Real Estate
Home Sales Up in Canton, Slight Decrease in Median Sale Price
Year over year statistics show more houses sold in Canton in January 2013 than in January 2012.
Canton saw its home sales almost doubled in the month of January, according to data released by real estate information firm The Warren Group.
According to the report, there was an increase in January sales in Canton from eight in 2012 to 13 in 2013.
In Massachusetts, 2,680 homes sold in January 2013, up over last year's 2,436 sales. This is the highest January sales volume for single-family homes in Massachusetts in five years, when there were 2,953 transactions in January 2007.
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"We ended 2012 on a pretty positive note, and this is carrying into January," said Timothy M. Warren, Jr., CEO of The Warren Group. "Recent pending sales data are a hopeful sign for a strong spring market. And given low mortgage rates and steady prices, there are positive signs that 2013 will be a second year of recovery."
The median sale price in Canton however, was down, -16.92 percent, from $493,500 in January 2012 to $410,000 in January 2013.
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Here are the home sales numbers and median sale prices for area towns:
Home Sales
January 2012
January 2013
% Change
Easton
4
13
225%
Foxborough
5
6
20%
Norton
8
7
-12.50%
Attleboro
14
25
78.57%
Seekonk
5
4
-20%
Swansea
10
9
-10%
Stoughton
8
13
62.50%
Sharon
14
19
35.71%
Canton
8
13
62.50%
Wrentham
10
8
-20%
Plainville
3
4
33.33%
Norfolk
5
11
120%
Dedham
16
13
-18.75%
Norwood
11
15
36.36%
Walpole
13
16
23.08%
Median Sale Price:
January 2012
January 2013
% Change
Easton
$416,800
$320,000
-23.22%
Foxborough
$323,000
$267,500
-17.18%
Norton
$249,000
$185,000
-25.70%
Attleboro
$187,500
$226,100
20.59%
Seekonk
$265,000
$357,500
34.91%
Swansea
$222,650
$178,000
-20.05%
Stoughton
$277,500
$271,402
-2.20%
Sharon
$410,500
$357,500
34.91%
Canton
$493,500
$410,000
-16.92%
Wrentham
$262,000
$383,750
46.47%
Plainville
$190,700
$343,750
80.26%
Norfolk
$465,000
$386,000
-16.99%
Dedham
$297,500
$315,000
5.88%
Norwood
$334,000
$339,000
1.50%
Walpole
$313,000
$359,250
14.78%
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