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Athol has 39 homes for sale. 62% of them have cut their price, against 45% statewide. Over the past 12 months, single-family homes went under agreement in a median 17 days, and 47% sold at or above their first asking price.

62%
of homes for sale have cut their price
83
days on the market, typical listing now
47%
of homes sold in the past 12 months went at or above the first asking price

3 in 5 sellers in Athol have cut their price. That's more than most of Massachusetts.

Share of homes for sale with a price cut. Every dot is a Massachusetts town with 20 or more listings. Athol ranks 10 of 230, where 1 has the most cuts.

Athol62%
0%Statewide 45%80%
Statewide: 7,598 of 16,853 homes for sale. Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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TownFor saleWith a price cut
Hopkinton5470%
Reading2868%
Templeton2868%
Groton3266%
Hull5265%
Northborough4365%
Ashland3465%
Mattapoisett4363%
Amherst4262%
Athol3962%
Sandwich6360%
Waltham11360%
Ashburnham2560%
Hudson5260%
Rockland4760%
Sudbury4760%
Millis2259%
Hanover2458%
West Brookfield2458%
Belmont5558%
Bourne7158%
Marion3757%
Dedham6057%
Somerset2357%
Westfield7156%

Single-family homes are selling about 2% below the first asking price.

Median sale price as a share of the first asking price, by month of sale. The black line is 100% of the asking price; above it, buyers paid more than the seller first asked.

Single-family

96.0%
Oct 2025Oct 2026
Months with fewer than 5 sales are left out. Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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MonthSingle-family
October 2025100.0% (19 sales)
November 202585.7% (6 sales)
December 202598.6% (16 sales)
January 202697.5% (8 sales)
February 202696.8% (5 sales)
March 202696.6% (18 sales)
April 202687.9% (5 sales)
May 202698.7% (11 sales)
June 2026102.9% (20 sales)
July 2026101.5% (11 sales)
August 202698.3% (12 sales)
September 202699.0% (10 sales)
October 202696.0% (8 sales)

The number of homes for sale in Athol has held steady for 12 weeks.

Homes for sale at the end of each week, and offers accepted each week. At the last four weeks' pace, today's homes would take 10 weeks to go under agreement.

Homes for sale

6030
39
Aug 3Oct 26

Offers accepted

84
3
Aug 3Oct 26
Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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Week ofFor saleOffers acceptedNew listings
Aug 34153
Aug 104144
Aug 174706
Aug 245004
Aug 315025
Sep 75168
Sep 144832
Sep 215013
Sep 284834
Oct 54754
Oct 124374
Oct 194413
Oct 263931

What sold in the last 12 months

By home type. Median sale price, with days to an accepted offer and the share that sold at or above the first asking price.

  • Single-family$342K130 sales · 17 days to offer · 47% at or above first ask
Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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TypeSalesMedian priceDays to offerOffer within 7 daysAt or above first ask
Single-family130$341,5001734%47%

How we measure

Figures come from the multiple listing service most Massachusetts agents use, verified and refreshed every morning. A price cut means the current asking price is below the original one. Days to offer runs from the listing date to the accepted offer. Sales are closings in the last 12 months; homes sold without an agent are not included. Coming-soon listings are never counted.

Reported, written, fact-checked and published by the Observer's agentic newsroom. Every figure is checked against verified market data before it runs.