Let America Build™ Campaign Kicks Off in Boston to Spotlight America's Growing Housing Supply Gap

Realtor.com^® Senior Economist Joel Berner Available to Discuss Boston Housing Market and How More Housing Helps Affordability 

Austin, TEXAS, Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Companies and organizations from across the real estate and housing industries have come together to launch the  Let America Build™ campaign, a national public awareness campaign grounded in a simple premise: if America wants more homes, America must build more homes. The campaign aims to inform the public, elevate housing supply as a shared national priority and encourage a fact-based conversation about the local policies and actions that can make building more housing possible.

The Let America Build™ campaign is bringing the message to Boston with a one-of-a-kind activation highlighting America's 4.03 million-home housing supply gap. The public activation will offer a visual look at the scale of the nation's housing shortage and the need to build more homes.

WHAT: Join Realtor.com^® Senior Economist Joel Berner on Wednesday, September 23rd, 8:00-9:00 AM E.T., for a media- only preview. Joel will be available for interviews to discuss the activation and Boston housing market, including recent shifts in inventory, pricing and market conditions and discuss the activation and the Let America Build™ campaign.

RSVP: Address and additional event details will be provided upon confirmation. Photo and video assets available upon request. If you would like to interview Joel ahead of the activation, please let us know.

The Boston Housing Market at a Glance
In August, Boston's housing market is offering buyers more inventory than previous years, but is still below pre-pandemic levels: active listings climbed 15.0% year over year in August, according to the Realtor.com August 2026 Monthly Housing Trends Report

Despite that inventory growth, the market remains relatively disciplined on pricing. Just 14.8% of active Boston-area listings had a price cut—below the 20.4% national share—and the rate fell 3.0 percentage points from a year earlier.

The Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro's median list price was $795,000, down a modest 0.6% from last August. Price per square foot declined 1.5% year over year, suggesting incremental buyer leverage rather than a dramatic repricing. Homes are taking longer to sell: median time on market rose by six days from a year ago, signaling that buyers have become more selective even as prices have largely held steady.

About the Let America Build™ Campaign
The Let America Build™ campaign is an industry-wide national public awareness campaign focused on the need to increase housing supply for Americans. Its purpose is to inform the public, elevate housing supply as a shared priority and encourage a fact-based conversation about the local actions that can make building more housing possible. Founding participants include: Realtor.com^®, Zillow Group, National Association of REALTORS®, T3 Sixty, the National Association of Homebuilders, Veterans United Home Loans, Habitat for Humanity, the National Zoning Atlas, RIS Media, Home Services of America, the Asian Real Estate Association of America and the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance. Learn more at LetAmericaBuild.org.

Media Contact: Mallory Micetich, [email protected]

SOURCE LetAmericaBuild.org