October 2026, town by town
Home sales in 175 Massachusetts towns and 18 neighborhoods. Published November 11, 2026 and frozen: a report never changes after it runs.
The biggest changes in Greater BostonAgainst October 2025
- NewtonHomes in Newton took 9 days longer to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- SomervilleHomes in Somerville took 17 days longer to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- ConcordHome sales in Concord rose 125% from October 2025.
- Belmont17% of Belmont homes sold for the asking price or more, down from 54% a year earlier.
- BurlingtonHome sales in Burlington rose 82% from October 2025.
- MedfordBuyers in Medford signed 57% more deals than a year earlier.
Greater Boston45
- ArlingtonHome sales in Arlington fell 23% from October 2025.
- Bedford64% of Bedford homes sold for the asking price or more, up from 50% a year earlier.
- Belmont17% of Belmont homes sold for the asking price or more, down from 54% a year earlier.
- Boston308 homes sold in Boston in October, down from 376 a year earlier.
- BraintreeHomes in Braintree took 8 days longer to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- Brookline36 homes sold in Brookline in October, down from 45 a year earlier.
- BurlingtonHome sales in Burlington rose 82% from October 2025.
- CambridgeCambridge's October looked much like a year earlier: 69 homes sold, against 69.
- CantonHome sales in Canton fell 33% from October 2025.
- ChelseaHomes in Chelsea took 20 days longer to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- ConcordHome sales in Concord rose 125% from October 2025.
- Dedham29% of Dedham homes sold for the asking price or more, down from 53% a year earlier.
- EverettHomes in Everett took 9 days longer to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- FraminghamHomes in Framingham took 9 days longer to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- LexingtonHomes in Lexington took 7 days longer to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- LynnHomes in Lynn took 17 days longer to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- MaldenHomes in Malden took 9 days longer to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- Marblehead43% of Marblehead homes sold for the asking price or more, down from 56% a year earlier.
- MedfordBuyers in Medford signed 57% more deals than a year earlier.
- Melrose50% of Melrose homes sold for the asking price or more, down from 73% a year earlier.
- MiltonHome sales in Milton fell 47% from October 2025.
- NatickHome sales in Natick fell 47% from October 2025.
- NeedhamHomes in Needham took 8 days longer to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- NewtonHomes in Newton took 9 days longer to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- NorwoodHomes in Norwood took 11 days longer to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- Peabody70% of Peabody homes sold for the asking price or more, up from 44% a year earlier.
- QuincyHomes in Quincy took 5 days longer to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- ReadingHome sales in Reading fell 22% from October 2025.
- RevereBuyers in Revere signed 31% fewer deals than a year earlier.
- SalemBuyers in Salem signed 39% more deals than a year earlier.
- SaugusBuyers in Saugus signed 39% fewer deals than a year earlier.
- SomervilleHomes in Somerville took 17 days longer to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- StonehamHomes in Stoneham took 15 days longer to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- Sudbury58% of Sudbury homes sold for the asking price or more, up from 24% a year earlier.
- SwampscottHomes in Swampscott took 24 days longer to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- WakefieldHomes in Wakefield took 6 days longer to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- WalthamHome sales in Waltham fell 27% from October 2025.
- WatertownWatertown's October looked much like a year earlier: 23 homes sold, against 25.
- Wayland50% of Wayland homes sold for the asking price or more, down from 75% a year earlier.
- WellesleyBuyers in Wellesley signed 51% fewer deals than a year earlier.
- WestwoodHomes in Westwood took 32 days less to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- WeymouthHome sales in Weymouth fell 23% from October 2025.
- WinchesterBuyers in Winchester signed 37% fewer deals than a year earlier.
- WinthropHomes in Winthrop took 14 days less to find a buyer than a year earlier.
- WoburnBuyers in Woburn signed 39% more deals than a year earlier.
Neighborhoods18
Barnstable: Marstons Mills
Boston: Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, The Seaport District, South Boston, The South End, West Roxbury
Bourne: Pocasset
Cambridge: Harvard Square
Newton: Newton Center
Plymouth: Pinehills
Yarmouth: West Yarmouth
Elsewhere in Massachusetts130
- Abington
- Acton
- Agawam
- Amesbury
- Amherst
- Andover
- Ashland
- Athol
- Attleboro
- Auburn
- Ayer
- Barnstable
- Belchertown
- Bellingham
- Beverly
- Billerica
- Blackstone
- Bourne
- Brewster
- Bridgewater
- Brockton
- Carver
- Charlton
- Chatham
- Chelmsford
- Chicopee
- Clinton
- Danvers
- Dartmouth
- Dennis
- Dracut
- Dudley
- East Longmeadow
- Eastham
- Easton
- Edgartown
- Fairhaven
- Fall River
- Falmouth
- Fitchburg
- Foxboro
- Franklin
- Freetown
- Gardner
- Gloucester
- Grafton
- Greenfield
- Hanover
- Hanson
- Harwich
- Haverhill
- Hingham
- Holbrook
- Holden
- Holyoke
- Hopedale
- Hopkinton
- Hudson
- Hull
- Ipswich
- Kingston
- Lakeville
- Lawrence
- Leominster
- Longmeadow
- Lowell
- Ludlow
- Lunenburg
- Lynnfield
- Mansfield
- Marlborough
- Marshfield
- Mashpee
- Methuen
- Middleboro
- Milford
- Millbury
- New Bedford
- Newburyport
- Norfolk
- North Andover
- North Attleboro
- North Reading
- Northampton
- Northborough
- Northbridge
- Norwell
- Oxford
- Palmer
- Pembroke
- Pepperell
- Plainville
- Plymouth
- Provincetown
- Randolph
- Rockland
- Rockport
- Salisbury
- Sandwich
- Scituate
- Seekonk
- Sharon
- Shrewsbury
- Somerset
- South Hadley
- Southborough
- Southbridge
- Spencer
- Springfield
- Stoughton
- Sutton
- Swansea
- Taunton
- Tewksbury
- Tyngsborough
- Uxbridge
- Walpole
- Wareham
- Webster
- West Boylston
- West Springfield
- Westborough
- Westfield
- Westford
- Whitman
- Wilbraham
- Wilmington
- Worcester
- Wrentham
- Yarmouth
Free to quote with credit to the Boston Real Estate Observer. A town gets a report when 10 or more homes sold there that month; a neighborhood when 8 or more did.