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May 2012 Home Sales Up in Dover, Sherborn

Home sales statewide were up nearly 35 percent, according to a recent report.

More than 20 each homes in Dover and Sherborn were sold year-to-date as of May 2012, a jump over 13 in May 2011, according to a recent report by The Warren Group.

In Dover, home sales rose from four in May 2011 to seven in May 2012, according to the report. Year-to-date home sales reached 21 in May this year, a jump from 13 the same time last year.

Meanwhile, in Sherborn, six homes were sold in May 2012, as compared to three in May 2011. Twenty-three homes were sold year-to-date in May 2012, as compared to 13 as of May 2011.

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"The data shows a rise in home sales in the Dover-Sherborn area, which is consistent with the overall recovery that we’re seeing in the Metrowest [region]," said said Kyle Mann of . "In Dover-Sherborn, the sharp rise may also be underpinned as being recognized as the number one public high school in the state by Boston Magazine [in 2011]."

Overall, home sales in Massachusetts were up nearly 35 percent in May, the largest jump since June 2010, according to the Warren Group, which publishes Banker & Tradesman.

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Other local towns saw the following trends:

Canton:

  • Home sales: 14 in 2012, up from 12.
  • Year-to-date sales: 55 in 2012, up from 47.

Dedham:

  • Home sales: 24 in 2012, up from 15.
  • Year-to-date sales: 78 in 2012, up from 64.

Dover:

  • Home sales: 7 in 2012, up from 4.
  • Year-to-date sales: 21 in 2012, up from 13.

Easton:

  • Home sales: 10 in 2012, up from 6.
  • Year-to-date sales: 49 in 2012, up from 39.

Foxborough:

  • Home sales: 11 in 2012, down from 13.
  • Year-to-date sales: 45 in 2012, up from 42.

Mansfield:

  • Home sales: 11 in 2012, up from 7.
  • Year-to-date sales: 48 in 2012, up from 35.

Medfield:

  • Home sales: 19 in 2012, up from 10.
  • Year-to-date sales: 56 in 2012, up from 35.

Needham:

  • Home sales: 38 in 2012, down from 48.
  • Year-to-date sales: 119 in 2012, up from 124.

Norfolk:

  • Home sales: 6 in 2012, down from 9.
  • Year-to-date sales: 28 in 2012, up from 26.

Norton:

  • Home sales: 13 in 2012, up from 10.
  • Year-to-date sales: 46 in 2012, up from 33.

Norwood:

  • Home sales: 16 in 2012, up from 13.
  • Year-to-date sales: 61 in 2012, up from 49.

Plainville:

  • Home sales: 7 in 2012, up from 2.
  • Year-to-date sales: 24 in 2012, up from 15.

Sherborn:

  • Home sales: 6 in 2012, up from 3.
  • Year-to-date sales: 23 in 2012, up from 13.

Stoughton:

  • Home sales: 16 in 2012, up from 9.
  • Year-to-date sales: 63 in 2012, up from 53.

Walpole:

  • Home sales: 21 in 2012, up from 14.
  • Year-to-date sales: 73 in 2012, up from 48.

Westwood:

  • Home sales: 18 in 2012, up from 12 in 2011.
  • Year-to-date sales: 57 in 2012, up from 34.

Wrentham:

  • Home sales: 10 in 2012, up from 8.
  • Year-to-date sales: 39 in 2012, up from 25.


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