For three years Massachusetts buyers had almost nothing to choose from. Then February 2026 hit. Multiple storms. One to three feet of snow each. The market that was just starting to loosen got buried along with everything else.

What came out the other side is something nobody has seen in years. Close to 7,500 single family homes on the market. Double the normal inventory. Price reductions and back on markets at their highest levels in recent memory. And a summer slowdown that is running a month late because of everything February took from us.

The window that most people think has already closed is still open. Here is what that actually means for buyers and sellers right now.

Off Market with Corey Morris. The stories that never make the highlight reel.

Corey's sellers needed to sell fast. The house was priced right, newer construction, and should have been gone in a weekend. There was just one problem. Thirty of them actually. And they had tails. 

Then the same clients needed to buy. They found the perfect place, submitted a clean offer, and triggered a forty eight hour deadline that was supposed to protect everyone. The other side ignored it anyway and hid behind forty one years of experience as the excuse. 

Two stories. One theme. What happens when the rules only apply to other people. 

Off Market with Corey Morris. The stories that never make the highlight reel. 

Sara and Beth had dreamed of living in one of the most sought after towns south of Boston. After years of work, the right agent, and an unbelievable home transformation, they were a week away from closing on a 1.15 million dollar cash offer with no contingencies. No mortgage. No appraisal. No inspection. Movers were days away. Then their attorney made a suggestion. 

This is the story of what happened next and what it actually costs when the wrong person wins the room. 

Welcome to Off Market. Twelve years of stories Corey Morris can't tell himself