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North Reading

North Reading has 51 homes for sale. 53% 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 60% sold at or above their first asking price.

53%
of homes for sale have cut their price
47
days on the market, typical listing now
56%
of homes sold in the past 12 months went at or above the first asking price

53% sellers in North Reading 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. North Reading ranks 48 of 230, where 1 has the most cuts.

North Reading53%
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

100.0%
Oct 2025Oct 2026

Condos

100.0%
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-familyCondos
October 2025104.0% (9 sales)97.6% (5 sales)
November 2025100.7% (7 sales)100.0% (8 sales)
December 2025100.0% (19 sales)100.0% (11 sales)
January 2026100.0% (5 sales)97.2% (7 sales)
February 2026– (2 sales)– (0 sales)
March 202699.0% (5 sales)100.0% (6 sales)
April 202695.2% (10 sales)– (3 sales)
May 2026109.4% (8 sales)98.7% (9 sales)
June 2026100.0% (13 sales)98.2% (11 sales)
July 2026100.0% (21 sales)100.8% (10 sales)
August 2026100.9% (20 sales)99.3% (6 sales)
September 2026100.8% (13 sales)95.2% (10 sales)
October 2026100.0% (14 sales)100.0% (7 sales)

North Reading has 38% 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 11 weeks to go under agreement.

Homes for sale

6030
51
Aug 3Oct 26

Offers accepted

84
6
Aug 3Oct 26
Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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Week ofFor saleOffers acceptedNew listings
Aug 33776
Aug 1040610
Aug 173944
Aug 243843
Aug 313431
Sep 748217
Sep 144978
Sep 214453
Sep 285139
Oct 55425
Oct 125748
Oct 1960611
Oct 265163

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$950K137 sales · 7 days to offer · 60% at or above first ask
  • Condos$583K88 sales · 14 days to offer · 49% 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-family137$950,000756%60%
Condos88$582,9991430%49%

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.