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Hampden

Hampden has 18 homes for sale. 39% of them have cut their price, against 45% statewide. Over the past 12 months, single-family homes went under agreement in a median 7 days, and 68% sold at or above their first asking price.

39%
of homes for sale have cut their price
37
days on the market, typical listing now
68%
of homes sold in the past 12 months went at or above the first asking price

Sellers in Hampden are holding firm on price.

Share of homes for sale with a price cut. Every dot is a Massachusetts town with 20 or more listings.

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%

What buyers paid against 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

102.8%
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 202595.4% (6 sales)
November 2025– (2 sales)
December 2025– (3 sales)
January 2026– (2 sales)
February 2026– (1 sales)
March 2026– (1 sales)
April 2026– (3 sales)
May 2026– (4 sales)
June 2026102.4% (7 sales)
July 2026102.8% (7 sales)
August 2026– (2 sales)
September 2026– (4 sales)
October 2026– (2 sales)

Hampden has 80% 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 9 weeks to go under agreement.

Homes for sale

2513
18
Aug 3Oct 26

Offers accepted

32
3
Aug 3Oct 26
Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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Week ofFor saleOffers acceptedNew listings
Aug 31003
Aug 101011
Aug 171202
Aug 241705
Aug 311711
Sep 72003
Sep 141820
Sep 211811
Sep 282003
Oct 52112
Oct 121931
Oct 191812
Oct 261833

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$430K37 sales · 7 days to offer · 68% 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-family37$430,000754%68%

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.