Yard Sales in Boston, MA — Today
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Best neighborhoods: Jamaica Plain · Roslindale · West Roxbury · Cambridge (Cambridgeport) · Somerville (Davis Square)
Permit rules: Boston allows residential yard sales without a permit, but limits each address to two sales per calendar year and requires sale signs to come down within 24 hours.
When to go: May through October is the comfortable window. The annual Jamaica Plain First Thursday community sale (first Saturday of May despite the name) and Somerville's SomerStreets weekends are the big organized dates.
Frequently asked
- When is the Jamaica Plain community yard sale?
- First Saturday of May. Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council publishes the map. Hundreds of homes across Stony Brook and Forest Hills.
Yard sale tips & guides
Layout & item placement
How to lay out your yard sale for maximum visibility, sales, and less disappearing-stuff energy. Bait up front, valuables up close.
Read guide →When to price-cut or donate
How to decide what gets discounted, what gets donated, and what gets the ceremonial curb walk — so nothing goes back inside.
Read guide →Photos that sell your stuff
Bad photos are the #1 reason your stuff sits there like it's cursed. Here's how to take clean, clear, honest pics that make people actually show up.
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