a year ago), and the rolling 12-month sold count is up nearly 15%. So the condo market is definitely more active — there's just also more supply meeting it. Sale-to-list ratios sit at 99.5%, down from 102% a year ago, which means buyers are getting deals at or modestly below ask rather than competing through them.
One number that looks alarming at first glance: average condo sale prices YTD are down about 8% year-over-year. But this almost certainly reflects mix — a higher proportion of more affordable units selling — rather than a real price decline. The price-per-square-foot is down only 5%, and the broader inventory is sitting at higher list prices than a year ago. The top end of the condo market in Rozzie isn't softer; the bottom end is just doing more of the work.
For condo buyers, this is good news — more choices than there were a year ago, less squeeze, more room to negotiate. For sellers, the message is clear: price right out of the gate, prep meaningfully, and don't expect the 2022 playbook.
Multi-Family Is Having a Moment
YTD multi-family activity in Roslindale, 2025 vs. 2026. The buyer behavior on each closing tells you the demand is real.
| Metric | 2025 YTD | 2026 YTD | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. Sale Price | $947K | $1.24M | +30% |
| Days on Market | 49 days | 28 days | –43% |
| Days to Offer | 33 days | 19 days | –42% |
| Sale-to-List Ratio | 102.3% | 100.2% | –2 pts |
Roslindale is particularly attractive in this conversation because the price-per-unit math still works in a way it doesn't in JP or Cambridge anymore.
Source: MLS PIN, YTD multi-family closings in Roslindale, through April 24, 2026.
What sold for what
The top sale of the quarter wasn't a single-family — it was a multi-family. 4012 Washington Street closed at $2,000,000 for a 12-bedroom, 6-bathroom, 6,081-square-foot property. That's a meaningful comp for the Washington Street corridor (yes, the same Washington Street that runs past Ace Hardware, Sebastian's, and pretty much everything else worth knowing about) and reinforces the multi-family story above.
The top single-family was 417 Poplar Street at $1,420,000 (4 bed, 2.5 bath, 3,015 square feet). What's particularly fun is that the #2 single-family sale of the quarter was 415 Poplar Street — same square footage, same bed/bath count, sold for $1,395,000 within a day or two of its neighbor. Two essentially identical properties selling at almost identical prices in the same week. That kind of clean comp doesn't show up in the data often.
The average Q1 condo sale was $598,547 at $499 per square foot — useful as a benchmark, though as we noted above, the actual range of what trades in any given week is much wider.
Source: MLS PIN, Q1 2026 closed sales in Roslindale (02131).
Why People Don't Leave Rozzie
Roslindale isn't accidentally one of Boston's most stable neighborhoods. Walk the village square on a Saturday and you'll see why people stay: the Film Society at the library, the farmers market in Adams Park, kids walking to martial arts class on Corinth Street, a morning at the model railroad museum, the line at the bakery, dinner at Delfino, drinks at the Tavern, sushi at the place tucked off the square, Thai or tacos depending on the night. There's a reason the people who buy here tend to stay for decades.
That stability is what's behind the inventory squeeze in the SF market. People aren't selling because they don't want to leave. And it's what gives the multi-family story its legs — investors and owner-occupants both know that a property in Rozzie, well-maintained, is going to keep finding renters and buyers for a long time. Real estate markets are made of people, and Roslindale's people stay. The numbers reflect that.
What This Means for You
If you're a single-family buyer in Rozzie: stop waiting. The inventory is not getting better in your favor any time soon. Get pre-approved, get clear on what you actually need, and be ready to write the day a house comes on. We can help you set up alerts for new listings before they hit the broader sites.
If you're a single-family seller: this is your spring. Price right, prep well, and expect strong activity in the first ten days. Most of our conversations with potential sellers right now are landing on "list before Memorial Day."
If you're a condo buyer: more options than last spring, more leverage, more time to think. That said, we'd still encourage moving sooner rather than later — the inventory is wider but it's also turning over faster than the active DOM number suggests.
If you're a condo seller: pricing matters more than it did a year ago. The buyers are there, but they're shopping the comps. Aspirational pricing gets punished, especially in the $700K+ tier.
If you're a multi-family seller: you have a window. The combination of compressed days-on-market, climbing prices, and active investor demand is unusually favorable right now. We'd want to talk before you move.
The Numbers Are One Thing. The Experience Is Another.
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Q2 2026 Outlook
Spring's lift will arrive here just like everywhere else. Last year's Q2 in Roslindale saw 26 SF closings (vs. 13 in Q1) and 37 condo closings (vs. 15 in Q1). That kind of seasonal jump is durable, even with rates in the 7s.
What we expect for Q2 2026: single-family inventory will improve modestly as more sellers list, but demand is sufficient to absorb most of it. Condo prices will firm up as the spring buyer pool absorbs the current inventory. Multi-family will keep doing what it's doing. The single biggest variable, as always, is rates. Anything that pushes mortgage rates closer to 6.5% would meaningfully accelerate the condo recovery in particular. A move back above 7.5% would slow but not derail what's happening here.
Thinking About a Move in Rozzie?
If you'd like a personalized read on your specific block, building, or property — or if you want to talk through what spring 2026 looks like for you — we'd welcome the conversation.
Schedule a ConversationSource: MLS PIN data covering closed sales, pendings, and active listings in Roslindale (02131) through April 24, 2026. The Boston Home Team · Gibson Sotheby's International Realty.
