Needham, MA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Needham, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Needham sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of October 2026.

The snapshot

• •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 210
• •Median sold price, last 6 months: $1,601,500
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $549
• •Middle half of sales closed between: $1,220,000 and $2,220,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 210 closed sales in Needham over the last six months, with a median closing price of $1,601,500. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $1,220,000 and $2,220,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 80% of the Needham closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 208 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $473 and $634 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Needham, MA (October 2026)

The median home price in Needham is $1,601,500, measured across the 210 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $1,220,000 and $2,220,000.

Where Needham sale prices land

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Needham over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $1,220,000 and $2,220,000. Among the 41 Massachusetts markets with a published band, Needham's middle-half spread ($1,220,000 to $2,220,000) ranks 31st from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

How long a sale takes here

• •Listed to under contract: a median of 19 days, across 108 Needham closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
• •Contract to closing: a median of 36 days, across 94 Needham closings Resideline tracked in the last six months

The Needham angle

The limiting factor in Needham is sample size rather than spread. Ordinary variation with few observations is a combination that rewards patience. Practically, that means resisting the urge to filter until nothing is left. Start with property type, then relax one criterion at a time and record which one, so the result can be defended later. Any single closing carries more weight here than it would in a deeper market, so look twice at a comp sitting far from the rest before keeping it. Treat $1,601,500 as indicative context rather than a fallback answer, and note that the ground above the midpoint covers more than the ground below it when your subject sits in the upper portion.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Needham address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

Cite this

Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:

Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Needham, MA
Geography: Census-designated place, not an incorporated municipality, Census place 2544140
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 210
Median sold price: $1,601,500
Median sold $/sqft: $549 (208 qualifying)
Property mix: 80% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Needham over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.