Closed sales, September 2025 – August 2026
The Holbrook market.
Every figure below comes from closed MLS sales rather than an online estimate. They describe Holbrook as a whole, not your particular house.
164
Homes sold
Closed sales over the twelve months.
$700,000
Median sale price
Half sold for more, half for less.
17
Days to contract
From the day a home was listed to the day it went into contract.
The year in two parts
From September through February, 77 Holbrook homes sold at a median of $690,000, taking a median 20 days to reach contract. From March through August, 87 sold at a median of $715,000, in 16 days.
Both halves were relatively quick, with the March-through-August group reaching contract four days faster. Because the two halves contain different homes, I wouldn't attribute the difference to seasonality alone.
Holbrook sellers beat their asking price by more than anywhere else
The typical Holbrook home was listed at $672,000 and closed at $700,000. Taken seller by seller the margin is wider still: the median Holbrook seller got $35,500 more than they asked for, about 5%. That's the largest premium over asking price in any town in this data, measured in dollars or as a percentage.
126 of the 164 sellers got their full asking price or better. Those homes went into contract in a median of 14 days.
The 38 who had to reduce took 48 days and finished about 3% under the number they opened with. A month and a half of showings to land below where they started.
The higher the price, the faster it moves
| Sale price | Homes sold | Days to contract | Got full asking price |
|---|
| Under $600,000 | 22 | 21 | 2 in 4 |
| $600,000 – $700,000 | 56 | 20 | 4 in 5 |
| $700,000 – $800,000 | 55 | 17 | 3 in 4 |
| Over $800,000 | 31 | 11 | 9 in 10 |
Look at the bottom row. Homes over $800,000 went into contract in eleven days and nine in ten got the full asking price. Nothing in Holbrook is slow, but that end of the market is in a different gear.
The under-$600,000 band is the one place in town where the pattern breaks. Those homes closed right at their asking price rather than above it, and exactly half of them got their number, while every bracket above beat its asking price. If your home sits at the lower end of this market the price has to be right the first time, because you don't have the cushion the rest of the town has. Every home is different, but that's the shape of it.
Search-price thresholds still matter
Buyers often set maximum search prices at round numbers, so a home just above one can miss buyers who would otherwise consider it. In this Holbrook data, 169 of 273 listings were positioned just under a round number.
That's useful when choosing among reasonable asking prices, but it doesn't replace valuation. Holbrook's own numbers show the much larger issue: homes that needed a price reduction took 48 days to reach contract instead of 14.
The listings that never sold
Thirty Holbrook listings ended the year unsold, withdrawn from the market and never put back on it. That's roughly one in six of everything listed here.
Their median asking price was $699,450. Sellers who succeeded opened at a median of $672,000 and closed at $700,000. So the failed listings began at a number the winners only reached at the finish, in one of the fastest markets in the area.
Four out of five of them never reduced their price at all.
In a town this quick, a listing that sits is telling you something early and clearly. Holbrook doesn't leave much room for a slow start.
I once showed a Holbrook house advertised as freshly painted. It was — including two bedrooms painted high-gloss black. It was a good reminder that not every improvement helps a sale. If you're spending money specifically to prepare for the market, broad buyer appeal matters more than personal taste.
Price isn't the only reason a listing can fail; condition, presentation, access and marketing matter too. Every one of my listings comes with a written cancellation guarantee, explained before you sign anything.
What the market looks like right now
21 Holbrook homes are on the market right now, at a median asking price of $700,000 — the same figure homes have actually been closing at. Sellers here are pricing honestly and realistically in general, which is unusual and worth saying.
Just 2 of the 21 have gone past 90 days on the market with no contract. At that point I'd review the whole listing strategy rather than assume more time alone will solve it.
A further 31 are already under contract, comfortably more than the number available to buy. Buyers outnumber houses, sellers are asking sensible numbers, and the result is a market where a well-priced home should be in contract in around two weeks. There's very little margin here for an experimental list price.
None of this tells you what your own house is worth. I can give you a price range from the sales without seeing it, but a firm number means walking through the house and comparing it against the homes a buyer would genuinely weigh it against.
Source: OneKey MLS, September 2025 through August 2026; homes for sale, in contract, and off the market as of early September 2026. These figures describe Holbrook as a whole and are not an estimate of any individual property's value.
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