Wellesley, MA 02482 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 19
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Home Value
$1.8M
+5.2% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
19
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
0.9 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
61 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
14%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
99.3%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
57%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
24%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$86
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 24% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 5.2% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 15% below the 2017-19 norm and falling (−9% vs. a year ago), still somewhat tight.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is low (19/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 0.7% below their final list price; 14% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 57% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $429k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $2,375 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $86 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −4% to +12% over the next 12 months (78% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −4.3% to +12.1% (80% range; middle estimate +5.0%), chance of a rise 78%, of a 5%+ drop 8%.
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