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Shirley

Shirley has 14 homes for sale. 36% of them have cut their price, against 45% statewide. Over the past 12 months, condos went under agreement in a median 6 days, and 85% sold at or above their first asking price.

36%
of homes for sale have cut their price
134
days on the market, typical listing now
74%
of homes sold in the past 12 months went at or above the first asking price

Sellers in Shirley 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%

Condos 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.

Condos

100.0%
Oct 2025Oct 2026

Single-family

104.4%
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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MonthCondosSingle-family
October 2025– (0 sales)98.0% (6 sales)
November 2025– (1 sales)– (4 sales)
December 2025– (2 sales)– (2 sales)
January 2026– (1 sales)– (2 sales)
February 2026– (3 sales)– (3 sales)
March 2026100.4% (5 sales)– (1 sales)
April 2026– (4 sales)– (3 sales)
May 2026102.0% (5 sales)– (4 sales)
June 2026– (3 sales)– (3 sales)
July 2026– (3 sales)104.2% (7 sales)
August 2026100.0% (8 sales)102.0% (6 sales)
September 2026– (4 sales)104.4% (5 sales)
October 2026– (1 sales)– (1 sales)

The number of homes for sale in Shirley 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 30 weeks to go under agreement.

Homes for sale

2010
15
Aug 3Oct 26

Offers accepted

32
1
Aug 3Oct 26
Source: Verified market data; analysis by the Observer Markets Desk.
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Week ofFor saleOffers acceptedNew listings
Aug 31510
Aug 101500
Aug 171432
Aug 241602
Aug 311522
Sep 71522
Sep 141422
Sep 211501
Sep 281501
Oct 51601
Oct 121701
Oct 191610
Oct 261511

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.

  • Condos$390K40 sales · 6 days to offer · 85% at or above first ask
  • Single-family$515K40 sales · 7 days to offer · 63% 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
Condos40$390,000660%85%
Single-family40$515,000753%63%

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.