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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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With 33,104 people, 14,237 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $703,232, real estate costs in Falmouth are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive Massachusetts communities.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Falmouth, accounting for 85.53% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Falmouth include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 5.09%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.70%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 4.58%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Falmouth. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 83.02% of Falmouth's homes, and 66.63% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Falmouth built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Falmouth built between 1940-1969 ( 30.05%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 12.93%). There's also some housing in Falmouth built between 2000 and later ( 10.44%).
A decent proportion of the Falmouth housing stock is seasonally occupied. That is, homes and condos in Falmouth are occupied by people for a portion of the year - mainly for vacation purposes - and then locked up and left unoccupied for the remainder of the year as owners return to their primary residences. This characteristic of the Falmouth housing market speaks to its popularity as a vacation location of choice.
Appreciation rates for homes in Falmouth have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 104.34%, which ranks in the top 30% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Falmouth house appreciation rate of 7.41%.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Falmouth's appreciation rate, at 6.49%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Falmouth's appreciation rate has been 1.48%, which annualizes to a rate of 6.06%.
Relative to Massachusetts, our data show that Falmouth's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Massachusetts.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the town. Individual neighborhoods within Falmouth differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Falmouth - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Falmouth real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$703,232
for Massachusetts
for nation
14,237
$3,052 / per month