Markets / Boston
Private-party car market: Boston, MA
345/day private-seller listings within 50 miles, Aug 29, 2026 – Sept 27, 2026 · updated Sept 28, 2026
10,362
Private listings (30 days)
345
Per day
10.8%
Listed under Manheim wholesale
$12,500
Median asking price
$1,589
Median spread on under-wholesale cars
2015
Median model year
Where the listings come from
Share of Boston's 10,362 private-seller listings by source.
Facebook Marketplace8,231 · 79.4%
Craigslist1,238 · 11.9%
OfferUp483 · 4.7%
Cars.com234 · 2.3%
Autotrader138 · 1.3%
eBay38 · 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 | 1,358 | $13,000 | 6.3% |
| Toyota | 990 | $11,500 | 13.1% |
| Honda | 907 | $10,492 | 16.7% |
| Chevrolet | 860 | $14,000 | 12.8% |
| Jeep | 446 | $12,500 | 7.4% |
| BMW | 415 | $12,495 | 10.4% |
| Mercedes-Benz | 338 | $14,375 | 13.2% |
| Nissan | 313 | $8,994 | 10.1% |
| GMC | 305 | $13,900 | 4.6% |
| Subaru | 260 | $10,000 | 9.2% |
| Audi | 259 | $13,498 | 2.4% |
| RAM | 256 | $15,000 | 14.6% |
Asking-price bands
How Boston's private-seller listings split by asking price.
$500–5k808 · 7.8%
$5k–10k2,692 · 26.0%
$10k–20k4,324 · 41.7%
$20k–35k1,579 · 15.2%
$35k–60k620 · 6.0%
$60k+339 · 3.3%
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 40
great 134
good 215
fair 638
pass 3,304
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 Aug 29, 2026 – Sept 27, 2026 (30 days).
- Facebook Marketplace mileage is typed by the seller and is not verified.
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