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Ipswich

Ipswich has 42 homes for sale. 50% of them have cut their price, against 45% statewide. Over the past 12 months, single-family homes went under agreement in a median 8 days, and 49% sold at or above their first asking price.

50%
of homes for sale have cut their price
92
days on the market, typical listing now
50%
of homes sold in the past 12 months went at or above the first asking price

1 in 2 sellers in Ipswich 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. Ipswich ranks 64 of 230, where 1 has the most cuts.

Ipswich50%
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 just under 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

99.2%
Oct 2025Oct 2026

Condos

99.8%
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-familyCondos
October 2025101.0% (14 sales)100.0% (5 sales)
November 202597.8% (15 sales)– (3 sales)
December 202594.7% (10 sales)– (3 sales)
January 2026– (2 sales)– (4 sales)
February 2026– (4 sales)98.9% (5 sales)
March 202694.8% (7 sales)– (4 sales)
April 2026105.6% (6 sales)– (1 sales)
May 2026100.0% (10 sales)99.1% (6 sales)
June 2026111.0% (11 sales)– (2 sales)
July 2026100.0% (7 sales)– (3 sales)
August 2026100.0% (8 sales)100.8% (6 sales)
September 2026100.3% (11 sales)99.5% (5 sales)
October 202699.2% (9 sales)99.8% (8 sales)

Ipswich has 11% 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

5025
42
Aug 3Oct 26

Offers accepted

84
3
Aug 3Oct 26
Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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Week ofFor saleOffers acceptedNew listings
Aug 33856
Aug 104226
Aug 174086
Aug 244147
Aug 313864
Sep 74147
Sep 144178
Sep 214145
Sep 284325
Oct 54334
Oct 124344
Oct 194447
Oct 264233

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$910K99 sales · 8 days to offer · 49% at or above first ask
  • Condos$658K49 sales · 19 days to offer · 51% 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-family99$910,000844%49%
Condos49$658,0001937%51%

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.