The front door of the St. Regis Residences luxury condominium tower is seen in Boston's Seaport District in May 2026. Photo by James Sanna | Banker & Tradesman Staff

Luxury homes are seeing prices increase at a greater rate than non-luxury homes across the country, according to a new report from Redfin. The Boston luxury market is showing similar trends.

In Greater Boston, the median-priced luxury home sat at $2.8 million in May, a 7.4 percent increase year-over-year. The median non-luxury home is selling for $750,000, a 2.1 percent increase.

Across Massachusetts, the median luxury home is selling for $2.5 million, a 6.6 percent increase year-over-year. According to The Warren Group, the publisher of Banker & Tradesman, the median sale price of a single-family home in May was $665,000, essentially unchanged from May 2025 when it was $665,250.

The median U.S. luxury home sale price rose by 4.7 percent year over year to $1.37 million compared to the 1.5 percent gain in non-luxury home sales. The median non-luxury home in the United States sold for $377,477.

New listings of U.S. luxury homes increased 1 percent year over year in May. The non-luxury market saw a 0.4 percent in new listings.

But in Boston, the inventory is limited. The Greater Boston non-luxury market saw a 13.5 increase in new listings, with 5,225 new listings hitting the market in May 2026. The region’s luxury market saw a 4.3 percent decline in new listings, with just 1,414.

In Massachusetts, the state saw a similar relationship. Non-luxury new listings increased by 11,7 percent to 8,150 new listings in May. Luxury new listings declined by 2.4 percent with just 2,170 new listings.

Boston Luxury Market Pricing Outperforming Non-Luxury Homes

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