Worcester home prices up over 10% as Central Mass. price climb continues
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A row of homes in Worcester near Newton Hill
May did not bring any relief to prospective Central Massachusetts homeowners, as a slight uptick in sales did little to slow the persistent upwards march of median prices.
Worcester County witnessed 582 home sales in May, up from 567 last May, while Middlesex County saw 848 sales, up from 824, according to data released Tuesday by The Warren Group, a Peabody-based real estate research firm. Both counties saw an increase in their median May sales price, as Worcester County’s rose 5.9% to $497,000, and Middlesex County’s climbed 4% to $903,500.
Both counties followed larger statewide trends, as May sales increased 2.2% across Massachusetts, with the median price increasing 4.7% to $666,125.
Cassidy Norton, associate publisher and media relations director at The Warren Group, said those looking to buy might be better off waiting until after the usual summer price surge.
“We talk a lot about lack of inventory, which is a problem, but still the state has seen an increase in the number of single-family sales since last year, as well as a rise in the median sale price,” Norton said in a Tuesday press release accompanying the data. “Median sale prices tend to follow a curve throughout the year, with the high point usually in June, so buyers who can hold on may see deals later in the year.”
The city of Worcester saw 90 sales in May, up from 71 last year, as the median price for the month reached $447,500, up 10.2%. So far, Worcester has seen 326 sales in 2025, up 11.3% from the 293 sales seen at this point last year.
Fitchburg was home to 21 sales, down from 36 seen last May, as the median sales price increased 11.9% to $400,000.
The Middlesex County communities of Framingham and Natick both saw the same amount of sales this May as last year; Framingham was the site of 43 sales, with a median price of $760,000, up 15.2%, while Natick saw 37 sales with a median price of $1.1 million, up 20.9%.
Eric Casey is the managing editor at Worcester Business Journal, who primarily covers the manufacturing and real estate industries.
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