Stoneham Makes List of Massachusetts Hottest Towns

If you welcomed a few new neighbors last year, you’re likely not the only one in Stoneham. The town has made a real-estate list of the 25 hottest towns in Massachusetts.

McGeough and Lamacchia, a real-estate firm serving Massachusetts and New Hampshire, made their list of Massachusetts’s hottest towns based on the number of homes sold.

At least 200 homes had to be sold in 2014 for a town to be eligible and the real-estate firm considered 351 towns for the list.

Stoneham was named the state’s 9th hottest town, with 323 homes sold in 2014. The median price for a home in Stoneham is $375,000, which is 5.6 percent higher than the price a year prior.

Lowell grabbed the number one spot with 955 homes sold and Westborough, Yarmouth and Hudson made this list again this year.

“This list also provides a look into the future of home prices in these areas,” said the report. “Home prices tend to rise after sales rise. Since we actively sell homes in most of these towns, we enjoy preparing this list on an annual basis to better educate our clients.”

Read the full report here.

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