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Lincoln

Lincoln has 19 homes for sale. 21% of them have cut their price, against 45% statewide. Over the past 12 months, single-family homes went under agreement in a median 10 days, and 57% sold at or above their first asking price.

21%
of homes for sale have cut their price
49
days on the market, typical listing now
57%
of homes sold in the past 12 months went at or above the first asking price

Sellers in Lincoln 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

103.0%
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-family
October 202597.2% (5 sales)
November 202597.5% (5 sales)
December 2025– (3 sales)
January 2026– (2 sales)
February 2026– (3 sales)
March 2026– (2 sales)
April 2026– (3 sales)
May 2026– (2 sales)
June 2026100.0% (10 sales)
July 2026103.0% (5 sales)
August 2026– (2 sales)
September 2026– (0 sales)
October 2026– (4 sales)

Lincoln has 33% 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 20 weeks to go under agreement.

Homes for sale

2513
20
Aug 3Oct 26

Offers accepted

42
1
Aug 3Oct 26
Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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Week ofFor saleOffers acceptedNew listings
Aug 31500
Aug 101702
Aug 171801
Aug 241710
Aug 311701
Sep 72329
Sep 142243
Sep 212402
Sep 282231
Oct 52313
Oct 122120
Oct 192101
Oct 262012

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$1.55M40 sales · 10 days to offer · 57% 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-family40$1,550,0001045%57%

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.