Selling in Lynnfield, Essex County
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- Melrose homesMay 2026median sale $877,500 · 81% sold over asking · 11 days on marketSource: Redfin
- Malden homesMay 2026median sale $800,000 · 73% sold over asking · 20 days on marketSource: Redfin
- Medford homesMay 2026median sale $850,000 · 46% sold over asking · 20 days on marketSource: Redfin
- Stoneham homesMay 2026median sale $817,500 · 86% sold over asking · 18 days on marketSource: Redfin
- Wakefield homesMay 2026median sale $880,000 · 76% sold over asking · 17 days on marketSource: Redfin
- Saugus homesMay 2026median sale $635,000 · 81% sold over asking · 17 days on marketSource: Redfin
- Lynn homesMay 2026median sale $610,000 · 64% sold over asking · 23 days on marketSource: Redfin
- Peabody homesMay 2026median sale $673,000 · 63% sold over asking · 21 days on marketSource: Redfin
At a glance
Selling in Lynnfield.
Lynnfield is mostly detached single-family houses on their own lots. Lynnfield has two separate water districts, so the final water reading depends on which side of town the house is on.
Full details for Lynnfield ↓What homes are selling for in Lynnfield.
May 2026Lynnfield, all home types · 10 homes soldSource: Redfin
Town-level public statistics, never one house, and not a value for your home. Per-home sales (listed price to sold price) are coming through a partner agent's MLS feed.
Cash offer vs listing in Lynnfield, side by side.
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List with an agent
Sale price $1,110,000
- Agent fee −$58,275
- Repairs and prep −$12,000
- Closing and carrying −$15,562
You keep ~$1,024,000
Sell for cash, as-is
Cash offer $865,800
- Cash buyer's discount −$244,200
- No agent fee, no repairs, no staging
- Closing −$3,948
You keep ~$862,000
Listing keeps about $162,000 more on paper, and takes about 2 months longer. Cash is faster and skips the repairs.
Estimate only, not an offer. Starting price: the typical single-family home in Lynnfield (August 2026, Zillow Group Data). Assumes a 78% cash offer, 5.25% commission, $12,000 prep, 3 months of carrying costs at $3,500, before any mortgage payoff. Your house is not the typical house. Sources
Local guide
Selling a house in Lynnfield.
Lynnfield is outside our eight focus towns. You can still ask for numbers, and we will tell you honestly if we cannot find a local buyer or agent.
Lynnfield is the most house-heavy town on these pages. Of about 4,600 homes, roughly 82% are detached single-family houses (3,759) and about 87% are owner-occupied. Only 87 homes are in two-unit buildings. About 10% (458) are in buildings of five or more units. Housing counts are American Community Survey estimates for 2020 to 2024, so they carry a margin of error. The 2020 Census counted 13,000 residents and 4,773 housing units in about 10.5 square miles.
Most houses here were built between 1940 and 1979 (about 60%), with about 13% from before 1940. The estimated median value of an owner-occupied home is $917,600 (Census estimate, not a sale price). Lynnfield has two separate water districts, and the Lynnfield Center Water District also collects a water tax on property tax bills, so ask the district and your attorney what your parcel owes.
Sale logistics here depend on two questions that other towns on this site do not raise as sharply. First, which water district serves the house? Second, is the house on a Title 5 septic system? The town runs a public search of septic reports and certificates (linked below), which is a good first stop before you hire an inspector.
The Lynnfield market
Lynnfield has few sales each month, so its price data is thin. In the six months through May 2026, Redfin shows 10 or more sales of all home types in only one month, May 2026. We show only that month and do not show months with fewer than 10 sales, because one or two big houses can swing the median by hundreds of thousands of dollars.
| Month | Sales | Median sale price | Sold over list | Median days on market | Average sale vs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | 10 | $1,150,000 | 50% | 18 | 99.4% |
Ten sales is a small base, and in May the average sale landed just under list (99.4%) with half of homes selling above it. Do not treat it as a trend. Zillow's typical home value for Lynnfield was $1,105,557 in August 2026, up 2.1% in a year, with single-family at $1,112,397 (up 2.2%) and condos at $859,212 (up 1.9%) (Zillow Group Data). For your own price, ask an agent for sales of houses of similar size and lot over the past 12 months, not just the latest month.
Two water districts, red and green hydrants
The Lynnfield Center Water District serves the northwest two-thirds of town with well water to more than 2,600 customers, and the Lynnfield Water District serves the southeast one-third, per the LCWD About Us page. The Center district collects a water district tax on every property in its boundary, whether or not the house is connected, and the town lists it as a separate line on the tax bill. Green hydrants are Center district; red hydrants are the other district.
Zoning for more housing
The state housing office found Lynnfield's Multifamily Overlay District (three subdistricts) compliant with the MBTA Communities law in a June 9, 2025 letter. The district is 40.6 acres with an estimated capacity of 629 units, against a requirement of 40 acres and 607 units. The letter noted that flood plain land is excluded and cautioned the town about discretionary site plan review (Mass.gov letters). It affects where new apartments may go, not how you sell your house.
Lynnfield checklist
Who to call, and in what order.
Checked 2026-10-07. Town procedures change, so confirm on the linked page.
- Residential tax rate, FY2026$11.46 per $1,000 of assessed value. Town of Lynnfield Board of Assessors: 2026 tax rate (residential $11.46, CIP $21.36)
- Assessor (value and property record card)Lynnfield Board of Assessors (Patriot Properties "Tax Data"). The Assessors page links its tax data site; the office is at 55 Summer Street, 781-334-9450. The town also posts a FY2026 street listing on that page.
- Registry of DeedsEssex South Registry of Deeds (salemdeeds.com). The state lists Lynnfield in the Essex South district, with offices in Beverly (100 Cummings Center, Suite 206-C) and Salem. Your closing attorney normally handles recording.
- Smoke and CO certificateLynnfield Fire Department: Fire Prevention (26F inspections). Inspections are by appointment only, Monday to Friday 8 am to 4 pm, through an online scheduler linked on the Fire Prevention page; Lieutenant Jeff Fiorentino is the contact at 781-334-8118. For the fee, the 2026 Annual Town Meeting warrant listed a proposed $50 for a single-family house or condo, $100 for two-family and $150 for three to six family. We could not confirm that this article passed, so ask the department for the fee that applies on your closing date.
- Sewer or septicWe did not find a town page saying where public sewer exists, and the Health Department's septic page offers a public search of Title 5 reports, as-built plans and certificates of compliance, which suggests septic systems are common. A 2017 local news report describes a separate sewer link for the MarketStreet development through Wakefield and the MWRA (Local Headline News). Do not assume your house is sewered. Call the Health Department (the septic page lists 781-334-9481) to ask. If it is septic, Title 5 requires an approved inspection within 2 years before a sale, valid for 2 years, or 3 if the system was pumped each year with records (Mass.gov). The town also posts Title V deed restriction forms for 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-bedroom systems; we did not open them.
- Municipal lien certificate and water billMunicipal lien certificate: the Treasurer/Collector at 55 Summer Street charges $50 per certificate, and a property with more than one parcel needs one for each parcel. Send the property description, parcel number and a stamped return envelope. The town says it is usually ready in about 10 business days (town page). Final water: if the house is in the Lynnfield Center Water District, call 781-334-3901 two or three weeks before closing to book a final reading; the fee is $125 and the water account must be settled before closing (LCWD move-out page). If the house is in the southeast one-third served by the separate Lynnfield Water District (842 Salem Street), contact that district directly; we found no published final-read process on its site.
Sources for Lynnfield
- Wikipedia: Lynnfield, Massachusetts (2020 Census figures)
- U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Lynnfield (housing units by structure type, tenure, year built), via Census Reporter
- Redfin Data Center, city market tracker (monthly, not seasonally adjusted)
- Zillow Home Value Index (Zillow Group Data), city level, as of Aug. 2026
- Lynnfield Board of Assessors
- Lynnfield Patriot Properties database
- Lynnfield Fire Department: Fire Prevention
- Lynnfield 2026 Annual Town Meeting warrant (fire fee article)
- Lynnfield Health Department: Septic information and public search
- Local Headline News: Lynnfield amends sewer agreement (2017)
- Lynnfield Municipal Lien Certificates
- Lynnfield Center Water District: Moving (final reading)
- Lynnfield Center Water District: About Us (service area)
- Lynnfield Water District
- Secretary of the Commonwealth: Find a Registry of Deeds office by town
- Secretary of the Commonwealth: Registry of Deeds district offices
- Mass.gov: Buying or selling property with a septic system
- Mass.gov EOHLC: MBTA Communities district compliance letters (as of Aug. 27, 2026)
Cash buyer or agent
Cash offer or agent in Lynnfield?
A cash buyer (the “we buy houses” companies and local investors) usually pays less than a listing brings but closes in weeks and takes the house as it is. An agent usually gets the higher price but takes months and some prep. At $1,110,000 (the Zillow typical Lynnfield single-family value, August 2026), our default assumptions leave about $1,024,163 after listing costs and about $861,852 from a 78% cash offer. Your house is not typical, so run your own numbers, or read how cash home buyers work in Massachusetts.
Full details
Everything we can source for Lynnfield.
Where we could not find a reliable number, we say so.
Housing and what it means when you sell
Lynnfield is mostly detached single-family houses on their own lots. Only a small number of homes are in two- to four-unit buildings, so most sales here are of whole houses, not duplexes or triple-deckers.
For context, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue reports a statewide average single-family assessed value of $742,986 and average single-family tax bill of $8,113 for FY2026 (346 reporting communities as of February 2026). Assessed value is not sale price. Source.
For a real recent-sales picture, ask a local agent for a comparable-sales report from MLS PIN. We do not publish an estimate of any individual home's value.
Local logistics
Lynnfield has two separate water districts, so the final water reading depends on which side of town the house is on. Check the sewer-or-septic question first, because most sale paperwork here turns on a Title 5 septic report.
Massachusetts also requires a smoke and carbon monoxide alarm certificate from the local fire department at sale, and a lead paint notification for homes built before 1978.
Your options in Lynnfield
- Sell for cash, as-is. Faster and simpler, usually for less than a listing would bring. See the honest math.
- List with a local agent. Usually the highest price if the house is in decent shape and you can wait.
- Getting the house ready. JUNKRUN's estate cleanout serves this area. JUNKRUN is owned by the same people as Home Options MA. If you choose a cleanout, we may earn money from it. No obligation to use it.
Not sure which fits? Start with your situation.
Sources
- 2020 Census figures as summarized on Wikipedia: Lynnfield, Massachusetts
- Mass.gov EOHLC: MBTA Communities district compliance letters (as of Aug. 27, 2026)
- Lynnfield Board of Assessors (2026 tax rates, property data link)
- Mass.gov DOR: FY2026 statewide average single-family tax bill. Statewide average, not a Lynnfield figure.
Questions
Lynnfield questions.
Which water district is my Lynnfield house in?
Lynnfield has two: the Lynnfield Center Water District in the northwest two-thirds of town (green hydrants) and the Lynnfield Water District in the southeast one-third (red hydrants). The Center district posts a service area map. For the Center district, book the final reading at 781-334-3901 two or three weeks before closing; the fee is $125.
Do I need a Title 5 inspection to sell a house in Lynnfield?
If the house has a septic system, in most cases yes: Massachusetts requires an inspection within the 2 years before a sale, or within 6 months after if weather prevents it and you tell the buyer in writing. Start with the town's septic public search for past reports and as-builts. Our Title 5 guide explains the steps, and your attorney can advise.
Why does this page show only one month of sale prices?
Because Lynnfield sells few homes in a month. We only show Redfin months with at least 10 sales, and in the six months to May 2026 only May met that. Smaller months can swing wildly on a single expensive sale, so we leave them out rather than guess.
What if my Lynnfield property has more than one parcel?
The town charges $50 for each municipal lien certificate and says a property with multiple parcels needs a separate certificate for each parcel. Have your attorney request all of them early, as the town says it usually takes about 10 business days.
Is the water district tax separate from my town tax?
For houses inside the Lynnfield Center Water District boundary, yes. The district assesses a tax on all property in its area, the town collects it, and it shows as its own line on the tax bill. Ask your attorney to include it when adjusting taxes at closing.
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