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Methuen

Methuen has 77 homes for sale. 47% 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 62% sold at or above their first asking price.

47%
of homes for sale have cut their price
42
days on the market, typical listing now
59%
of homes sold in the past 12 months went at or above the first asking price

47% sellers in Methuen 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. Methuen ranks 98 of 230, where 1 has the most cuts.

Methuen47%
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

99.6%
Oct 2025Oct 2026

Condos

97.8%
Oct 2025Oct 2026

Multi-family

96.5%
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 2025102.3% (24 sales)100.0% (9 sales)– (4 sales)
November 202597.8% (27 sales)99.1% (9 sales)– (4 sales)
December 2025100.0% (41 sales)98.2% (11 sales)– (2 sales)
January 2026100.1% (19 sales)– (2 sales)– (3 sales)
February 2026100.0% (15 sales)– (4 sales)– (2 sales)
March 2026100.0% (15 sales)– (4 sales)– (4 sales)
April 2026101.6% (17 sales)– (3 sales)– (3 sales)
May 2026101.6% (21 sales)101.1% (11 sales)– (4 sales)
June 2026100.0% (36 sales)101.2% (12 sales)– (3 sales)
July 2026101.5% (32 sales)100.2% (15 sales)– (2 sales)
August 2026101.8% (34 sales)99.2% (15 sales)– (1 sales)
September 2026100.1% (33 sales)99.5% (10 sales)96.5% (6 sales)
October 202699.6% (28 sales)97.8% (12 sales)– (3 sales)

Methuen has 18% 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 6 weeks to go under agreement.

Homes for sale

10050
77
Aug 3Oct 26

Offers accepted

2010
13
Aug 3Oct 26
Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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Week ofFor saleOffers acceptedNew listings
Aug 3651011
Aug 1072716
Aug 17711617
Aug 24721011
Aug 3163145
Sep 774618
Sep 1481615
Sep 2186716
Sep 28811214
Oct 5851317
Oct 12841110
Oct 19801715
Oct 26771314

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$600K316 sales · 10 days to offer · 62% at or above first ask
  • Condos$425K108 sales · 11 days to offer · 48% at or above first ask
  • Multi-family$810K38 sales · 10 days to offer · 71% 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-family316$600,0001043%62%
Condos108$425,0001140%48%
Multi-family38$810,0001042%71%

A typical two-bedroom in Methuen leases for $2,275 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$1,650Middle half $1,600–$1,875 · 10 leases
  • 2 beds$2,275Middle half $2,100–$2,400 · 27 leases
51 leases; 80% 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 bed10$1,650$1,600–$1,87539
2 beds27$2,275$2,100–$2,40043

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.