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Chatham

Chatham has 48 homes for sale. 42% of them have cut their price, against 45% statewide. Over the past 12 months, single-family homes went under agreement in a median 23 days, and 39% sold at or above their first asking price.

42%
of homes for sale have cut their price
52
days on the market, typical listing now
39%
of homes sold in the past 12 months went at or above the first asking price

2 in 5 sellers in Chatham have cut their price, about the state's pace.

Share of homes for sale with a price cut. Every dot is a Massachusetts town with 20 or more listings. Chatham ranks 156 of 230, where 1 has the most cuts.

Chatham42%
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 4% 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

94.7%
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 202597.8% (28 sales)
November 202599.4% (6 sales)
December 202594.5% (12 sales)
January 202692.9% (13 sales)
February 2026– (2 sales)
March 202694.1% (6 sales)
April 202694.3% (10 sales)
May 2026– (4 sales)
June 2026100.0% (11 sales)
July 202698.3% (17 sales)
August 2026100.0% (9 sales)
September 202693.4% (16 sales)
October 202694.7% (16 sales)

Chatham has 20% more homes for sale than 12 weeks ago.

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 16 weeks to go under agreement.

Homes for sale

5025
49
Aug 3Oct 26

Offers accepted

63
1
Aug 3Oct 26
Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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Week ofFor saleOffers acceptedNew listings
Aug 34163
Aug 103820
Aug 173721
Aug 244126
Aug 314156
Sep 74245
Sep 144145
Sep 214247
Sep 284616
Oct 54352
Oct 124434
Oct 194635
Oct 264914

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$1.51M121 sales · 23 days to offer · 39% 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-family121$1,510,0002327%39%

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.