A lot happened in the mass just in real estate market in 2023 and everyone said that whole prices were going to go down But for the most part they didn't and looking at the data There is no Ryan warries to the towns that saw housing prices go down So let's first look at the top and bottom five towns that are south of Boston for single family homes We're gonna go over the amount of sales as well is how much the town Appreciated or depreciated now. There is no perfect line that draws the exact towns that make up south of Boston That would then possibly lead into Metro West the data is great But what are the exact towns that's up for a little bit of well your interpretation We're quick. My name is Jeff Chup and I'm a retired investment vector to our real estate agent I've sold more than a thousand houses of you any questions of regards to real estate then no I'm here to help all right Let's start with the top appreciating towns the fifth highest appreciating town that is south of Boston is Somerset, Massachusetts now the town closed a hundred forty three units in 2023 Which is a 12.1% decrease in sales levels there were 165 closing is a summer set in 2022 This was the lowest sales decrease for all of the towns in the top five the average sales price to 2022 is four hundred and seventy one thousand dollars which is a 12.3% increase over 2022's four hundred and nineteen thousand dollars there was a little discrepancy when he looked at median pricing as Media pricing shows summer set appreciating 7.8% both fourth best appreciating town south of Boston It was all Massachusetts all and 79 sales of 2023 which was 26.2% lower than the 107 units in sold in 2022 the average sales price increased 13.1% in 2023 sales prices jumped from 814 grand compared to the 720 thousand dollars of 2022 the median sales price showed a similar price gain as the median price of 670 thousand dollars was 12.6% higher than the median price in 2022 now the third best performing town south of Boston is north alibur, Massachusetts The 171 home sales in 2023 was a top five town high of 31.1% lower than the 248 units of sold in 2022 prices were up though by 13.5% with an average sales price of 639 thousand dollars in 2023 Which is compared to the 563 thousand dollars in 2022 median pricing that's all did a little bit of a different story with prices being up by 6.2% to 570 thousand dollars the second best performing town south of Boston is Marshfield, Massachusetts were saw 187 houses closed in 2023 and the 187 units was a 18% sales decrease from levels of 2022 as there were 228 units and sold back them all prices were up 14% though with an average sales price of 855 thousand dollars in 2023 which is compared to the 751 thousand dollars in 2022 median prices were up a similar amount with a 12.1% increase to 742,500 dollars and that leads us to the best Performing town south of Boston now cushion it, Massachusetts saw 58 close single family houses Which was a 22.7% decrease in sales levels compared to the 75 closed units that sold in 2022 Meanwhile the average sales price was up by 16% in 2023 with an average sales price of 517 thousand dollars the median price of 470 $2,500 showed a similar 13.6% appreciation rate over the levels of 2022 now there were 13 out of the 59 South of Boston towns that saw whole prices declined in 2023 considering that this was going to be a big year of home prices declines There were that many losers now the fifth biggest losing town south of Boston was Duxbury, Massachusetts Duxbury saw 122 single family houses sell 2023 which was a 19.8% decrease in closed sales levels from 2022 sales levels of 152 units now the average sales price dipped 3.4% to 1.271 million from last years 1.316 million median pricing however showed a little bit different of the story Prices were actually up when you look at median pricing the 1.025 million dollar median prices 7.5% higher than the median price in 2022 Now the fourth town with the biggest average sale decline South of Boston 2022 is Sharon Massachusetts the 132 units clause was a 33.7% decrease from the 199 units that were sold in 2022 whole prices and sharing were down by 4% as the average sales price in 2023 was 841 thousand dollars further the average sales price 2022 of $876,000 again the median pricey that's a little bit of a different story however as the median prices had no change year over year with a median price of $775,000 the third biggest losing town south of Boston 2023 was situate Massachusetts situates all 163 homes sell in 2023 which was a 27.9% decline in sales levels to their 226 closed units in 2022 the average sales price fell 4.5% to 1.041 million in 2023 which is compared to the 2022 average sales price of 1.091 million dollars the median price showed up Similar story with prices falling by 5% to 865,000 dollars the second worst for forming down south of Boston was Rockland, Massachusetts now Rockland had 96 homes closed which was a 16.5% decrease when compared to the 115 single family houses that closed in 2022 all prices were down by 4.9% year over year with the average sales price of $492,000 in 2023 compared to the 518,000 dollars that we saw in 2022 median price and was down slightly the median price of $492,500 was a half percent less than the 495 grand median price it was all in 2022 and this brings us to the biggest losing town that was south of Boston in 2023 Gohasset, Massachusetts owned this top or I guess really this bottom spot go as it had 59 homes closed which was 34.4% less than the 2022 sales levels of 90 single family houses selling meanwhile the average sales price was down 7.1% with a 2023 average sales price of 1.617 million dollars compared to 1.74 million sales price in 2022 median pricing however showed a completely different story with home prices actually being up by 7.2% to 1.474 million dollars. Seriously about the biggest winters and losers of towns maybe north of Boston or even west of Boston how about down on the cape well be on the lookout as those videos they're already out so just check our feet and let me know if you have any questions you can drop me a line in the comment section below or I invite you to reach out to me as all of my contact information it's in the description below right down there as always I truly appreciate you keeping in mind should you or anyone else that you know be thinking about buying or selling a house in Massachusetts until next time