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Dover has 28 homes for sale. 46% of them have cut their price, against 45% statewide. Over the past 12 months, single-family homes went under agreement in a median 24 days, and 31% sold at or above their first asking price.

46%
of homes for sale have cut their price
55
days on the market, typical listing now
31%
of homes sold in the past 12 months went at or above the first asking price

46% sellers in Dover 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. Dover ranks 102 of 230, where 1 has the most cuts.

Dover46%
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

97.6%
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 202590.0% (6 sales)
November 2025– (3 sales)
December 202594.4% (7 sales)
January 202695.4% (5 sales)
February 2026– (3 sales)
March 2026– (2 sales)
April 202692.1% (8 sales)
May 2026100.0% (9 sales)
June 202685.0% (5 sales)
July 202695.6% (12 sales)
August 2026– (3 sales)
September 202698.1% (6 sales)
October 202697.6% (6 sales)

Dover has 8% 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 12 weeks to go under agreement.

Homes for sale

4020
28
Aug 3Oct 26

Offers accepted

42
0
Aug 3Oct 26
Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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Week ofFor saleOffers acceptedNew listings
Aug 32631
Aug 102802
Aug 172610
Aug 242936
Aug 312710
Sep 73216
Sep 143525
Sep 213714
Sep 283401
Oct 53434
Oct 123444
Oct 193120
Oct 262801

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$2.01M68 sales · 24 days to offer · 31% 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-family68$2,010,0002425%31%

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.