Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The Plymouth real estate market last month yielded a modest number of sales while prices remained high.
The May numbers are the latest in an extended low-inventory cycle partly caused by existing homeowners’ reluctance to part with historically low fixed-rate mortgages, as well as general jitters about the economy. Just 86 sales were completed – one fewer than in April – with a median price of $672,000, up sharply from the previous month’s $635,201, according to Boston real estate tracking firm The Warren Group. Eleven homes sold for $1 million or more.
The Plymouth stats are not outliers. According to The Warren Group, May’s median sale price statewide was $665,000. And as in Plymouth, sales remain static. There were 3,990 single-family homes sold in Massachusetts last month, a 0.5% year-over-year decrease.
“Sales are modestly below 2025 levels year-to-date, but the stability in pricing suggests demand remains resilient even as buyers navigate affordability constraints,” said Cassidy Norton, associate publisher for The Warren Group.
Across the state, condominiums were up – 2,037 condos exchanged hands in May, compared with 1,946 during the same month in 2025, a 4.7 percent increase. The median condo sale price was up 3.6 percent year-over-year, to $570,000.
Nationally, any hope of an interest rate cut evaporated Wednesday when newly named Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh delivered his first public comments on the economy following a two-day Fed meeting. Regulators kept the key benchmark rate – what banks pay to borrow money from each other – unchanged for the fourth consecutive month. But in unusually brief remarks, Warsh implied that a rate increase could be coming if inflation remains elevated. The Consumer Price Index for May put the inflation rate at 4.2%, the highest it’s been in four years, and far above the 2% target, A big part of the increase was attributed to higher energy prices because of the war in Iran, which appears to be winding down. Food costs also are putting pressure on household budgets.
U.S. financial markets dropped sharply after Warsh’s press conference Wednesday, but indexes rebounded Thursday.
The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage is at a high for the year – 6.65%. While the Federal Reserve does not set those rates, its decisions have a widespread impact on what lenders charges for all types of borrowing, including home loans.
Looking at the first two weeks of June nationwide, “home sales are running ahead of last year, even with mortgage rates near their 2026 highs. The gains aren’t huge, but 5-6% growth week after week is notable,” said Mike Simonsen, Compass Real Estate’s chief economist, in a press release. “We counted just over 90,000 newly pending home sales this week, 4.7% more than the same week a year ago.”
Below is a list of May homes sales in Plymouth, as reported by The Warren Group. They’re sorted by price, from high to low.
May 2026 Real Estate Sales
5/14/2026 – 3 Kettle Vw – $1,650,000
5/28/2026 – 9 Sever St – $1,450,000
5/13/2026 – 265 Manomet Point Rd – $1,425,000
5/21/2026 – 33 Bentgrass Mist – $1,389,000
5/8/2026 – 16 Pilgrim Way – $1,315,000
5/28/2026 – 64 Bentgrass Mist – $1,268,330
5/22/2026 – 26 Cliff St – $1,150,000
5/11/2026 – 17 Cupola Ln – $1,131,500
5/29/2026 – 49 Bay Shore Dr – $1,100,000
5/13/2026 – 53 White Cliff Dr – $1,050,000
5/27/2026 – 46 Sandwich Rd Unit 26 – $1,039,000
5/21/2026 – 69 Fairview Ln – $995,000
5/5/2026 – 42 Outlook East Rd – $946,217
5/7/2026 – 23 Firefly Pt – $935,323
5/6/2026 – 28 Watercourse Pl – $930,000
5/1/2026 – 31 Warren Ave – $890,000
5/14/2026 – 21 Firefly Pt – $871,300
5/27/2026 – 8 Marscot Way – $862,500
5/8/2026 – 6 Bishop St – $859,000
5/14/2026 – 6 Sea Cliff Dr – $850,000
5/29/2026 – 73 Seton Highlands – $825,000
5/20/2026 – 13 Forest Ave – $820,000
5/28/2026 – 80 Bay Shore Dr – $815,000
5/4/2026 – 18 Kensington – $800,000
5/27/2026 – 49 Cliff St – $800,000
5/15/2026 – 7 Birdsong – $775,000
5/27/2026 – 59 Billington Sea Rd – $775,000
5/4/2026 – 101 White Clover Trl – $773,000
5/7/2026 – 39 Miter Dr Unit 8-1 – $756,891
5/14/2026 – 37 Miter Dr Unit 8-2 – $756,092
5/20/2026 – 2 Daniel Cir – $755,000
5/15/2026 – 77 Shallow Pond Ln – $750,000
5/29/2026 – 770 Rocky Hill Rd – $745,000
5/27/2026 – 29 White Clover Trl – $745,000
5/21/2026 – 134 Kathleen Dr – $732,500
5/15/2026 – 17 Fresh Pond Cir – $725,000
5/21/2026 – 52 W Pond Rd – $723,000
5/26/2026 – 29 Lawrence Rd – $705,000
5/29/2026 – 80 Fairway Dr – $700,000
5/4/2026 – 67 Taylor Ave – $680,000
5/7/2026 – 62 Mariners Way Unit 301 – $675,000
5/22/2026 – 28 Little Pond Rd – $675,000
5/19/2026 – 216 Water St Unit B306 – $675,000
5/14/2026 – 90 Esta Rd – $670,000
5/13/2026 – 75 Henry Dr – $661,500
5/28/2026 – 94 Allerton St – $660,000
5/22/2026 – 76 Court St Unit 4 – $655,000
5/29/2026 – 27 Hilltop Ave – $650,000
5/27/2026 – 17 Sunrise Ave – $650,000
5/27/2026 – 188 Carver Rd – $640,000
5/12/2026 – 72 Kirk Cir – $625,000
5/28/2026 – 9 Old Langmore Way – $625,000
5/28/2026 – 12-14 Savery Ln – $620,500
5/22/2026 – 20 Daisy Ln – $617,000
5/14/2026 – 25 Great Woods Rd – $589,000
5/8/2026 – 64 South St – $584,000
5/22/2026 – 11 O’toole Rd – $581,100
5/7/2026 – 903 Long Pond Rd – $580,000
5/13/2026 – 45 Plaza Way Unit 405 – $580,000
5/28/2026 – 59 Hilltop Ave – $570,000
5/1/2026 – 179 Hedges Pond Rd – $565,000
5/21/2026 – 3 Daisy Ln – $565,000
5/21/2026 – 68 Palmer Rd – $556,000
5/14/2026 – 21 King Ave – $551,000
5/29/2026 – 4 Old Field Rd – $545,000
5/22/2026 – 30 Lancaster Ave – $535,000
5/28/2026 – 101 Cherry St Unit 8 – $530,000
5/14/2026 – 17 Abington Ave – $525,500
5/29/2026 – 12 Ocean Walk Dr – $525,000
5/29/2026 – 7 Swamp Rd – $510,000
5/22/2026 – 35 Leland Way Unit B – $505,000
5/29/2026 – 85 Ellisville Dr – $505,000
5/6/2026 – 27 Megansett Dr – $485,000
5/1/2026 – 4 S Spooner St Unit 5 – $482,500
5/14/2026 – 20 Ocean Walk Dr – $480,000
5/22/2026 – 163 Lake Dr – $480,000
5/11/2026 – 3 Sandpiper Ln – $470,000
5/26/2026 – 5 Trask Rd – $390,000
5/15/2026 – 8-R North St Unit 5B – $349,000
5/29/2026 – 2 Hickory Bend Way Unit 20-2 – $337,200
5/29/2026 – 10 Chapel Hill Dr Unit 3 – $262,000
5/27/2026 – 21 Chapel Hill Dr Unit 11 – $235,000
5/1/2026 – 6 Tideview Path Unit 14 – $165,000
5/12/2026 – 173 Carver Rd – $147,000
5/11/2026 – 50 Goldfinch Ln – $143,333
5/26/2026 – 1 Cotton St – $108,000
Mark Pothier can be reached at mark@plymouthindependent.org.