Needham Market Update

January 15, 2013

The Needham real estate market continues on a stable path with strong sales data for 2012. According to MLS data, there were more home sales in 2012 (compared to 2011), while the average home value in Needham continues to rise.

Needham Market Update

In fact, Needham produced more homes sales this year compared to any of the last four.

Needham Market Update

 

The Spring market continues to dominate the action in Needham with 63 closings alone in June.  The Fall market also proved to be strong with several closings in Needham at the end of the year.

Needham Market Update

The Mitchell and Broadmeadow school districts were the catalysts in 2012 in  Needham  with the highest overall sale and per square foot pricing in the market.  The Hillside school district also yielded a respectable overall average sales price for the year, while Newman basically doubled the number of sales of any other school district.

Needham Market Update

Here at Hawthorn   Real Estate, we are keeping busy with a few custom homes that we are working on in  Needham.   You can check in on any of our projects  here.  In addition, we have several new listings of homes that we are preparing for the Spring selling market.  We also recently provided on our web site updated  Needham sales data , which you can find at our  neighborhood page.  As always, please let us know if you have any questions, or if we can help with any of your real estate needs.

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