Markets / Boston
Private-party car market: Boston, MA
349/day private-seller listings within 50 miles, Sept 1, 2026 – Sept 30, 2026 · updated Oct 1, 2026
10,474
Private listings (30 days)
349
Per day
10.5%
Listed under Manheim wholesale
$12,500
Median asking price
$1,556
Median spread on under-wholesale cars
2015
Median model year
Where the listings come from
Share of Boston's 10,474 private-seller listings by source.
Facebook Marketplace8,379 · 80.0%
Craigslist1,213 · 11.6%
OfferUp472 · 4.5%
Cars.com236 · 2.3%
Autotrader133 · 1.3%
eBay41 · 0.4%
Most listed makes
Top makes by private-seller listing count, with the median asking price and the share asking under Manheim wholesale.
| Make | Listings | Median ask | Under wholesale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford | 1,394 | $13,000 | 5.8% |
| Toyota | 994 | $11,500 | 13.1% |
| Honda | 920 | $10,000 | 16.8% |
| Chevrolet | 871 | $14,000 | 12.6% |
| Jeep | 458 | $12,500 | 6.4% |
| BMW | 418 | $12,495 | 10.7% |
| Mercedes-Benz | 340 | $14,500 | 12.7% |
| Nissan | 316 | $9,000 | 9.3% |
| GMC | 311 | $13,600 | 5.0% |
| RAM | 272 | $14,999 | 13.0% |
| Audi | 263 | $13,000 | 1.6% |
| Subaru | 257 | $10,500 | 8.0% |
Asking-price bands
How Boston's private-seller listings split by asking price.
$500–5k793 · 7.6%
$5k–10k2,705 · 25.8%
$10k–20k4,393 · 41.9%
$20k–35k1,601 · 15.3%
$35k–60k650 · 6.2%
$60k+332 · 3.2%
Deal grades
Facebook Marketplace listings only, because those are the grades computed against Manheim MMR wholesale for the same year, trim and mileage: a steal is priced well under wholesale, a pass is priced above it.
steal 39
great 130
good 226
fair 636
pass 3,409
Method and caveats
- These are asking prices, not sold prices.
- Dealer-classified and duplicate cross-posted listings were removed before counting.
- Wholesale means Manheim MMR for the listing's year, trim and mileage.
- A make can show a high under-wholesale share where MMR runs rich on high-mileage cars; read the makes table against the metro average.
- Radius is 50 miles from the city center; window is Sept 1, 2026 – Sept 30, 2026 (30 days).
- Facebook Marketplace mileage is typed by the seller and is not verified.
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