Best places to buy a rental property in Massachusetts

Ranked by the engine's tracked 5-year appreciation across 42 covered markets in Massachusetts, snapshot 2026-10-29. Appreciation history is context, not a forecast.

Market	Home value	3y	5y	10y	Active listings
Pittsfield	$226,254	12.4%	40.5%	100.9%	-
Dennis	$568,537	11.2%	37.6%	112.6%	-
Palmer	$323,746	17.3%	37.4%	-	-
Buckland	$386,874	16.4%	33.9%	99.8%	-
Bourne	$802,113	11.1%	32.8%	99.1%	-
Amherst	$565,397	11.6%	32.3%	71.7%	-
Chatham	$1,009,022	6.0%	32.3%	95.7%	-
Springfield	$308,174	15.9%	32.1%	116.6%	-
Great Barrington	$422,137	8.9%	32.1%	96.2%	-
Fall River	$442,046	15.3%	32.0%	108.2%	-

Full list: every tracked market in Massachusetts with 5-year appreciation data below.

Templeton - 31.8%
Northbridge - 31.5%
Concord - 31.5%
Falmouth - 31.5%
Sandwich - 31.3%
Dartmouth - 30.9%
Shelburne - 30.7%
Plymouth - 30.2%
Yarmouth - 30.2%
Raynham - 30.1%
Chelmsford - 29.4%
Barnstable - 29.3%
Wareham - 27.7%
Newton - 27.0%
Brookline - 26.9%
Lakeville - 26.9%
Newbury - 26.8%
Marlborough - 26.7%
Lowell - 26.5%
Watertown - 24.2%
Wakefield - 23.1%
Walpole - 22.8%
Salem - 22.3%
Melrose - 20.8%
Dedham - 20.4%
Malden - 20.4%
Quincy - 19.3%
Weymouth - 19.3%
Westport - 15.5%
Boston - 9.1%
Somerville - 8.8%
Cambridge - 6.6%

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All figures are engine estimates from the LumosTerra tracked-data snapshot as of 2026-10-29. They are starting points, not recommendations - verify rents, comps and local rules before acting on any of them.

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