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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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