Mass. single family house prices 2007-2008

Massachusetts housing price gains and losses, 2007-8

Below is the percentage change in median sales price for single-family homes in each Massachusetts community from 2007 to 2008. Only municipalities with at least 25 sales in 2008 are shown. Boston sales are listed by neighborhood in most cases. Where the neighborhood was not identified they are listed simply as "Boston". SOURCE: Warren Group

STORY It's all a matter of ZIP code (By Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff)
Graphic Largest price gains and losses in Massachusetts

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City/town	2007 houses sold	2007 median price ($)	2008 houses sold	2008 median price ($)	Median price % change
Abington	98	324750	89	290000	-10.7
Acton	165	525000	148	501800	-4.4
Acushnet	66	254000	60	231200	-9.0
Adams	70	145375	60	135000	-7.1
Agawam	209	226000	193	217000	-4.0
Amesbury	127	358000	91	265500	-25.8
Amherst	148	342500	114	359500	5.0
Andover	324	565500	266	525000	-7.2
Arlington	312	471000	248	475000	0.8
Ashburnham	68	242000	57	205000	-15.3
Ashland	141	388500	124	414900	6.8
Athol	110	164500	111	127000	-22.8
Attleboro	333	300000	274	263000	-12.3
Auburn	152	249000	146	220000	-11.6
Avon	38	290500	31	277000	-4.6
Ayer	53	291000	40	265000	-8.9
Barnstable	94	482500	83	407500	-15.5
Barre	40	211450	31	200000	-5.4
Becket	35	273000	47	210000	-23.1
Bedford	136	495725	91	475500	-4.1
Belchertown	141	263000	113	251000	-4.6
Bellingham	131	309000	137	265000	-14.2
Belmont	175	682000	148	682000	0.0
Berkley	58	334950	37	318000	-5.1
Beverly	263	369000	277	340000	-7.9
Billerica	319	342500	302	305000	-10.9
Blackstone	62	277400	42	249500	-10.1
Bolton	61	575000	43	540000	-6.1
Boston	36	1506250	34	1438750	-4.5
Bourne	187	340000	190	312000	-8.2
Boxford	94	607450	77	539000	-11.3
Boylston	35	410000	28	314000	-23.4
Braintree	261	370000	226	335000	-9.5
Brewster	136	455250	131	370000	-18.7
Bridgewater	132	366750	117	305000	-16.8
Brighton	45	459000	28	475000	3.5
Brimfield	36	245750	25	210000	-14.5
Brockton	532	250000	606	185000	-26.0
Brookline	192	1070000	146	1018000	-4.9
Burlington	178	410000	142	365000	-11.0
Cambridge	138	648450	111	750000	15.7
Canton	163	415000	127	439000	5.8
Carlisle	67	727500	53	760000	4.5
Carver	90	306500	98	270000	-11.9
Centerville	171	336250	180	285000	-15.2
Charlestown	57	629000	58	590000	-6.2
Charlton	103	310000	82	256000	-17.4
Chatham	171	657500	127	635000	-3.4
Chelmsford	274	353500	261	325000	-8.1
Chelsea	17	303500	29	190000	-37.4
Chicopee	376	179500	318	170000	-5.3
Clinton	63	270600	79	218900	-19.1
Cohasset	103	789000	86	768750	-2.6
Concord	180	780000	164	697500	-10.6
Cotuit	48	482500	44	391000	-19.0
Dalton	64	167000	79	170000	1.8
Danvers	189	393200	180	358000	-9.0
Dartmouth	241	325000	189	280000	-13.8
Dedham	240	362750	232	360500	-0.6
Deerfield	37	255000	35	274900	7.8
Dennis	293	335000	258	324000	-3.3
Dighton	49	337500	58	277500	-17.8
Dorchester	168	336000	176	277500	-17.4
Douglas	69	319700	66	316500	-1.0
Dover	71	1020825	68	998500	-2.2
Dracut	184	285000	181	263000	-7.7
Dudley	82	255250	91	220000	-13.8
Duxbury	172	638250	131	592500	-7.2
East Boston	34	292500	36	215000	-26.5
East Bridgewater	81	340000	73	299900	-11.8
East Brookfield	20	239000	27	182000	-23.8
East Longmeadow	194	237750	163	229000	-3.7
Eastham	98	452500	115	425000	-6.1
Easthampton	153	228500	108	229950	0.6
Easton	205	392500	151	350000	-10.8
Edgartown	82	705000	61	618750	-12.2
Everett	86	305000	101	253000	-17.0
Fairhaven	150	271950	133	235000	-13.6
Fall River	236	250000	250	205000	-18.0
Falmouth	499	410000	454	366000	-10.7
Fitchburg	248	200000	230	164250	-17.9
Foxboro	111	395000	120	353000	-10.6
Framingham	489	360000	493	325000	-9.7
Franklin	281	440000	237	385000	-12.5
Freetown	67	332000	55	282000	-15.1
Gardner	137	203500	110	164000	-19.4
Georgetown	79	415000	64	368750	-11.1
Gloucester	156	381000	151	350000	-8.1
Grafton	153	394000	110	324500	-17.6
Granby	47	227000	40	205500	-9.5
Great Barrington	63	297000	66	273500	-7.9
Greenfield	147	184000	114	173000	-6.0
Groton	100	501450	71	400000	-20.2
Groveland	55	358300	44	325000	-9.3
Hadley	54	341250	55	275000	-19.4
Halifax	42	310500	58	266500	-14.2
Hamilton	74	426250	61	482000	13.1
Hampden	40	273500	40	244250	-10.7
Hanover	125	465000	111	385000	-17.2
Hanson	75	333000	79	285000	-14.4
Harvard	47	550000	39	580000	5.5
Harwich	251	390000	232	348500	-10.6
Hatfield	32	270000	29	263000	-2.6
Haverhill	322	299850	327	259000	-13.6
Hingham	281	624900	190	632500	1.2
Holbrook	90	292251	103	236900	-18.9
Holden	183	295900	182	262250	-11.4
Holland	39	190000	39	164900	-13.2
Holliston	180	398200	114	350000	-12.1
Holyoke	185	184000	141	175000	-4.9
Hopedale	47	405000	41	280000	-30.9
Hopkinton	207	585000	136	557750	-4.7
Hudson	119	350000	113	290000	-17.1
Hull	123	360000	123	345000	-4.2
Hyannis	144	297250	205	205000	-31.0
Hyde Park	126	321500	105	287000	-10.7
Ipswich	95	502430	70	415000	-17.4
Jamaica Plain	81	485000	63	506000	4.3
Kingston	112	342500	103	340000	-0.7
Lakeville	108	366500	82	308500	-15.8
Lancaster	60	316500	48	264750	-16.4
Lanesboro	32	199500	32	190000	-4.8
Lawrence	167	218500	198	164950	-24.5
Lee	39	245000	56	227500	-7.1
Leicester	88	230000	63	193000	-16.1
Lenox	43	383000	34	399000	4.2
Leominster	275	260000	217	225000	-13.5
Lexington	389	691500	360	700000	1.2
Lincoln	56	1117500	49	1045000	-6.5
Littleton	96	400000	67	370000	-7.5
Longmeadow	221	325000	176	293500	-9.7
Lowell	413	251000	419	194900	-22.4
Ludlow	159	215000	144	185500	-13.7
Lunenburg	92	285000	91	269900	-5.3
Lynn	397	259000	436	206000	-20.5
Lynnfield	154	549500	117	498000	-9.4
Malden	196	327500	177	290000	-11.5
Manchester	65	675000	60	762500	13.0
Mansfield	179	385000	137	380000	-1.3
Marblehead	217	545000	166	509500	-6.5
Marion	63	380000	44	441500	16.2
Marlborough	236	338875	264	300000	-11.5
Marshfield	253	390000	220	380000	-2.6
Marstons Mills	87	375000	98	311000	-17.1
Mashpee	209	380000	231	315500	-17.0
Mattapan	53	305000	62	211160	-30.8
Mattapoisett	59	446000	69	415000	-7.0
Maynard	85	333000	83	318000	-4.5
Medfield	138	550000	104	530000	-3.6
Medford	252	385000	242	350000	-9.1
Medway	128	385000	115	344000	-10.6
Melrose	247	409700	186	401500	-2.0
Mendon	47	479000	34	395000	-17.5
Merrimac	34	376500	25	375000	-0.4
Methuen	339	287000	307	253000	-11.8
Middleboro	157	313000	137	281900	-9.9
Middleton	64	450000	47	415000	-7.8
Milford	145	328500	212	275000	-16.3
Millbury	110	254950	80	234750	-7.9
Millis	66	355500	71	330000	-7.2
Millville	22	263700	32	297500	12.8
Milton	265	441000	256	456000	3.4
Monson	78	231750	70	196750	-15.1
Montague	65	173000	55	177000	2.3
Nahant	36	501500	34	462500	-7.8
Nantucket	147	1690000	97	1570000	-7.1
Natick	296	430000	250	412000	-4.2
Needham	440	617125	320	639500	3.6
New Bedford	396	231000	372	195000	-15.6
Newbury	66	462500	68	455000	-1.6
Newburyport	171	465000	156	452000	-2.8
Newton	665	761000	540	760000	-0.1
Norfolk	121	437500	90	463500	5.9
North Adams	78	148200	77	112000	-24.4
North Andover	240	476200	185	500000	5.0
North Attleboro	237	355000	192	320000	-9.9
North Brookfield	28	215000	38	176200	-18.0
North Reading	140	395000	99	404000	2.3
Northampton	158	277125	164	250000	-9.8
Northborough	141	390000	100	339500	-12.9
Northbridge	112	335000	100	299450	-10.6
Norton	136	325000	111	290000	-10.8
Norwell	104	590000	105	560000	-5.1
Norwood	161	372500	148	357750	-4.0
Oak Bluffs	52	539500	36	500750	-7.2
Orange	74	159950	73	145000	-9.3
Orleans	103	600000	90	537050	-10.5
Osterville	77	610000	65	430000	-29.5
Otis	29	280000	29	300000	7.1
Oxford	117	232000	88	204400	-11.9
Palmer	113	189000	78	166500	-11.9
Paxton	41	330000	39	272500	-17.4
Peabody	328	350000	295	319000	-8.9
Pembroke	157	345000	116	337200	-2.3
Pepperell	81	322500	66	292000	-9.5
Pittsfield	439	173000	394	159900	-7.6
Plainville	76	349500	36	352500	0.9
Plymouth	559	325000	510	298500	-8.2
Provincetown	23	699000	28	681500	-2.5
Quincy	447	345000	393	330000	-4.3
Randolph	252	306000	252	259050	-15.3
Raynham	101	335000	102	299750	-10.5
Reading	227	416000	192	401000	-3.6
Rehoboth	89	380000	81	382000	0.5
Revere	146	300000	182	242500	-19.2
Rochester	45	390000	30	357000	-8.5
Rockland	130	290000	93	245000	-15.5
Rockport	56	475500	55	499000	4.9
Roslindale	157	370000	120	375000	1.4
Rowley	52	479500	45	440000	-8.2
Roxbury	35	371250	30	290000	-21.9
Rutland	63	285000	72	283700	-0.5
Salem	180	315500	151	296000	-6.2
Salisbury	50	310000	44	289950	-6.5
Sandwich	272	350000	230	326700	-6.7
Saugus	219	335500	222	300000	-10.6
Scituate	211	500000	210	438250	-12.4
Seekonk	121	312500	90	262450	-16.0
Sharon	186	435000	165	357000	-17.9
Sheffield	42	273750	30	301750	10.2
Sherborn	50	663500	47	710000	7.0
Shirley	47	343000	26	272000	-20.7
Shrewsbury	373	400000	282	368500	-7.9
Somerset	167	275000	111	245000	-10.9
Somerville	94	450000	83	391000	-13.1
South Boston	65	395000	44	397500	0.6
South Hadley	138	242025	116	211250	-12.7
Southampton	54	295000	49	275000	-6.8
Southborough	95	500000	75	520000	4.0
Southbridge	93	201900	97	170000	-15.8
Southwick	76	279000	71	235000	-15.8
Spencer	84	227500	64	208500	-8.4
Springfield	1167	150000	935	131000	-12.7
Sterling	61	345500	70	317500	-8.1
Stoneham	165	405000	132	385000	-4.9
Stoughton	169	338000	214	289280	-14.4
Stow	61	440000	55	462500	5.1
Sturbridge	116	302500	86	287500	-5.0
Sudbury	227	655500	181	594500	-9.3
Sutton	81	372500	54	325000	-12.8
Swampscott	159	465000	100	415000	-10.8
Swansea	125	275000	123	236000	-14.2
Taunton	325	277000	281	249000	-10.1
Templeton	56	207500	62	178950	-13.8
Tewksbury	187	338500	178	319450	-5.6
Tisbury	48	672500	35	576000	-14.3
Topsfield	51	507800	44	476000	-6.3
Townsend	90	272500	77	251500	-7.7
Truro	32	585000	45	650000	11.1
Tyngsboro	88	381100	69	328000	-13.9
Upton	67	389000	37	370000	-4.9
Uxbridge	86	320000	81	265000	-17.2
Wakefield	195	395000	181	378000	-4.3
Walpole	228	424950	160	378300	-11.0
Waltham	325	406000	290	390000	-3.9
Ware	81	177500	75	160000	-9.9
Wareham	237	262500	202	216500	-17.5
Warren	44	196000	47	170000	-13.3
Watertown	101	457000	90	419500	-8.2
Wayland	143	631000	130	505000	-20.0
Webster	106	240000	111	210000	-12.5
Wellesley	388	963250	330	1015000	5.4
Wellfleet	63	539000	46	582750	8.1
Wenham	47	496000	30	453500	-8.6
West Boylston	63	275000	54	233750	-15.0
West Bridgewater	67	310000	57	275000	-11.3
West Brookfield	51	240000	45	174500	-27.3
West Newbury	46	515000	40	422000	-18.1
West Roxbury	255	407500	188	360000	-11.7
West Springfield	269	207000	213	196500	-5.1
Westborough	176	436300	141	370000	-15.2
Westfield	301	236000	285	215000	-8.9
Westford	218	498500	155	420000	-15.7
Westminster	69	285000	54	224500	-21.2
Weston	185	1225000	122	1317500	7.6
Westport	116	372500	114	299950	-19.5
Westwood	181	560000	142	512000	-8.6
Weymouth	396	330000	318	295000	-10.6
Whitman	86	301825	105	250000	-17.2
Wilbraham	163	297500	143	280000	-5.9
Williamstown	61	374000	68	326875	-12.6
Wilmington	207	364900	173	345000	-5.5
Winchendon	84	187600	79	165000	-12.0
Winchester	247	675500	226	722500	7.0
Winthrop	76	339950	58	330000	-2.9
Woburn	199	349000	229	330000	-5.4
Worcester	971	227000	901	192000	-15.4
Wrentham	113	435000	83	387000	-11.0
Yarmouth	375	304400	441	267500	-12.1