Belmont Median Sale Price Reaches $1.6 Million Amid String of High-End Closings

Belmont recorded 17 property transfers at the South Middlesex Registry of Deeds between June 19 and July 18, though only 11 disclosed a sale price. Disclosed prices ranged from $649,000 to $3,400,000, with a median of $1,600,000, and nine of the 11 disclosed sales topped $1 million. The…

Bedford Median Home Sale Price Reaches $984,750 in Latest Deed Filings

Bedford recorded 20 property deeds between June 19 and July 18. Ten disclosed sale prices, ranging from $775,000 to $2,380,000, with a median of $984,750. The period's top sale was 154 Hartwell Rd at $2,380,000, sold by Runway Realty Ventures LLC to the Massachusetts Port Authority. Pag…

Ayer Home Sales Range From $100,000 to $900,000 in Late June

Ayer recorded 19 property transfers between June 19 and July 18, but only nine disclosed a sale price, ranging from $100,000 to $900,000 with a median of $560,000. The month's top sale was 83 Pleasant St. at $900,000, sold by Rory and Stephanie K. Dodd. Pleasant Street saw the most acti…

Ashland Sale Prices Span $480,000 to $1.185 Million in Recent Deed Filings

The South Middlesex Registry of Deeds recorded 20 Ashland property transfers between June 19 and July 18, but only nine listed a sale price. Those disclosed sales ranged from $480,000 to $1,185,000, with a median of $760,000. The period's top transaction was 73 Independence Lane, which …

Ashby Home Sales Show Wide Price Spread From $200,000 To $580,000

Six properties changed hands in Ashby between June 19 and July 18, according to South Middlesex Registry of Deeds records. Of those, three deeds disclosed a sale price, ranging from $200,000 to $580,000 with a median of $500,000; the other three did not disclose a price. The top recorde…

Arlington Home Sale Prices Climb As Median Tops $1.1 Million

Arlington recorded 16 property transfers between June 19 and July 18, with eight disclosing sale prices ranging from $845,000 to $1,775,000 and a median of $1,175,000. The month's largest transaction, at $1,775,000, listed seller Franklin Street LLC and buyer Nirmala V. Garimela as trus…

Acton Home Sales Post $1.17 Million Median Amid Wide Price Range

Nineteen properties changed hands in Acton between June 19 and July 18, according to South Middlesex Registry of Deeds records. Twelve sales disclosed a price, ranging from $270,000 to $2,170,000, with a median of $1,173,000. The period's top sale was 18 Woodchester Drive at $2,170,000.…

Somerville Sets Meeting on Police Body Camera Proposal

Somerville hits a three-year streak without a traffic death as a police body-camera debate heads to a public meeting. The city's Vision Zero street-safety redesigns underpin the milestone, which drew coverage in the planning-industry outlet Planetizen this week. Separately, "Somerville …

Finance Committee Sends Override Options to Select Board

Reading's Finance Committee sent a set of Proposition 2½ override options to the Select Board this week, a step that could raise property taxes to cover town and school costs. The move builds on a Reading Patch report the previous day that put a potential override at $6.5 million, and c…

North Reading Rolls Out New Trash and Recycling Rules

North Reading residents are adjusting to new trash and recycling rules that took effect July 1, 2026, as Town Hall pushes sign-ups for its Smart911 emergency-alert system. The town has not detailed exactly what changed under the new waste guidelines, but the notice remains posted as the…