West of Boston · 5 towns
Sell your home west of Boston.
Kealan Green is a listing agent with The Avenue at SERHANT. — serving five towns west of Boston: Newton, Cambridge, Somerville, Waltham, and Arlington. An estimated 4,390 homes change hands across the corridor each year, with median assessed values from $749K in Waltham to $1.29M in Newton as of mid-2026.
The West of Boston corridor
Know the corridor before you price the house.
- Towns in the corridor
- 5
- Est. residential sales per year
- 4,390
- Residential parcels
- 97,631
- Owners 15+ years
- 35%
- Long-tenure share across the corridor — the owners most often weighing a sale.
West of Boston by the numbers
An estimated 4,390 residential sales close in a typical year across the five West of Boston towns — Newton, Cambridge, Somerville, Waltham, and Arlington — based on public transaction records. Median assessed values range from $749K in Waltham to $1.29M in Newton as of mid-2026, across 97,631 residential parcels, and 35% of owners corridor-wide have held their property for 15 years or more.
The five inner-west towns are the most valuable — and most varied — corridor I cover. Newton's villages trade mostly in single-family homes; Cambridge and Somerville trade heavily in condominiums and multi-family buildings; Arlington and Waltham sit between the two, mixing two-families, capes, and colonials. The Massachusetts Turnpike, Route 2, and the Red and Green Lines tie the corridor to downtown Boston.
One caution on the numbers: town-wide medians in Cambridge and Somerville reflect a condominium-heavy sales mix, so they sit well below what single-family and multi-family properties in those cities actually trade for. Corridor statistics are a starting point — pricing your specific property means comparables on your street, not a regional average.
The towns
West of Boston
Newton
- Median assessed value
- $1.29M
- Est. sales / year
- 1,199
West of Boston
Guide comingCambridge
- Median assessed value
- $1.02M
- Est. sales / year
- 1,073
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Guide comingSomerville
- Median assessed value
- $963K
- Est. sales / year
- 776
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Waltham
- Median assessed value
- $749K
- Est. sales / year
- 675
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Guide comingArlington
- Median assessed value
- $986K
- Est. sales / year
- 667
Questions
Selling west of Boston, answered.
Which towns west of Boston do you cover?
Five: Newton, Cambridge, Somerville, Waltham, and Arlington. Newton is the corridor’s largest market, with an estimated 1,199 residential sales in a typical year. Detailed town guides are rolling out through summer 2026, starting with Newton.
How do home values compare across the west-of-Boston towns?
As of mid-2026, municipal assessment records put median residential values at $1.29M in Newton, $1.02M in Cambridge, $986K in Arlington, $963K in Somerville, and $749K in Waltham. Cambridge and Somerville medians reflect condominium-heavy sales mixes — single-family values in those cities run substantially higher.
What does it cost to sell a house west of Boston?
Commission is agreed in writing before anything is signed and paid at closing out of proceeds — no upfront cost. Massachusetts adds a deeds excise tax of about $4.56 per $1,000 of sale price, plus attorney fees and smoke-certificate compliance. I itemize every line in our first meeting.
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Selling west of Boston?
One conversation — your goals, your timeline, and what your home can do. No pressure, no pitch.
Prefer to talk? (774) 341-4540