343 Closings, $425M: Newton Led Greater Boston's Sold Week — and the Assessor Gap Got Weird

343 suburban closings ($425M, median $1.08M) show a thinning but firm market: volume down 39% week-over-week while median price flat. Newton led with 14 sales ($26.75M). Assessor gaps flag location premiums (Malden +95%, Framingham +93%) while Methuen/Bellingham delivered sub-$250/sqft on large homes. Average DOM: 3.7 days; 37 zero-DOM closings.

Buyers deciding whether June's slower closings mean negotiating power, sellers in Newton/Lexington/Hopkinton pricing off comps, and anyone using assessor values as a shortcut (they are not).

• •343 closings, $425M volume, $1.08M median — unchanged from prior week despite 39% fewer sales
• •Newton: 14 sales, $26.75M volume, $1.81M median, ~$635/sqft — week's transaction leader
• •Malden 28 Garden St: $860K on 1,624 sqft = 95% above assessor; Framingham Janebar Cir: 93% above
• •Value outliers: Methuen 34 Venice Rd — 4,091 sqft at $200/sqft; Bellingham 22 Pine Warbler — 4,888 sqft at $203/sqft
• •Wayland 95 Woodridge Rd closed 29% below assessment — rare under-assessor win in the same scrape