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Gloucester

Gloucester has 99 homes for sale. 49% of them have cut their price, against 45% statewide. Over the past 12 months, single-family homes went under agreement in a median 13 days, and 44% sold at or above their first asking price.

49%
of homes for sale have cut their price
56
days on the market, typical listing now
42%
of homes sold in the past 12 months went at or above the first asking price

1 in 2 sellers in Gloucester 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. Gloucester ranks 72 of 230, where 1 has the most cuts.

Gloucester49%
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

103.0%
Oct 2025Oct 2026

Condos

97.0%
Oct 2025Oct 2026

Multi-family

100.0%
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-familyCondosMulti-family
October 202596.9% (15 sales)95.7% (6 sales)– (3 sales)
November 202597.9% (10 sales)93.8% (6 sales)– (4 sales)
December 202598.8% (17 sales)98.9% (7 sales)– (3 sales)
January 202695.2% (8 sales)100.0% (5 sales)100.2% (6 sales)
February 2026– (3 sales)100.0% (6 sales)– (4 sales)
March 2026– (4 sales)97.9% (5 sales)– (1 sales)
April 202699.6% (10 sales)– (3 sales)– (3 sales)
May 202697.8% (9 sales)– (4 sales)– (4 sales)
June 202698.8% (19 sales)100.0% (11 sales)100.0% (5 sales)
July 202697.4% (18 sales)99.0% (11 sales)– (2 sales)
August 2026100.0% (9 sales)97.7% (7 sales)– (2 sales)
September 2026100.0% (11 sales)100.0% (5 sales)– (1 sales)
October 2026103.0% (8 sales)97.0% (6 sales)– (2 sales)

Gloucester has 34% 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 13 weeks to go under agreement.

Homes for sale

12060
99
Aug 3Oct 26

Offers accepted

158
7
Aug 3Oct 26
Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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Week ofFor saleOffers acceptedNew listings
Aug 37433
Aug 1082615
Aug 178829
Aug 248667
Aug 318276
Sep 787612
Sep 1494411
Sep 2197610
Sep 289979
Oct 510035
Oct 12106612
Oct 1996158
Oct 2699712

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$780K126 sales · 13 days to offer · 44% at or above first ask
  • Condos$550K76 sales · 19 days to offer · 42% at or above first ask
  • Multi-family$715K38 sales · 12 days to offer · 34% 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-family126$780,0001337%44%
Condos76$550,0001934%42%
Multi-family38$715,0001232%34%

A typical two-bedroom in Gloucester leases for $2,500 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$1,825Middle half $1,700–$2,100 · 24 leases
  • 2 beds$2,500Middle half $2,250–$2,850 · 54 leases
  • 3 beds$3,100Middle half $3,000–$3,800 · 21 leases
111 leases; 81% 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 bed24$1,825$1,700–$2,10039
2 beds54$2,500$2,250–$2,85057
3 beds21$3,100$3,000–$3,80049

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.