BOSTON (AP) — The number of single-family homes sold in Massachusetts last month shot up by more than 11 percent compared to June 2014, making it the best June in a decade, according to an organization that tracks the market.
The Boston-based Warren Group said Tuesday that median prices were also up by nearly 1.5 percent in June to $365,000.
CEO Timothy Warren Jr. said the 6,457 single-families homes sold last month were the most in a single month since August 2005.
The Waltham-based Massachusetts Association of Realtors reported a slightly more modest year-over-year sales increase of 9 percent, but a nearly 3 percent rise in median prices to $375,000.
The organization use slightly different numbers in their calculations.
Both groups reported a double-digit increase in condominium sales year over year.
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