• Single Family: 122 Properties
• Multi Family: 5 Properties
• Land: 16 Properties

 Number of new Needham Real Estate listings in the last month:

• Single Family: 16 Properties
• Multi Family: 1 Property
• Land: 3 Properties

 Average list price for Real Estate in Needham over the last 6 months:

• Single Family: $1,243,450
• Multi Family: $709,333
• Land: $633,453

• Single Family: 69 Properties
• Multi Family: 0 Properties
• Land: 20 Properties 

Number of new Weston Real Estate listings in the last month:

• Single Family: 3 Properties
• Multi Family: 0 Properties
• Land: 0 Properties

 Average list price for Real Estate in Weston over the last 6 months:

• Single Family: $1,826,828
• Multi Family:
• Land: $981,167

• Single Family: 124 Properties
• Multi Family: 3 Properties
• Land: 3 Properties

Number of new Wellesley Real Estate listings in the last month:

• Single Family: 12 Properties
• Multi Family: 0 Properties
• Land: 1 Property

Average list price for Real Estate in Wellesley over the last 6 months:

• Single Family: $1,535,812
• Multi Family: $805,667
• Land: $889,500

Brookline Houses:
Total Listings: 81
Avg. Liv.Area SqFt: 4,544.21
Avg. List$: $2,522,360
Avg. List$/SqFt: $497
Avg. DOM: 167.10

Number of new Wellesley Real Estate listings in the last month:
Single Family: 22 Properties
Multi Family: 1 Property
Land: 1 Property

Average list price for Real Estate in Wellesley over the last 6 months:
Single Family: $1,494,446
Multi Family: $809,000
Land: $646,300

Number of properties currently on the market in Wellesley:
Single Family: 168 Properties
Multi Family: 3 Properties
Land: 7 Properties

Number of new Wellesley Real Estate listings in the last month:
Single Family: 43 Properties
Multi Family: 1 Property
Land: 1 Property

Average list price for Real Estate in Wellesley over the last 6 months:
Single Family: $1,482,534
Multi Family: $1,124,333
Land: $619,967

The median sales price for all existing home was $174,000, down 4.4% from last year. Approximately 29% of all sales in July were of distressed homes either from foreclosure sales, real estate owned by lenders, or short sales compared to 30% from last month and 32% from a year earlier.

First time buyers were responsible for 32% of sales, up 1% point since June with repeat buyers accounting for 50%, and 18% for investment properties.

Single-Family House Sales: Greater Boston

In June of this year, 212 single-family homes conveyed in Eastern Massachusetts (excluding the Cape and Islands and towns west of Worcester County) priced over $1 million and this was 9 fewer than the same month last year — a 4% decline. The market for million dollar homes is still in recovery, but it remains unclear if we will achieve the peak levels of a few years ago. (For comparative purposes, there were 174 million closings in June 2008 versus 212 this year.)

On a year-to-date basis for the year 2011, 16 more single-family homes have sold over $1 million than the same six months of 2010, for an increase of 2.7%. Last year, the market absorbed 602 million dollar homes between January and June; the comparable number in 2011 is 618 (and only 385 in 2009).

As sellers contemplate putting their luxury homes on the market this summer or for the fall market, they need to be aware of the imbalance between supply and demand (much more supply than demand) and the skittishness of potential buyers at the high end of the market.

The $2,000,000 to $2,999,999 price segment is also recovering, but it is a much more thinly-traded market than many sellers realize. Sales in this price band account for only 77 of 405 million dollar plus properties conveyed. This is just 12% of the entire million dollar market!

On a year-to-date basis, 7 more single-family homes have sold between $2,000,000 and $2,999,999 than the same six months of 2010, for an increase of 13%.

Single-Family House Sales: Statewide

While 80 towns are represented in the 664 closed sales over $1 million for the first six months of 2011, the data are skewed towards the more popular communities. The top 5 towns ( Newton , Wellesley , Brookline , Boston , and Lexington ) account for over 43% of the closed million dollar sales. As was true all year last year — with the exception of Barnstable on Cape Cod — there is a heavy concentration of sales in this price range in the towns with the closest proximity to the City of Boston.

Some other statistics for this market segment:

– The average price for a single-family sold over $1 million so far in 2011 is $1,656,218

– The average house in this price range had approximately 11 rooms and 5 bedrooms

– On average, these houses sold at 93.75% of their original listing price — underscoring yet again the importance of accurate pricing in today’s market. Listings priced too far over market value are not selling.

For the state as a whole, million dollar single-family sales in the first six months of 2011 exceeded the same period of last year by 5.4%. The top 10 towns for million dollar sales were up over 7% during the same period. With the exception of Weston , Lexington, Needham, and Cambridge, 6 of the top 10 towns were either flat or up.

Condominium Sales: Statewide

12 cities and towns are represented in the 208 closed sales for the first half of 2011, but Boston alone accounts for 77% of the closed million dollar condo sales.

Some other statistics for this market segment:

– The average price for a condo sold over $1 million in calendar 2011 was $1,833,154. (Interestingly, this is higher than the average sales price for a million-dollar single-family home in the same time period: $1,656,218.)

– The average condo in this price range had 6 rooms and approximately 3 bedrooms

– On average, these condos sold at 94.87% of their original listing price — underscoring yet again the importance of accurate pricing in today’s market. Condos priced over the market simply aren’t selling.

The comparison for the first six months of 2011 versus 2010 is somewhat deceptive because of sales at 400 Stuart Street (The Clarendon). In the first 6 months of 2010, in the first wave of occupancy, 23 units closed at the building versus 16 in the same period of 2011.