Weston real estate market remained healthy in 2025

This chart shows prices of Weston homes sold with a mortgage and each purchase’s respective down payment. (Chris Larabee/Weston Observer)

Looking to get your foot in the door in Weston? The average home purchase price of $1.5 million may be steep compared to neighboring communities, but plenty of families were willing to make the investment last year.

The 2025 data, provided by the Warren Group and analyzed by the Observer, as well as interviews with longtime realtors, show a competitive housing market for successful families looking to take their next step. While homes may be expensive for first-time homeowners, Weston has many options to offer prospective buyers beyond the luxury houses that make headlines around the state.

“I think the luxury houses get a lot of press, but I don’t think that is the bulk of our houses,” said Denise Mosher, a Coldwell Banker real estate agent who has practiced for 23 years. “We have a nice mix of entry-price-point homes, move-ups and, obviously, the luxury homes.”

“A lot of [luxury housing coverage] is blown out of proportion,” said Diana Chaplin of Chaplin Partners, a real estate agent for more than 30 years.

The median price, or middle value, of a Weston home sold in 2025 was $2.3 million, with the average single-family home selling for just below $1.5 million. The average condominium was sold for about $810,015. The stark difference in the average and median prices is indicative of a housing stock containing numerous homes in the $1 million to $2 million range selling alongside multimillion-dollar homes.

In total, 167 homes sold in Weston in 2025, 15 of them for more than $5 million. The most expensive home sold was a $14.3 million property on Winsor Way.

The driver of Weston’s real estate market and housing supply, Chaplin said, is that while there are few starter homes in this community, there are plenty of opportunities to move here, especially for folks in the immediate region. The Warren Group’s data shows numerous buyers coming from neighboring communities and towns in Middlesex County.

“This is a move-up community,” Chaplin said. “The reality is today you are more likely to buy your starter home in another town.”

While cash wasn’t entirely king in Weston’s real estate market, it helped secure some of the town’s most expensive properties, according to the data. Nearly 40% – 67 homes and condominiums – were purchased with cash, including nine homes which each sold for more than $5 million.

If they weren’t buying it outright, most homebuyers put down a lot of cash for their purchase, with the average down payment around $886,875. The average mortgage on a Weston home in 2025 was $1,768,078, while the median was $962,500.

Mosher said she personally saw more people purchase homes with cash, which is in line with general trends.

“I think real estate has and always will be a very good investment, particularly in Weston,” Mosher said. “Pre-COVID, it was very normal to see a 70%, 80% mortgage, but now I think when people are buying, waiving that financing condition or paying cash gives that buyer a competitive advantage versus somebody who’s getting a mortgage.”

Mosher and Chaplin said the influx of cash isn’t entirely surprising. Chaplin added the “stock market is at unprecedented highs” so “people have a lot of money right now,” and both real estate agents said cash can come from international buyers, assistance from family or other sources.

“There’s all sorts of reasons people buy with cash,” Chaplin said.

Additional data provided by Mosher indicated that homes were spending a little more time on the market, with the average number of days between their listing and an offer going from 43 in 2024 to 53 in 2025. She added that this number is still lower than pre-pandemic times, but it shows a return to normalcy after booms in 2020 and 2021.

“It’s going up slightly, but it’s still below the 60-to-90 days we would have seen in previous times … The bottom line is that Weston is a really great housing market,” she said. “The things that we have going for us are our excellent school system … our really great rural character and that small-town feel, and it’s only a 15-minute drive into Boston.”

Chaplin and Mosher expect Weston’s real estate market to remain active through 2026.

“Weston presently has top schools in a coveted small system, and an amazing proximity to anywhere you want to go,” Chaplin said. “We get to live with families that have succeeded and want to move here, and we imagine they want to bring good things to our community. I’m hopeful and optimistic about Weston.”