Percent change in home sales through Sept., 08-09
| Community▴ | 2008 sales | 2009 sales | Change | Rank |
| Yarmouth | 339 | 269 | -20.6% | 274 |
| Wrentham | 61 | 67 | 9.8% | 78 |
| Worthington | 9 | 9 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Worcester | 685 | 768 | 12.1% | 71 |
| Woburn | 182 | 170 | -6.6% | 188 |
| Winthrop | 45 | 46 | 2.2% | 120 |
| Windsor | 5 | 5 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Winchester | 178 | 148 | -16.9% | 253 |
| Winchendon | 58 | 80 | 37.9% | 23 |
| Wilmington | 129 | 131 | 1.6% | 121 |
| Williamstown | 55 | 33 | -40.0% | 322 |
| Williamsburg | 11 | 13 | 18.2% | 53 |
| Wilbraham | 114 | 101 | -11.4% | 225 |
| Whitman | 74 | 62 | -16.2% | 249 |
| Whately | 8 | 8 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Weymouth | 237 | 289 | 21.9% | 46 |
| Westwood | 113 | 127 | 12.4% | 69 |
| West Tisbury | 44 | 34 | -22.7% | 284 |
| West Stockbridge | 16 | 10 | -37.5% | 318 |
| West Springfield | 167 | 156 | -6.6% | 187 |
| Westport | 90 | 60 | -33.3% | 312 |
| Weston | 105 | 81 | -22.9% | 285 |
| West Newbury | 35 | 33 | -5.7% | 182 |
| Westminster | 43 | 39 | -9.3% | 214 |
| Westhampton | 12 | 10 | -16.7% | 251 |
| Westford | 123 | 137 | 11.4% | 73 |
| Westfield | 220 | 191 | -13.2% | 235 |
| West Brookfield | 38 | 25 | -34.2% | 316 |
| West Bridgewater | 40 | 35 | -12.5% | 232 |
| West Boylston | 41 | 46 | 12.2% | 70 |
| Westborough | 115 | 103 | -10.4% | 219 |
| Wenham | 25 | 11 | -56.0% | 335 |
| Wendell | 4 | 4 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Wellfleet | 26 | 30 | 15.4% | 61 |
| Wellesley | 272 | 208 | -23.5% | 291 |
| Webster | 82 | 62 | -24.4% | 293 |
| Wayland | 102 | 99 | -2.9% | 168 |
| Watertown | 72 | 69 | -4.2% | 179 |
| Washington | 4 | 3 | -25.0% | 297 |
| Warwick | 5 | 2 | -60.0% | 339 |
| Warren | 30 | 35 | 16.7% | 58 |
| Wareham | 133 | 177 | 33.1% | 29 |
| Ware | 58 | 60 | 3.4% | 111 |
| Waltham | 219 | 177 | -19.2% | 266 |
| Walpole | 117 | 130 | 11.1% | 74 |
| Wales | 3 | 3 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Wakefield | 135 | 137 | 1.5% | 122 |
| Uxbridge | 67 | 71 | 6.0% | 97 |
| Upton | 26 | 34 | 30.8% | 31 |
| Tyringham | 2 | 1 | -50.0% | 329 |
| Tyngsborough | 49 | 49 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Truro | 35 | 16 | -54.3% | 334 |
| Townsend | 62 | 52 | -16.1% | 247 |
| Topsfield | 36 | 37 | 2.8% | 117 |
| Tolland | 5 | 4 | -20.0% | 270 |
| Tisbury | 28 | 24 | -14.3% | 239 |
| Tewksbury | 143 | 142 | -0.7% | 155 |
| Templeton | 45 | 48 | 6.7% | 94 |
| Taunton | 211 | 212 | 0.5% | 131 |
| Swansea | 91 | 88 | -3.3% | 173 |
| Swampscott | 75 | 72 | -4.0% | 178 |
| Sutton | 44 | 35 | -20.5% | 272 |
| Sunderland | 11 | 16 | 45.5% | 18 |
| Sudbury | 148 | 129 | -12.8% | 234 |
| Sturbridge | 62 | 64 | 3.2% | 113 |
| Stow | 41 | 34 | -17.1% | 255 |
| Stoughton | 169 | 150 | -11.2% | 223 |
| Stoneham | 106 | 122 | 15.1% | 62 |
| Stockbridge | 18 | 12 | -33.3% | 312 |
| Sterling | 56 | 32 | -42.9% | 324 |
| Springfield | 708 | 775 | 9.5% | 80 |
| Spencer | 46 | 69 | 50.0% | 15 |
| Southwick | 54 | 61 | 13.0% | 65 |
| South Hadley | 94 | 95 | 1.1% | 129 |
| Southbridge | 70 | 71 | 1.4% | 123 |
| Southborough | 61 | 59 | -3.3% | 172 |
| Southampton | 39 | 31 | -20.5% | 273 |
| Somerville | 65 | 49 | -24.6% | 296 |
| Somerset | 85 | 115 | 35.3% | 26 |
| Shutesbury | 8 | 14 | 75.0% | 8 |
| Shrewsbury | 225 | 188 | -16.4% | 250 |
| Shirley | 18 | 25 | 38.9% | 22 |
| Sherborn | 31 | 34 | 9.7% | 79 |
| Shelburne | 11 | 14 | 27.3% | 36 |
| Sheffield | 18 | 13 | -27.8% | 307 |
| Sharon | 142 | 137 | -3.5% | 174 |
| Seekonk | 72 | 73 | 1.4% | 124 |
| Scituate | 168 | 141 | -16.1% | 246 |
| Savoy | 2 | 7 | 250.0% | 1 |
| Saugus | 169 | 130 | -23.1% | 287 |
| Sandwich | 182 | 196 | 7.7% | 89 |
| Sandisfield | 9 | 9 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Salisbury | 25 | 38 | 52.0% | 14 |
| Salem | 112 | 137 | 22.3% | 45 |
| Rutland | 57 | 46 | -19.3% | 267 |
| Russell | 7 | 9 | 28.6% | 35 |
| Royalston | 16 | 18 | 12.5% | 67 |
| Rowley | 38 | 19 | -50.0% | 329 |
| Rowe | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Rockport | 45 | 40 | -11.1% | 222 |
| Rockland | 69 | 65 | -5.8% | 183 |
| Rochester | 18 | 21 | 16.7% | 58 |
| Richmond | 8 | 11 | 37.5% | 24 |
| Revere | 123 | 123 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Rehoboth | 56 | 43 | -23.2% | 288 |
| Reading | 146 | 150 | 2.7% | 118 |
| Raynham | 74 | 78 | 5.4% | 101 |
| Randolph | 184 | 200 | 8.7% | 85 |
| Quincy | 311 | 320 | 2.9% | 115 |
| Provincetown | 23 | 12 | -47.8% | 327 |
| Princeton | 13 | 27 | 107.7% | 2 |
| Plympton | 10 | 18 | 80.0% | 5 |
| Plymouth | 391 | 355 | -9.2% | 212 |
| Plainville | 29 | 36 | 24.1% | 42 |
| Plainfield | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Pittsfield | 290 | 237 | -18.3% | 262 |
| Phillipston | 10 | 11 | 10.0% | 77 |
| Petersham | 6 | 11 | 83.3% | 3 |
| Peru | 5 | 5 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Pepperell | 45 | 53 | 17.8% | 55 |
| Pembroke | 86 | 104 | 20.9% | 50 |
| Pelham | 8 | 4 | -50.0% | 329 |
| Peabody | 212 | 209 | -1.4% | 159 |
| Paxton | 31 | 40 | 29.0% | 34 |
| Palmer | 60 | 56 | -6.7% | 189 |
| Oxford | 69 | 65 | -5.8% | 183 |
| Otis | 24 | 15 | -37.5% | 318 |
| Orleans | 72 | 51 | -29.2% | 309 |
| Orange | 48 | 50 | 4.2% | 108 |
| Oakham | 16 | 7 | -56.3% | 336 |
| Oak Bluffs | 26 | 29 | 11.5% | 72 |
| Norwood | 119 | 101 | -15.1% | 242 |
| Norwell | 85 | 69 | -18.8% | 265 |
| Norton | 84 | 105 | 25.0% | 37 |
| North Reading | 80 | 100 | 25.0% | 37 |
| Northfield | 17 | 17 | 0.0% | 132 |
| North Brookfield | 27 | 36 | 33.3% | 27 |
| Northbridge | 70 | 100 | 42.9% | 20 |
| Northborough | 80 | 86 | 7.5% | 91 |
| North Attleborough | 154 | 152 | -1.3% | 157 |
| North Andover | 146 | 176 | 20.5% | 51 |
| Northampton | 130 | 128 | -1.5% | 160 |
| North Adams | 60 | 63 | 5.0% | 103 |
| Norfolk | 81 | 62 | -23.5% | 289 |
| Newton | 460 | 421 | -8.5% | 204 |
| New Salem | 3 | 4 | 33.3% | 27 |
| Newburyport | 121 | 92 | -24.0% | 292 |
| Newbury | 51 | 43 | -15.7% | 244 |
| New Braintree | 4 | 5 | 25.0% | 37 |
| New Bedford | 275 | 291 | 5.8% | 98 |
| New Ashford | 0 | 0 | NA | NA |
| Needham | 255 | 247 | -3.1% | 170 |
| Natick | 201 | 207 | 3.0% | 114 |
| Nantucket | 69 | 61 | -11.6% | 227 |
| Nahant | 22 | 20 | -9.1% | 206 |
| Mount Washington | 0 | 0 | NA | NA |
| Montgomery | 0 | 3 | NA | NA |
| Monterey | 13 | 5 | -61.5% | 341 |
| Montague | 48 | 51 | 6.3% | 96 |
| Monson | 52 | 43 | -17.3% | 256 |
| Monroe | 6 | 0 | -100.0% | 343 |
| Milton | 209 | 171 | -18.2% | 260 |
| Millville | 27 | 14 | -48.1% | 328 |
| Millis | 51 | 44 | -13.7% | 237 |
| Millbury | 68 | 63 | -7.4% | 196 |
| Milford | 166 | 122 | -26.5% | 302 |
| Middleton | 35 | 36 | 2.9% | 116 |
| Middlefield | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Middleborough | 103 | 101 | -1.9% | 162 |
| Methuen | 234 | 233 | -0.4% | 154 |
| Merrimac | 20 | 36 | 80.0% | 5 |
| Mendon | 22 | 22 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Melrose | 148 | 115 | -22.3% | 283 |
| Medway | 92 | 97 | 5.4% | 100 |
| Medford | 180 | 163 | -9.4% | 215 |
| Medfield | 84 | 102 | 21.4% | 48 |
| Maynard | 69 | 81 | 17.4% | 56 |
| Mattapoisett | 55 | 34 | -38.2% | 321 |
| Mashpee | 192 | 145 | -24.5% | 294 |
| Marshfield | 175 | 156 | -10.9% | 220 |
| Marlborough | 212 | 176 | -17.0% | 254 |
| Marion | 31 | 49 | 58.1% | 12 |
| Marblehead | 135 | 125 | -7.4% | 197 |
| Mansfield | 113 | 95 | -15.9% | 245 |
| Manchester-By-The-Sea | 48 | 38 | -20.8% | 275 |
| Malden | 142 | 139 | -2.1% | 166 |
| Lynnfield | 71 | 70 | -1.4% | 158 |
| Lynn | 323 | 348 | 7.7% | 88 |
| Lunenburg | 73 | 66 | -9.6% | 216 |
| Ludlow | 99 | 97 | -2.0% | 164 |
| Lowell | 309 | 313 | 1.3% | 125 |
| Longmeadow | 138 | 144 | 4.3% | 105 |
| Littleton | 55 | 51 | -7.3% | 194 |
| Lincoln | 34 | 33 | -2.9% | 168 |
| Leyden | 4 | 0 | -100.0% | 343 |
| Lexington | 290 | 272 | -6.2% | 186 |
| Leverett | 11 | 10 | -9.1% | 206 |
| Leominster | 175 | 179 | 2.3% | 119 |
| Lenox | 24 | 31 | 29.2% | 33 |
| Leicester | 43 | 62 | 44.2% | 19 |
| Lee | 42 | 33 | -21.4% | 277 |
| Lawrence | 143 | 130 | -9.1% | 206 |
| Lanesborough | 24 | 21 | -12.5% | 232 |
| Lancaster | 38 | 35 | -7.9% | 200 |
| Lakeville | 61 | 46 | -24.6% | 295 |
| Kingston | 81 | 77 | -4.9% | 181 |
| Ipswich | 57 | 62 | 8.8% | 84 |
| Huntington | 10 | 10 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Hull | 84 | 81 | -3.6% | 175 |
| Hudson | 84 | 90 | 7.1% | 92 |
| Hubbardston | 18 | 20 | 11.1% | 74 |
| Hopkinton | 110 | 116 | 5.5% | 99 |
| Hopedale | 32 | 35 | 9.4% | 81 |
| Holyoke | 114 | 118 | 3.5% | 110 |
| Holliston | 93 | 97 | 4.3% | 107 |
| Holland | 27 | 27 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Holden | 139 | 102 | -26.6% | 303 |
| Holbrook | 74 | 72 | -2.7% | 167 |
| Hinsdale | 11 | 10 | -9.1% | 206 |
| Hingham | 163 | 165 | 1.2% | 127 |
| Heath | 3 | 2 | -33.3% | 312 |
| Hawley | 4 | 2 | -50.0% | 329 |
| Haverhill | 253 | 230 | -9.1% | 206 |
| Hatfield | 23 | 18 | -21.7% | 279 |
| Harwich | 173 | 152 | -12.1% | 229 |
| Harvard | 33 | 41 | 24.2% | 41 |
| Hardwick | 8 | 13 | 62.5% | 11 |
| Hanson | 65 | 44 | -32.3% | 311 |
| Hanover | 84 | 70 | -16.7% | 251 |
| Hancock | 4 | 3 | -25.0% | 297 |
| Hampden | 32 | 36 | 12.5% | 67 |
| Hamilton | 50 | 46 | -8.0% | 201 |
| Halifax | 40 | 52 | 30.0% | 32 |
| Hadley | 38 | 26 | -31.6% | 310 |
| Groveland | 35 | 28 | -20.0% | 270 |
| Groton | 62 | 52 | -16.1% | 247 |
| Greenfield | 87 | 88 | 1.1% | 128 |
| Great Barrington | 52 | 45 | -13.5% | 236 |
| Granville | 6 | 4 | -33.3% | 312 |
| Granby | 27 | 21 | -22.2% | 281 |
| Grafton | 90 | 89 | -1.1% | 156 |
| Gosnold | 0 | 0 | NA | NA |
| Goshen | 8 | 5 | -37.5% | 318 |
| Gloucester | 111 | 89 | -19.8% | 269 |
| Gill | 10 | 4 | -60.0% | 339 |
| Georgetown | 47 | 58 | 23.4% | 44 |
| Gardner | 81 | 98 | 21.0% | 49 |
| Freetown | 45 | 48 | 6.7% | 94 |
| Franklin | 190 | 206 | 8.4% | 87 |
| Framingham | 372 | 347 | -6.7% | 190 |
| Foxborough | 96 | 74 | -22.9% | 286 |
| Florida | 4 | 3 | -25.0% | 297 |
| Fitchburg | 160 | 162 | 1.3% | 126 |
| Falmouth | 372 | 329 | -11.6% | 226 |
| Fall River | 205 | 180 | -12.2% | 230 |
| Fairhaven | 101 | 99 | -2.0% | 163 |
| Everett | 82 | 82 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Essex | 14 | 11 | -21.4% | 277 |
| Erving | 6 | 11 | 83.3% | 3 |
| Egremont | 11 | 8 | -27.3% | 304 |
| Edgartown | 44 | 41 | -6.8% | 191 |
| Easton | 109 | 109 | 0.0% | 132 |
| East Longmeadow | 122 | 120 | -1.6% | 161 |
| Easthampton | 81 | 78 | -3.7% | 176 |
| Eastham | 86 | 61 | -29.1% | 308 |
| East Brookfield | 19 | 26 | 36.8% | 25 |
| East Bridgewater | 53 | 66 | 24.5% | 40 |
| Duxbury | 105 | 109 | 3.8% | 109 |
| Dunstable | 16 | 13 | -18.8% | 264 |
| Dudley | 67 | 53 | -20.9% | 276 |
| Dracut | 134 | 158 | 17.9% | 54 |
| Dover | 52 | 29 | -44.2% | 325 |
| Douglas | 52 | 56 | 7.7% | 89 |
| Dighton | 44 | 22 | -50.0% | 329 |
| Dennis | 202 | 162 | -19.8% | 268 |
| Deerfield | 29 | 29 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Dedham | 177 | 128 | -27.7% | 306 |
| Dartmouth | 134 | 155 | 15.7% | 60 |
| Danvers | 130 | 118 | -9.2% | 213 |
| Dalton | 64 | 50 | -21.9% | 280 |
| Cummington | 4 | 3 | -25.0% | 297 |
| Conway | 8 | 8 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Concord | 133 | 118 | -11.3% | 224 |
| Community | 2008 sales | 2009 sales | Change | Rank |
| Colrain | 11 | 7 | -36.4% | 317 |
| Cohasset | 67 | 62 | -7.5% | 198 |
| Clinton | 61 | 50 | -18.0% | 259 |
| Chilmark | 12 | 5 | -58.3% | 338 |
| Chicopee | 241 | 227 | -5.8% | 185 |
| Chesterfield | 10 | 6 | -40.0% | 322 |
| Chester | 7 | 8 | 14.3% | 63 |
| Cheshire | 16 | 16 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Chelsea | 22 | 23 | 4.5% | 104 |
| Chelmsford | 211 | 178 | -15.6% | 243 |
| Chatham | 99 | 104 | 5.1% | 102 |
| Charlton | 68 | 77 | 13.2% | 64 |
| Charlemont | 7 | 3 | -57.1% | 337 |
| Carver | 68 | 61 | -10.3% | 218 |
| Carlisle | 47 | 43 | -8.5% | 205 |
| Canton | 96 | 89 | -7.3% | 195 |
| Cambridge | 81 | 71 | -12.3% | 231 |
| Burlington | 103 | 116 | 12.6% | 66 |
| Buckland | 15 | 8 | -46.7% | 326 |
| Brookline | 120 | 102 | -15.0% | 241 |
| Brookfield | 17 | 14 | -17.6% | 258 |
| Brockton | 448 | 478 | 6.7% | 93 |
| Brimfield | 19 | 27 | 42.1% | 21 |
| Bridgewater | 88 | 91 | 3.4% | 112 |
| Brewster | 103 | 93 | -9.7% | 217 |
| Braintree | 173 | 208 | 20.2% | 52 |
| Boylston | 19 | 34 | 78.9% | 7 |
| Boxford | 62 | 45 | -27.4% | 305 |
| Boxborough | 19 | 28 | 47.4% | 17 |
| Bourne | 163 | 140 | -14.1% | 238 |
| Boston | 750 | 690 | -8.0% | 201 |
| Bolton | 32 | 35 | 9.4% | 81 |
| Blandford | 5 | 5 | 0.0% | 132 |
| Blackstone | 30 | 52 | 73.3% | 10 |
| Billerica | 229 | 219 | -4.4% | 180 |
| Beverly | 215 | 189 | -12.1% | 228 |
| Bernardston | 8 | 12 | 50.0% | 15 |
| Berlin | 12 | 21 | 75.0% | 8 |
| Berkley | 29 | 27 | -6.9% | 192 |
| Belmont | 128 | 118 | -7.8% | 199 |
| Bellingham | 93 | 101 | 8.6% | 86 |
| Belchertown | 95 | 92 | -3.2% | 171 |
| Bedford | 71 | 58 | -18.3% | 263 |
| Becket | 33 | 27 | -18.2% | 260 |
| Barre | 23 | 24 | 4.3% | 105 |
| Barnstable | 508 | 466 | -8.3% | 203 |
| Ayer | 29 | 34 | 17.2% | 57 |
| Avon | 22 | 20 | -9.1% | 206 |
| Auburn | 109 | 97 | -11.0% | 221 |
| Attleboro | 214 | 206 | -3.7% | 177 |
| Athol | 78 | 95 | 21.8% | 47 |
| Ashland | 99 | 92 | -7.1% | 193 |
| Ashfield | 7 | 6 | -14.3% | 239 |
| Ashby | 18 | 14 | -22.2% | 281 |
| Ashburnham | 46 | 38 | -17.4% | 257 |
| Arlington | 206 | 208 | 1.0% | 130 |
| Aquinnah | 6 | 2 | -66.7% | 342 |
| Andover | 205 | 227 | 10.7% | 76 |
| Amherst | 96 | 94 | -2.1% | 165 |
| Amesbury | 68 | 84 | 23.5% | 43 |
| Alford | 1 | 0 | -100.0% | 343 |
| Agawam | 162 | 124 | -23.5% | 289 |
| Adams | 43 | 32 | -25.6% | 301 |
| Acushnet | 39 | 60 | 53.8% | 13 |
| Acton | 128 | 140 | 9.4% | 81 |
| Abington | 64 | 84 | 31.3% | 30 |
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