Real Estate

Average MA Home Price Increased Again In April. What About Barnstable?

If you were looking to buy a home last month, it's likely that the market for a purchase started at over $600,000, a study found.

MASSACHUSETTS — Prices for the average Massachusetts home continue to rise, with April's total reaching $630,000, a new report showed.

The Warren Group published its April home sales report, finding that the 2025 price topped the 2024 median price by $20,000, the same mark as March. So far this year, the average price of all homes sold is $25,000 more than the same period in 2024.

There were 10,348 single-family home sales in the first four months of 2025, a 2 percent increase from 2024. The median single-family home sale price increased 4.3 percent on the same basis to $600,000.

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Prices across Barnstable were a mixed bag when comparing from April 2024 to 2025:

  • Barnstable: $1.175 million in 2024, $690,000 in 2025
  • Cotuit: $1.047 million in 2024, $882,912 million in 2025
  • Centerville: $623,000 in 2024, $663,000 in 2025
  • Hyannis: $560,000 in 2024, $607,000 in 2025
  • Marstons Mills: $736,500 in 2024, $857,811 in 2025
  • Osterville: $5.8 million in 2024, $1.396 million in 2025

Home sales in Massachusetts are up compared to this time last year, with over 200 more homes off the market than the previous period. April didn't follow that trend, however, with slightly fewer homes selling across the Commonwealth.

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"The number of single-family home sales in April was only four less than April 2024, so just about even with last year," the Warren Group's Associate Publisher and Media Relations Director, Cassie Norton, said. "Hopefully that's an indication that the number of homes on the market is increasing and easing the inventory crunch somewhat."

Norton noted last month, however, that an increase in homes won't necessarily mean an easier time for buyers, as initially thought.

"Given the current state of the federal government, it's impossible to predict what interest rates will do, or whether inflation will continue to constrain the buying power of prospective home buyers," Norton said.

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