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Gardner

Gardner has 62 homes for sale. 44% of them have cut their price, against 45% statewide. Over the past 12 months, single-family homes went under agreement in a median 9 days, and 63% sold at or above their first asking price.

44%
of homes for sale have cut their price
42
days on the market, typical listing now
60%
of homes sold in the past 12 months went at or above the first asking price

44% sellers in Gardner 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. Gardner ranks 138 of 230, where 1 has the most cuts.

Gardner44%
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

100.0%
Oct 2025Oct 2026

Multi-family

96.4%
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-familyMulti-family
October 202599.7% (20 sales)– (3 sales)
November 2025101.7% (9 sales)– (4 sales)
December 202599.7% (11 sales)– (2 sales)
January 2026101.9% (11 sales)– (4 sales)
February 202698.8% (6 sales)– (1 sales)
March 202699.5% (12 sales)– (3 sales)
April 2026– (4 sales)– (4 sales)
May 2026101.3% (7 sales)97.3% (9 sales)
June 2026100.0% (17 sales)100.6% (6 sales)
July 2026100.0% (15 sales)96.2% (6 sales)
August 2026100.6% (16 sales)102.2% (5 sales)
September 2026102.6% (14 sales)96.4% (5 sales)
October 2026100.0% (12 sales)– (2 sales)

Gardner has 27% 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

8040
66
Aug 3Oct 26

Offers accepted

63
4
Aug 3Oct 26
Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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Week ofFor saleOffers acceptedNew listings
Aug 35244
Aug 105346
Aug 175236
Aug 245369
Aug 315165
Sep 756612
Sep 145825
Sep 216248
Sep 2866513
Oct 57048
Oct 126543
Oct 196959
Oct 266649

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$380K132 sales · 9 days to offer · 63% at or above first ask
  • Multi-family$440K51 sales · 12 days to offer · 53% 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-family132$380,000946%63%
Multi-family51$440,0001243%53%

A typical two-bedroom in Gardner leases for $1,700 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.

  • 2 beds$1,700Middle half $1,500–$1,850 · 26 leases
  • 3 beds$1,900Middle half $1,900–$2,100 · 18 leases
52 leases; 98% leased at the asking rent. Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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BedroomsLeasesTypical rentMiddle halfDays to lease
2 beds26$1,700$1,500–$1,85040
3 beds18$1,900$1,900–$2,10049

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.