Wellesley, MA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Wellesley: a median closing price of $2,150,000 across 203 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Wellesley, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Wellesley sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of September 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 203
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $2,150,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $668
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $1,365,000 and $3,050,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 203 closed sales in Wellesley over the last six months, with a median closing price of $2,150,000. 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 $1,365,000 and $3,050,000. 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. 81% of the Wellesley 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 203 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $585 and $765 per square foot.
Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Wellesley, MA (September 2026)
The median home price in Wellesley is $2,150,000, measured across the 203 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $1,365,000 and $3,050,000.
Where Wellesley sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Wellesley 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 $1,365,000 and $3,050,000. Among the 40 Massachusetts markets with a published band, Wellesley's middle-half spread ($1,365,000 to $3,050,000) ranks 37th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 86th percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 22 days, across 98 Wellesley closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 30 days, across 80 Wellesley closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Wellesley angle
Resideline tracked 203 closings in Wellesley over the last six months, with a median closed sale price of $2,150,000 and the middle half of those sales landing between $1,365,000 and $3,050,000. That range is wider than most markets we track, so the citywide median works as context rather than as a value for any particular home. The upper stretch of the band runs further from the median than the lower stretch does, which means estimates built above the midpoint move in bigger steps than estimates built below it. Price a Wellesley property from closed sales that genuinely resemble it, and treat the median as the sanity check you apply after the comp work, not before.
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 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 Wellesley address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Wellesley, MA
Geography: Census-designated place, not an incorporated municipality, Census place 2574210
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 203
Median sold price: $2,150,000
Median sold $/sqft: $668 (203 qualifying)
Property mix: 81% houses
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Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Wellesley over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Wellesley?
The median sold price in Wellesley over the last 6 months is $2,150,000, measured across 203 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Wellesley last month?
Resideline tracked 39 closed sales in Wellesley in August 2026, out of 203 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 Wellesley?
The middle half of Wellesley sales over the last six months closed between $1,365,000 and $3,050,000, with a median of $2,150,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Wellesley?
Among qualifying Wellesley closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $668, measured across 203 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
How much weight should the Wellesley median carry in a home valuation?
Less than the comps. The quartile band on this page is wider than most markets we track, so half of the tracked closings landed across a broad range and the midpoint describes the market rather than any single address. Build the number from closed sales matched to the property, then use the median to confirm the result sits in believable territory.