06/12/2026
Something interesting happened in our local market this week, and it tells you exactly where things are heading this summer.
Open house activity cooled slightly from last week's record pace. But new single family listings? They jumped. 28 new single family homes hit the market across Leominster, Fitchburg, Gardner, and Lunenburg this week, the strongest week for fresh inventory since early May. Fitchburg alone brought 14 of them.
Here's why that matters. NAR reported this week that home sales nationally just hit their highest level since December, and buyers are no longer sitting on the sidelines waiting for rates to be perfect. Rates ticked up slightly to 6.52% this week, still below where they were a year ago, and buyers have clearly made peace with that. They're moving anyway.
Sellers are paying attention. Mid June is the window. List now, and you catch serious buyers before vacation season scatters everyone in July. That's exactly what this week's surge in new listings represents: sellers reading the room and getting in front of motivated buyers while they're out looking.
One more number worth knowing. The national median home price just hit $429,300. In much of the country that's a stretch. Here in North Central Mass, that buys you a real single family home with a yard. That gap is why buyers keep finding their way to our corner of the state.
If you've been thinking about selling, this is what a well-timed market looks like. If you're buying, fresh inventory is arriving weekly and this weekend has 61 open houses waiting across our four towns.
Questions about what your home is worth in this market, or what your buying power looks like at today's rates? Reach out anytime.
Dylan MacLean | Foster-Healey Real Estate
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