Lowell Deeds

This morning’s Boston Globe has an excellent article about the housing crisis in Massachusetts. The Globe states that “sales of single-family homes plunged 17.1% in October”. Accompanying the article is a chart showing a county by county breakdown of the decreases…I have listed the chart below.

County……..Oct 2006……..Oct 2007……..Percentage Change
Bershire……$166,150……..$179,375………. 8%
Franklin……$178,750…….$180,570………. 1%
Hampden….$171,900…….$172,600……….. 0.4%
Essex……….$350,000…….$349,000………. -0.3%
Norfolk…….$378,500…….$369,000…….. -2.5%
Middlesex…$385,000…….$368,000…….. -4.4%
Barnstable..$360,000…….$340,000…….. -5.6%
Hampshire..$236,250…….$221,000…….. -6.5%
Worcester…$250,000……$230,000…….. -8.0%
Bristol……..$285,000…….$256,000…….. -10.2%
Plymouth…$310,000…….$275,000……. -11.3%
Sufflok……..$325,950…….$279,000……. -14.4%
Nantucket..$1,523,750….$1,300,000……. -14.7%
Dukes………$695,000…..$545,250……….. -21.5%