Prices, inventory, and demand — distilled every month into one clear verdict: buyer’s market or seller’s. The investor’s read, before you make an offer.
Yes, if you negotiate. Buyers have the upper hand in Lakeville right now.
You have the upper hand in Lakeville. Most homes for sale still have no buyer. Many sellers have already dropped their price once. Sellers are competing for you. Use it.
Only 69 out of every 100 homes for sale have found a buyer. The other 31 are still waiting. Your offer may be the only one on the table. About 1 in 5 sellers has already dropped their price. Each one has learned their first price was too high. Start below their new price, not their old one.
A typical Lakeville home takes 45 days to find a buyer. Half of them take even longer. That is 25% slower than a year ago. Those sellers are paying to own a house they want to sell. Search for homes listed 60+ days ago. There are 268 homes for sale in Lakeville. That is 2.7 times the tightest month on record, but below the peak of 303. Supply is growing against last year.
Asking prices are 4.2% below their Mar 2026 peak. You are not buying at the top. Prices stopped falling about a year ago. They are flat now. Waiting will not get you a cheaper house. It might still get you a more motivated seller. Lakeville prices have risen in 83 of the last 108 months. Drops here have been short and shallow. Buying in a slow month has rarely hurt a long hold.
The discount is already here. It is not getting bigger. Buy now while sellers are still weak. Waiting for a lower price stopped working a year ago.
Only 12 out of every 100 Lakeville households rent. This is an owners' town. The renter share is shrinking. Five years ago it was 14 in 100. Renter households average 2.1 people. Singles and couples rent here. Two bedrooms beat four.
Households grew 18% in five years. The housing stock grew 19%. The two are moving in step. Just 2.7% of homes sit empty. A well-priced rental fills fast here.
The median Lakeville household earns $141,551 a year. Incomes here have grown 4.2% a year since 2019. Incomes and home prices are rising in step. A typical home costs 4.2 times the median income. That is the national middle. Neither cash flow nor appreciation is free here. A tenant on the median income can pay about $3,539 a month. That is the standard 30% affordability line. Rents above it thin your tenant pool fast.
That is the market, not your address. Run an address through the app to see its rent estimate and cash flow.
Yes, if you negotiate. Buyers have the upper hand in Lakeville right now. 69 out of every 100 homes for sale have a buyer, 22% of sellers have cut their price, and a typical home takes 45 days to sell.
Asking prices are 4.2% below their Mar 2026 peak. You are not buying at the top. Prices stopped falling about a year ago. They are flat now. Waiting will not get you a cheaper house. It might still get you a more motivated seller.
Assume +3.2% a year. Lakeville has grown about 3.2% a year for five years and for ten. That is a durable trend, not a boom artifact. It is a fair long-run input. Prices were flat over the last year.
A typical Lakeville home takes 45 days to find a buyer. Half of them take even longer. That is 25% slower than a year ago. Those sellers are paying to own a house they want to sell. Search for homes listed 60+ days ago.
Only 12 out of every 100 Lakeville households rent. This is an owners' town. The renter share is shrinking. Five years ago it was 14 in 100. Just 2.7% of homes sit empty. A well-priced rental fills fast here.
A tenant on the median income can pay about $3,539 a month. That is the standard 30% affordability line. Rents above it thin your tenant pool fast. The median Lakeville household earns $141,551 a year.
Lakeville has one ZIP code. It links to its live market dashboard.
Closest matches on asking price, price per square foot, days to sell, buyer demand, and price cuts.
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