"The median sale price of single-family homes in Franklin, MA hit a record high of $727,000 in 2024. In the last 4 years, the median sale price of Franklin single-family homes has surged 44%, a value gain that was completely unforeseen by real estate experts at the start of the COVID pandemic in 2020.The gain is all the more impressive given the sharp rise in mortgage interest rates that began in 2022. The current 30-year fixed-rate mortgage stands at an average of nearly 7%, more than double the 3% rate average last seen in January of 2022."
Providing accurate and timely information about what matters in Franklin, MA since 2007. * Working in collaboration with Franklin TV and Radio (wfpr.fm) since October 2019 *
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Franklin home prices surge during 2024
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Boston Globe: "Median home sale prices have risen across Mass. since 2018"
"It’s no secret that home prices have soared to new heights in Greater Boston. But most of the towns in Massachusetts that have seen the fastest rise in home prices in recent years aren’t actually inside Route 128.Town-by-town median home sale price data provided by The Warren Group, a real estate information firm, offer a bird’s eye view of recent trends. The data show that in the past five years, prices have risen the most in towns outside Greater Boston.Just west of Worcester, Spencer saw its median home sale price go from $225,000 in 2018 to $407,500 in 2023 — an 81 percent increase. The median price in nearby Charlton went from $284,900 to $499,950 over the same time period, up about 75 percent. The dataset includes only towns where there have been 25 or more transactions in 2023."
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Boston Globe: "Median home sale prices have risen across Mass. since 2018" |
Monday, May 22, 2023
Ted Cormier-Leger, Realtor, Achieves National Association Of Realtor’s At Home With Diversity® Certification
Sunday, April 2, 2023
Franklin TV: Home $weet Home! The real real – on home ownership
Friday, January 6, 2023
Real Estate Inventory Statistic centers my conversation on Housing with Ted Cormier-Leger (audio)
FM #912 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 912 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares the audio recording of my conversation with Ted Cormier-Leger. We met in the Franklin TV Studio on Wednesday, Dec 21, 2022.
Ted is a realtor here in Franklin as well as a Town Councilor. Our discussion uses a key real estate statistic he shared with me as a starting point for our conversation on housing in Franklin.
The recording of our conversation on housing runs about 40 minutes. Let’s listen to my conversation with Ted. Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-912-real-estate-inventory-statistic-shock-12-21-23
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Ted’s realtor page on Facebook -> https://www.facebook.com/TCLRealtyMass/
Ted’s LinkedIn profile page -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/ted-cormier-leger-211aa351/
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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.
This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.
How can you help?
If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors
If you don't like something here, please let me know
Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.
For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/ or www.franklin.news/
If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com
The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.
I hope you enjoy!
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Monday, December 12, 2022
Register O'Donnell Reports on November 2022 Real Estate Activity in Norfolk County
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Reminder: Home Selling (and Buying) Seminar with Industry Experts - Apr 14
Come hear from local experts, and gain insight as well as useful tips, on how to sell your home (or buy a home) in the current market.
Enjoy a light dinner and some incredible beer, while learning about Selling (and Buying) a home in the current real estate market.
Local Experts to include:
- Ted Cormier- Leger, Realtor with Suburban Lifestyle Real Estate in Franklin, MA
- Bob Melone, Loan Officer with Radius Financial Group
- Stacy Norrell, Real Estate Attorney with Sharaf & Maloney, PC
Date and time
Location
67 Degrees Brewing
158 Grove Street
Franklin, MA 02038
To register (free) -> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/home-selling-and-buying-seminar-with-industry-experts-registration-308895563947
Home Selling (and Buying) Seminar with Industry Experts - Apr 14 |
Friday, April 1, 2022
Home Selling (and Buying) Seminar with Industry Experts - Apr 14
Come hear from local experts, and gain insight as well as useful tips, on how to sell your home (or buy a home) in the current market.
Enjoy a light dinner and some incredible beer, while learning about Selling (and Buying) a home in the current real estate market.
Local Experts to include:
- Ted Cormier- Leger, Realtor with Suburban Lifestyle Real Estate in Franklin, MA
- Bob Melone, Loan Officer with Radius Financial Group
- Stacy Norrell, Real Estate Attorney with Sharaf & Maloney, PC
Date and time
Location
67 Degrees Brewing
158 Grove Street
Franklin, MA 02038
To register (free) -> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/home-selling-and-buying-seminar-with-industry-experts-registration-308895563947
Home Selling (and Buying) Seminar with Industry Experts - Apr 14 |
Saturday, January 8, 2022
02038.com: "Million dollar homes shock no more in Franklin, MA"
"Highest home sale in 2021
The highest price paid for a single-family home in Franklin during 2021 was $1,677,900. While decidedly small potatoes in many of the affluent communities throughout Greater Boston, it was the highest price ever paid for a home in Franklin listed on MLS-PIN.
Before 2021, Franklin’s record-high sale price on MLS-PIN was $1,577,000, which was set in 2020.
Franklin’s sale price record broken five times in 2021
What’s most noteworthy about 2021’s housing market in Franklin is that the town’s record-high sale price set in 2020 was surpassed FIVE times just one year later in 2021!"
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The number of single-family home sales in Franklin recorded on MLS-PIN during 2021 was significantly higher than the previous year’s total |
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Talk Franklin - Thanksgiving and that extra piece of pie (audio)
FM #665 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 665 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares my "Talk Franklin" conversation with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen and Marketing Communication Specialist Lily Rivera. We had our conversation in person in Jamie’s office in the Franklin Municipal Building.
We talk about:
Thanksgiving, time for recap, time for thanks
Council recap
Council look ahead – tax rate hearing
Links to the key references are included in the show notes. The recording runs about 37 minutes, so let’s listen to my conversation with Jamie and Lily.
*** Audio file -> https://player.captivate.fm/episode/68a3f469-8ed6-4806-a87d-8b4f679698b8
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Town Council Agenda 11/17/21 document ->
My notes from the meeting 11/17/21 ->
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/11/recap-town-council-hears-about-waiting.html
Agenda for the Dec 1, 2021 Town Council meeting is not yet available. It will be shared as soon as it is.
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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.
This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.
How can you help?
If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors
If you don't like something here, please let me know
Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.
For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/ or www.franklin.news/
If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com
The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.
I hope you enjoy!
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You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"
Monday, September 28, 2020
Warren Reynolds: "Demand Far Outstrips Supply In Franklin, MA Real Estate"
Continue reading Warren's article, to view the charts he mentions in the video"Looking at the year-to-date home sales figures for Franklin, MA as of mid-September, you’d be justified in thinking that the local real estate market is having a very bad year.Single family home sales in Franklin, Massachusetts have fallen off a cliff so far in 2020. Sales volume is down 24% compared to 2019. The number of homes sold year-to-date is just about at the lows of the 2009 – 2011 Great Recession."
Saturday, May 4, 2013
"a foretaste of things to come"
Realtor Warren Reynolds writes:
Demographic trends are very powerful forces in the social and economic development of any society. In every decade of the latter half of the 20th Century, the US experienced the profound influence of the Baby Boom generation (both for the good and the bad). Now we may stand poised to benefit in coming decades from the economic and social vitality about to be unleashed by the Millennial Generation as they come of economic age. There are many reasons for optimism about our futures!Read more about the increase in housing prices and why this is a good thing
Why housing may stay on the rise
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
"Foreclosure deeds statewide dropped"
Franklin real estate agent Andrew Bissanti said the declining statistics are also a result of banks offering more short-sale opportunities.
Bissanti said declining foreclosure activity may also help the overall real estate market.
"A lot of people are waiting for things to get worse," he said. "Maybe if they start seeing things get better, they’ll get out there and be more active in the market."
Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x726713880/Foreclosure-activity-falls-in-July#ixzz26oO9b1vS
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Franklin Area Blogs: real estate
Warren Reynolds writes at 02038.com. Warren is a Franklin resident and a realtor for Century 21.
Kathy Stankard writes at Franklin Massachusetts Homes Kathy is a Franklin resident and a realtor for Re/Max.
The most recent updates from both blogs can be in the Franklin Area Blog section along the far right column here on Franklin Matters.
Click on over there to find out what is happening in the Franklin real estate world and let them know you found out about them here.
Enjoy!
Franklin, MA
Monday, May 17, 2010
Franklin MA Holds Steady

While the town of Franklin, Massachusetts has not escaped financial struggles just like most metro west of Boston towns, it appears to have really held its own on the housing front. Homes in Franklin have only marginally lost value during this recession compared to other surrounding towns and informed buyers still seem to choose Franklin over other towns due to a variety of reasons. Most cite the easy commute to highways including Routes 495, 95 and the Mass. Pike. Others focus on the strong school system or the commuter rail service with two Franklin stops. Many agree that the lower property taxes and a wealth of services were contributing factors in their decision.
A 9 month review of five area towns from the Multiple Listing Service reveals the following data:
Community | Within 2% of SP | Avg SP | # Homes |
Franklin | 98% | $403,410 | 180 |
Wrentham | 96% | $413,992 | 65 |
Bellingham | 97% | $279,942 | 109 |
Milford | 96% | $272,015 | 117 |
Medway | 96% | $362,435 | 88 |
Note: SP is "Selling Price"
This data is all very interesting and although someone would expect that the lower priced towns would attract more buyers, it is clear that the town and what it has to offer make all the difference. Franklin posted higher priced average sales over the past 9 months but had 180 homes sold!
Franklin, MA remains a great value and presently homes are selling rather quickly with at least 3 homes over the past few weeks selling during their first day on the market. If you have questions about the local real estate market, please feel free to email or call me at 508-369-5131. For more resources and information, check out my website.
Authored by: Kathy Stankard, of The Kelly & Colombo Group at RE/MAX Executive Realty.