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Northborough has 43 homes for sale. 65% of them have cut their price, against 45% statewide. Over the past 12 months, single-family homes went under agreement in a median 12 days, and 41% sold at or above their first asking price.

65%
of homes for sale have cut their price
61
days on the market, typical listing now
42%
of homes sold in the past 12 months went at or above the first asking price

2 in 3 sellers in Northborough 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. Northborough ranks 6 of 230, where 1 has the most cuts.

Northborough65%
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 3% 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

97.3%
Oct 2025Oct 2026

Condos

100.1%
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-familyCondos
October 202589.9% (10 sales)– (3 sales)
November 202597.0% (8 sales)– (2 sales)
December 202597.5% (10 sales)– (4 sales)
January 202694.0% (8 sales)– (1 sales)
February 202696.0% (5 sales)– (3 sales)
March 202698.2% (6 sales)104.5% (5 sales)
April 2026105.7% (5 sales)– (4 sales)
May 2026100.0% (11 sales)– (1 sales)
June 2026101.0% (15 sales)– (3 sales)
July 2026101.9% (19 sales)– (4 sales)
August 202697.3% (20 sales)100.1% (9 sales)
September 202695.7% (10 sales)– (3 sales)
October 202697.3% (14 sales)– (3 sales)

The number of homes for sale in Northborough has held steady for 12 weeks.

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 13 weeks to go under agreement.

Homes for sale

6030
47
Aug 3Oct 26

Offers accepted

105
1
Aug 3Oct 26
Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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Week ofFor saleOffers acceptedNew listings
Aug 34616
Aug 105016
Aug 175224
Aug 245042
Aug 3154511
Sep 75512
Sep 145124
Sep 214685
Sep 284805
Oct 55105
Oct 125043
Oct 194698
Oct 264713

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$737K131 sales · 12 days to offer · 41% at or above first ask
  • Condos$475K42 sales · 12 days to offer · 43% 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-family131$737,0001235%41%
Condos42$475,0001240%43%

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.