Newton, MA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Newton: a median closing price of $1,565,000 across 478 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
Newton produces a steady stream of closings but little consensus: sales over the last six months span a range wide enough that the median is a midpoint between different markets, not a going rate. The distribution below matters more than the headline.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 478
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $1,565,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $598
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $1,050,000 and $2,200,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 478 closed sales in Newton over the last six months, with a median closing price of $1,565,000. 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 $1,050,000 and $2,200,000. 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. Across the 477 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $521 and $698 per square foot.
Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Newton, MA (August 2026)
The median home price in Newton is $1,565,000, measured across the 478 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $1,050,000 and $2,200,000.
Where Newton sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Newton over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $1,050,000 and $2,200,000. 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 20 days, across 189 Newton closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 31 days, across 213 Newton closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Newton angle
That pairing has a clear implication. The citywide $1,565,000 is a weak anchor for any one address, and you have enough data not to need it as one. So spend the depth. Filter on property type, then living area, then condition, and let the surviving closings carry the estimate. In a market this varied, the difference between a good valuation and a poor one is almost entirely in how closely the comps resemble the subject. Check the finished set against the shape of the band as well: more ground lies above $1,565,000 than below it, so comps drawn from the lower portion understate an upper-portion property, and the shortfall widens as you move up.
From market read to offer price
A spread this wide means the citywide number cannot price a specific address; the step that matters is the property-level read. 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 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. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 11,465+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Newton 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: Newton, MA
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 478
Median sold price: $1,565,000
Median sold $/sqft: $598 (477 qualifying)
https://resideline.com/blog/newton-ma-housing-market
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 Newton over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Newton?
The median sold price in Newton over the last 6 months is $1,565,000, measured across 478 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Newton last month?
Resideline tracked 101 closed sales in Newton in July 2026, out of 478 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Newton?
The middle half of Newton sales over the last six months closed between $1,050,000 and $2,200,000, with a median of $1,565,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Newton?
Among qualifying Newton closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $598, measured across 477 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
How much does the citywide median actually tell me about a Newton property?
Less than in most markets. The middle half of closings runs from $1,050,000 to $2,200,000, wider than most markets we track, so $1,565,000 sits inside a range containing very different homes. Its useful role is as a plausibility check on a finished estimate. Then check that those comps sit on the subject's side of the midpoint.
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