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The median list price for Barnstable County homes fell to $899,950 in September

The median list price for Barnstable County homes fell to 9,950 in September

The median home in Barnstable County listed for $899,950 in September, down 4.3 percent from $940,000 the previous month, a Realtor.com data analysis shows.

Compared to September 2023, the median home list price decreased 4.2% from $939,000.

The statistics in this article refer only to homes for sale in Barnstable County, not homes that were sold. Information about your local housing market, along with other helpful community data, is available at data.capecodtimes.com.

The median home in Barnstable County was 1,831 square feet, priced at $564 per square foot. The price per square foot of homes for sale has increased by 4.3% compared to September 2023.

The lists moved quickly in Barnstable County

Offers in Barnstable County moved quickly, averaging 53 days compared to September’s national average of 55 days on the market. The previous month, homes had an average of 60 days on the market. In September, around 574 homes came on the market, up 13% from the 508 new listings in September 2023.

Average home prices issued by Realtor.com may exclude many, or even most, homes from a market. Price and volume represent single-family homes, condos or townhomes only. They include existing homes, but exclude most new construction, as well as pending and contingent sales.

All over Massachusetts

In Massachusetts, median home prices were $779,500, down slightly from August. The average Massachusetts home listed for sale was 1,870 square feet, priced at $428 per square foot.

Across the US

Across the United States, the median home price was $425,000, a slight decrease from the previous month. The average American home for sale was 1,843 square feet, priced at $227 per square foot.

The median home list price used in this report represents the midpoint of all homes or units listed during the given time period. Experts say the median gives a more accurate picture of what’s happening in a market than the median list price, which would mean taking the sum of all the list prices and dividing it by the number of homes sold. The average may be biased by a particularly low or high price.

The USA TODAY Network is running localized versions of this story on its news sites around the country, generated with data from Realtor.com. Please leave any comments or corrections to this story here. This story was written by Ozge Terzioglu.