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Braintree

Braintree has 58 homes for sale. 55% of them have cut their price, against 45% statewide. Over the past 12 months, single-family homes went under agreement in a median 8 days, and 59% sold at or above their first asking price.

55%
of homes for sale have cut their price
41
days on the market, typical listing now
51%
of homes sold in the past 12 months went at or above the first asking price

55% sellers in Braintree 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. Braintree ranks 31 of 230, where 1 has the most cuts.

Braintree55%
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 at or above 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

100.4%
Oct 2025Oct 2026

Condos

95.0%
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-familyCondos
October 2025100.0% (22 sales)100.0% (9 sales)
November 202598.0% (22 sales)– (3 sales)
December 202596.4% (25 sales)99.2% (14 sales)
January 202697.4% (12 sales)– (2 sales)
February 2026101.7% (9 sales)– (2 sales)
March 202698.3% (14 sales)98.9% (5 sales)
April 2026101.9% (11 sales)98.1% (6 sales)
May 2026102.7% (24 sales)99.1% (5 sales)
June 2026103.6% (31 sales)98.3% (12 sales)
July 2026101.3% (26 sales)97.6% (7 sales)
August 2026101.0% (21 sales)93.6% (6 sales)
September 2026102.9% (21 sales)95.6% (8 sales)
October 2026100.4% (26 sales)95.0% (8 sales)

The number of homes for sale in Braintree 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 15 weeks to go under agreement.

Homes for sale

8040
59
Aug 3Oct 26

Offers accepted

126
5
Aug 3Oct 26
Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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Week ofFor saleOffers acceptedNew listings
Aug 358716
Aug 1064814
Aug 1770410
Aug 247179
Aug 316363
Sep 7651114
Sep 1458127
Sep 2153117
Sep 2859513
Oct 565310
Oct 126336
Oct 196658
Oct 265956

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$750K243 sales · 8 days to offer · 59% at or above first ask
  • Condos$475K78 sales · 20 days to offer · 27% 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-family243$750,000847%59%
Condos78$475,0002024%27%

A typical two-bedroom in Braintree leases for $2,600 a month.

Rent by bedrooms, leases signed in the last 12 months. The dot is the typical rent; the bar spans the middle half of leases.

  • 1 bed$2,000Middle half $1,850–$2,280 · 20 leases
  • 2 beds$2,600Middle half $2,300–$2,700 · 35 leases
  • 3 beds$3,300Middle half $3,000–$3,700 · 33 leases
96 leases; 72% leased at the asking rent. Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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BedroomsLeasesTypical rentMiddle halfDays to lease
1 bed20$2,000$1,850–$2,28038
2 beds35$2,600$2,300–$2,70041
3 beds33$3,300$3,000–$3,70045

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.