Why this data, and why now.
If you are thinking about selling in the next six to twelve months, you have already heard the noise. Interest rates. Election year. Bidding wars are back, bidding wars are dead, the market is crashing, the market has never been stronger. Every one of those headlines is written for the whole country.
None of them are written for Andover, or Haverhill, or Newburyport. That is what this post is for.
Every number on this page comes from one source: the MLS Property Information Network's Five-Year Area Market Review, pulled directly from Pinergy for each town on August 17, 2026, configured 2021 through 2025, single family only. No Zillow guesses. No national data feeds. No third-party summaries. This is the same data your listing agent should be pulling before pricing your home.
This is not a listing pitch. It is a briefing. Read it, then talk to a real agent.
Five year median sale price. All six towns.
Median single family sale prices, full calendar year, from MLS PIN's Five-Year Area Market Review.
| Town | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 5-Yr Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andover | $840,000 | $927,000 | $1,001,000 | $1,018,750 | $1,073,000 | +27.7% |
| North Andover | $754,450 | $895,000 | $851,500 | $900,000 | $912,500 | +20.9% |
| Methuen | $475,000 | $517,500 | $540,000 | $590,500 | $615,000 | +29.5% |
| Haverhill | $460,000 | $500,000 | $525,000 | $560,000 | $600,000 | +30.4% |
| Amesbury | $525,000 | $580,000 | $677,500 | $672,500 | $725,000 | +38.1% |
| Newburyport | $850,000 | $950,000 | $950,000 | $1,100,000 | $1,190,000 | +40.0% |
What jumps out. Newburyport and Amesbury lead the five-year appreciation ranking. Both cleared 38 percent gains in median sale price. Haverhill and Methuen come next at roughly 30 percent, a story of real dollars flowing into downtown Haverhill, District Square, and the New Hampshire border corridor. Andover and North Andover appreciated more slowly in percentage terms because they started at higher price points, but a 28 percent gain on an $840,000 home still meant a real dollar move north of $230,000 for the average Andover owner who bought in 2021.
Days on market. The single most useful number.
Price tells you where the market is. Days on market tells you how the market is behaving. Below are 2025 medians and averages from MLS PIN, single family homes only.
| Town | 2025 Median DOM | 2025 Avg DOM | Sale-to-List % | Homes Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andover | 19 days | 35 days | 102.3% | 288 |
| North Andover | 20 days | 27 days | 102.6% | 196 |
| Methuen | 20 days | 29 days | 101.6% | 315 |
| Haverhill | 21 days | 30 days | 101.6% | 354 |
| Amesbury | 20 days | 35 days | 100.1% | 125 |
| Newburyport | 23 days | 45 days | 99.0% | 141 |
What sellers should notice. Median days on market is tightly clustered — 19 to 23 days across all six towns. The gap opens up in the average DOM, where Andover, Amesbury, and Newburyport pull higher because one or two long-sitting luxury listings drag the number up. Median is the truer number for a typical seller. Sale-to-list ratio is still above 100 percent in five of the six towns, and Newburyport's 99 percent means the average seller there is only leaving 1 percent on the table.
Town by town, honestly.
The premium market, softening on the edges.
| Year | Median Sale | Avg Sale | Sold | Med DOM | Avg DOM | Sale-to-List | $/sqft (median) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $840,000 | $909,186 | 351 | 17 | 28 | 105.0% | $321 |
| 2022 | $927,000 | $1,035,288 | 307 | 17 | 24 | 105.1% | $361 |
| 2023 | $1,001,000 | $1,086,782 | 229 | 18 | 31 | 103.1% | $350 |
| 2024 | $1,018,750 | $1,106,635 | 276 | 19 | 30 | 103.2% | $381 |
| 2025 | $1,073,000 | $1,247,195 | 288 | 19 | 35 | 102.3% | $393 |
Seller reality check. Andover is still a seller's market, but not the one from 2022. Sale-to-list has dropped from 105 percent in 2021 to 102.3 percent in 2025. Average days on market has climbed from 28 to 35. Overpricing costs real money now. A move in ready home in the right neighborhood is still a bidding war. A dated home priced at neighborhood median sits into week four.
Read the full Andover market report →Andover value, fifteen percent off.
| Year | Median Sale | Avg Sale | Sold | Med DOM | Avg DOM | Sale-to-List | $/sqft (median) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $754,450 | $797,217 | 284 | 17 | 27 | 106.6% | $300 |
| 2022 | $895,000 | $911,938 | 221 | 19 | 23 | 104.7% | $325 |
| 2023 | $851,500 | $894,753 | 176 | 17 | 25 | 103.3% | $321 |
| 2024 | $900,000 | $960,412 | 178 | 20 | 27 | 102.9% | $343 |
| 2025 | $912,500 | $965,737 | 196 | 20 | 27 | 102.6% | $356 |
Seller reality check. North Andover was the slowest appreciator of the six towns at 21 percent over five years, but the market itself is healthier than the raw appreciation number suggests. Sale-to-list at 102.6 percent is actually the strongest of the group in 2025. The buyers who lose Andover bidding wars land here. Alternate options available to buyers keep pricing honest, but well prepared homes still command over asking.
Read the full North Andover market report →The steady grower.
| Year | Median Sale | Avg Sale | Sold | Med DOM | Avg DOM | Sale-to-List | $/sqft (median) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $475,000 | $493,784 | 451 | 17 | 20 | 105.1% | $273 |
| 2022 | $517,500 | $539,926 | 386 | 19 | 25 | 103.1% | $288 |
| 2023 | $540,000 | $564,070 | 291 | 19 | 26 | 103.6% | $305 |
| 2024 | $590,500 | $602,875 | 312 | 20 | 26 | 102.4% | $320 |
| 2025 | $615,000 | $630,886 | 315 | 20 | 29 | 101.6% | $327 |
Seller reality check. Methuen was one of the highest volume towns of the six in 2025 with 315 closed sales, right behind Haverhill. Buyers here are more price sensitive than Andover or Newburyport buyers. Presentation, honest pricing, and a first weekend open house strategy still produce multiple offers inside two weeks.
Read the full Methuen market report →The five year comeback story.
| Year | Median Sale | Avg Sale | Sold | Med DOM | Avg DOM | Sale-to-List | $/sqft (median) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $460,000 | $485,071 | 481 | 18 | 22 | 105.1% | $262 |
| 2022 | $500,000 | $525,666 | 376 | 19 | 23 | 102.9% | $288 |
| 2023 | $525,000 | $551,174 | 283 | 18 | 26 | 103.1% | $299 |
| 2024 | $560,000 | $588,969 | 300 | 18 | 23 | 102.8% | $313 |
| 2025 | $600,000 | $615,169 | 354 | 21 | 30 | 101.6% | $329 |
Seller reality check. Haverhill's five year gain of 30 percent reflects real dollars flowing into downtown revitalization, District Square, and the two MBTA commuter rail stations. Volume went from 481 sales in 2021 down to 283 in 2023, then climbed back to 354 in 2025. The buyer pool has broadened. It is no longer just first time buyers priced out of Andover. It now includes Boston move outs, remote workers, and second time buyers looking for space and character.
Read the full Haverhill market report →The quiet climber.
| Year | Median Sale | Avg Sale | Sold | Med DOM | Avg DOM | Sale-to-List | $/sqft (median) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $525,000 | $569,241 | 143 | 20 | 23 | 105.2% | $299 |
| 2022 | $580,000 | $633,918 | 133 | 20 | 24 | 105.0% | $331 |
| 2023 | $677,500 | $688,942 | 109 | 19 | 27 | 103.0% | $328 |
| 2024 | $672,500 | $728,388 | 130 | 19 | 32 | 102.1% | $368 |
| 2025 | $725,000 | $753,768 | 125 | 20 | 35 | 100.1% | $377 |
Seller reality check. Amesbury is the town most likely to be underpriced by an out of area agent. Five year gain of 38.1 percent is second only to Newburyport. Sale-to-list sat right at 100 percent in 2025, meaning the median seller got exactly their list price. Ask for real recent comparable sales, not last year's median.
Read the full Amesbury market report →The highest priced. The strongest gainer.
| Year | Median Sale | Avg Sale | Sold | Med DOM | Avg DOM | Sale-to-List | $/sqft (median) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $850,000 | $941,914 | 185 | 20 | 30 | 100.6% | $447 |
| 2022 | $950,000 | $1,077,707 | 156 | 20 | 29 | 100.9% | $454 |
| 2023 | $950,000 | $1,113,346 | 125 | 18 | 31 | 100.5% | $513 |
| 2024 | $1,100,000 | $1,234,212 | 131 | 21 | 40 | 100.0% | $538 |
| 2025 | $1,190,000 | $1,325,883 | 141 | 23 | 45 | 99.0% | $550 |
Seller reality check. Newburyport is not a market where you overprice and drop later. It is the only town of the six where the average seller in 2025 did not get their list price. Average days on market climbed from 30 in 2021 to 45 in 2025 as inventory deepened. Buyers here watch, and they are patient. Thoughtful pricing, strong presentation, and a clear story about what a home offers still get top of market outcomes.
Read the full Newburyport market report →What the five year story actually means for a seller.
Look back at the median sale price table. Every single town is up. Every single one. Some more than others, none by a small amount.
That is the honest thing no headline is telling you right now. This group of six towns has been in a five-year climb, and even the flatter months of 2023 and 2024 did not undo the gains from 2021 and 2022. MLS PIN's own data shows it, town by town, year by year.
What has changed is buyer psychology. In 2022 buyers signed a purchase and sale on a home they had never physically walked, and average sale-to-list ratios sat above 106 percent across the group. In 2025 those same ratios settled between 99 and 103 percent. Buyers walk homes twice, ask for repairs after inspection, and want the septic report before they write. That is a healthier market. It rewards sellers who prepare and price honestly, and it is patient with sellers who do not.
Five things to take from this data.
- You are not late. Five straight years of appreciation across all six towns. Sitting out a season to wait for a better market has cost recent sellers real money.
- Presentation and preparation are the highest ROI decisions you will make. Not pricing. Not timing. What buyers see in the first ten photos determines the first ten days.
- Days on market matters more than it did in 2022. Sitting past day 21 in any of these towns has a measurable cost in final sale price. Alternate options available to buyers are watching.
- The right town for you is not always the town with the highest median. Amesbury and Haverhill are appreciating faster than Andover. If you own there, you are winning the game most sellers do not know they are playing.
- Feel good about your home's sale price. A real briefing with a local agent will show you what your specific home is worth right now, not what a national data feed guesses.
How LSG runs a listing in these six towns.
We are Lisa Sevajian Group, a team at eXp Realty. Nearly 2,000 closings across the Merrimack Valley and coast. Top 1.5 percent of over 1,400,000 Realtors nationwide. Ninety five percent of our business is repeat and referral clients, and we work all six of these towns weekly.
Our seller process is built on three plain ideas. We show up with data, not opinions. We prepare the home before we launch it. We tell the truth about pricing, even when it is not the answer you were hoping for.
You can read the full seller playbook on the sellers page, watch how we market a listing on our media page, or see who our trusted local vendors are on the vendor list. When you are ready, call or text 978-457-3406 and we will run your numbers.