Peak homebuying season brings more sales, higher prices to Central Mass.
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Homes in Natick, which saw more than double the amount of single-family home sales in June when compared to last year
The Central Massachusetts market for single-family homes is heating up, as June saw an increase in both total sales and median prices.
Worcester County was home to 710 sales in June, an increase of 10.8% over last June, as Middlesex County saw 1,069 transactions, a 6.2% increase.
Median prices climbed as well, with an increase of 2.6% to $513,000 in Worcester County, and an increase of 2.2% to $905,000 in Middlesex County, according to data released on Tuesday by The Warren Group, a Peabody-based real estate research firm.
With June traditionally being the hottest month of the year for home sales, buyers and sellers should expect the market to cool off somewhat in coming months, said Cassidy Norton, associate publisher and media relations director at The Warren Group.
“Despite inventory increase in certain markets, median prices continue to rise, indicating no relief on prices,” Norton said in a Tuesday press release accompanying the data release. “However, June historically has the highest number of sales of an individual month. It’s also usually the month where median sale prices peak. Moving into the latter half of the year, the overall median price will likely drop month-over-month, but not year-over-year.”
The city of Worcester saw 100 sales in June, compared to 92 last year, with the June median sales price falling 1.7% to $425,000. Despite the decrease, Worcester’s year-to-date sales price sits at $435,000, an increase of 6.6% from last year.
Fitchburg saw 22 sales, compared to 27 in June 2024, with the median price climbing 14.1% to $445,000. Leominster saw 28 sales, one more sale than last June, with a median price of $528,000, a 4.9% decrease.
In MetroWest, Framingham saw 62 sales compared to 51, with the median sales price climbing 2.1% to $750,500. Sales in Natick more than doubled, with 48 sales compared to 23, as the median price climbed 23% to $1.13 million.
Halfway through 2025, Middlesex and Worcester counties have seen a combined 1,779 sales, up from the 1,648 sales seen through the first half of 2024.
On a statewide level, sales are up 5.5% this year, with a median price of $635,000, a 4.1% increase.
Eric Casey is the managing editor at Worcester Business Journal, who primarily covers the manufacturing and real estate industries.
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