The Year in Review Part 1: Provincetown

The year-end numbers are in. Over the next three weeks, we will review the final sales figures from MLS along with a comparative analysis of this year in relation to the prior two years. We’ll start with Provincetown this week, and we’ll look at Truro and Wellfleet in the coming weeks. 

Our data comes from the Multiple Listing Service and does not include private sales. The vast majority of sales that occur in this market are MLS sales.

There were 151 properties sold in Provincetown in 2008 with a total sales volume of $88,098,251.* 
There were 165 properties sold in Provincetown in 2007 with a total sales volume of $85,902,800.
There were 158 properties sold in Provincetown in 2006 with a total sales volume of $82,653,453.

* Sales figures exclude timeshare properties.


See the SIR Web site's "Real Estate News" Blog (click here) for tables on the following: Number of Properties sold with Median Sale prices in Provincetown, Average Days on Market of Sold Properties in Provincetown and Percentage of Sale Price to List Price in Provincetown.

Highs and Lows

The lowest priced residential property to sell this year was a studio condominium located at 962 Commercial Street at the Last Unicorn Condominiums in the East End. The unit has 190 SF and sold for $130,000. 

The highest priced property to sell was the Murchison Estate located at 2 Commercial Street in the West End. The property is a landmark in Provincetown, with the main residence having been developed under the supervision of Walter Gropius and associates and completed in 1957. The estate consists of 3 buildings and a pool on 3.5 acres. It sold for $6,550,000. As of this writing, the word is that the new owners have plans to develop the property into 9 building lots.