Massachusetts Home Sales Plunge After Blizzard of ’26

Frozen's Elsa and the Snow Miser from TV's The Year Without a Santa Claus had nothing on Winter Storm Hernando, better known as "The Blizzard of '26." The February 2026 snowmaker brought Massachusetts to its knees and single-family home sales to a crawl.

Home Sales Drop Across Massachusetts

The Warren Group reported that there were 500 fewer single-family homes sold in Massachusetts during the first two months of 2026 than during the same period last year, a decline of more than 10.5 percent.

"February usually has a reduced number of sales compared to other months, and last month was no exception," said The Warren Group's associate publisher, Cassidy Norton.

Weather and Market Forces Collide

"In addition to recent market fluctuations due to the interest rate environment, tariff concerns, and lack of inventory, this February also had a series of snowstorms, consecutive days with a windchill of less than zero, and days-long power outages," Norton said.

Prices Rise Despite Fewer Sales

State House News Service reported, "With the number of homes sold down, the median price of those sales continued to climb – from $580,000 at the end of February 2025 to a median price of $595,000 so far this year, an increase of 2.6 percent."

Listings Also See Sharp Decline

Banker & Tradesman, a publication of The Warren Group, reported, "There were 1,969 single-family home sales in Massachusetts in February, an eight percent drop from February 2025."

"Year-to-date, there were 4,272 single-family home sales in the first two months of 2026, a 10.6 percent decline," according to Banker & Tradesman. "There was a 7.4 percent drop in new single-family listings in January, followed by a 14.7 percent drop in February, according to Massachusetts Association of Realtors data."

Showings were off by nearly 15 percent in January.