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Merrimac

Merrimac has 14 homes for sale. 71% of them have cut their price, against 45% statewide. Over the past 12 months, single-family homes went under agreement in a median 15 days, and 40% sold at or above their first asking price.

71%
of homes for sale have cut their price
43
days on the market, typical listing now
40%
of homes sold in the past 12 months went at or above the first asking price

7 in 10 sellers in Merrimac have cut their price. That's more than most of Massachusetts.

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%

Single-family homes are selling about 7% below 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

93.1%
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 2025100.0% (5 sales)
November 202598.3% (5 sales)
December 202598.2% (6 sales)
January 2026– (4 sales)
February 2026– (1 sales)
March 2026– (1 sales)
April 2026– (2 sales)
May 2026– (2 sales)
June 2026– (3 sales)
July 202696.6% (7 sales)
August 2026– (4 sales)
September 202693.1% (6 sales)
October 2026– (2 sales)

Merrimac has 75% 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 19 weeks to go under agreement.

Homes for sale

158
14
Aug 3Oct 26

Offers accepted

42
0
Aug 3Oct 26
Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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Week ofFor saleOffers acceptedNew listings
Aug 3822
Aug 10934
Aug 171001
Aug 241000
Aug 311001
Sep 71404
Sep 141332
Sep 211322
Sep 281142
Oct 51403
Oct 121422
Oct 191310
Oct 261401

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$685K42 sales · 15 days to offer · 40% 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-family42$685,0001538%40%

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.