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Worcester, Massachusetts Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Harvard Home Sells for $1.62 Million

A Harvard house sold for $1.62 million to lead the Worcester metro area's top five reported home sales for the week ending September 27, 2026.

Worcester, Massachusetts Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Harvard Home Sells for $1.62 Million

The 2011 house at 61 Whitney Road went under contract 7 days after the current listing date, and it had previously changed hands for $1,515,000 in 2021. Its $1,625,000 sale was one of five reported closings across the Worcester, Massachusetts metro area that together totaled $6.34 million for the week ending September 27, 2026.

The five sales span Harvard, Shrewsbury, Berlin, Lunenburg and Holden, and their build years reach from 1975 to 2025.

No. 1 — $1,625,000 · 61 Whitney Rd, Harvard, Massachusetts

Top home sale No. 1 in the Worcester, Massachusetts metro area β€” 61 Whitney Rd, Harvard, Massachusetts, week ending September 27, 2026

A 2011 house at 61 Whitney Road in Harvard sold for $1,625,000, the highest reported price in the Worcester metro area for the week. The deal closed on September 22, 2026. The four-bedroom home carries a reported 4,520 square feet on a landscaped lot.

An expansive farmers porch opens into a floor plan organized around large windows and connected main rooms. The kitchen has professional-grade appliances, custom cabinetry, stone countertops and an oversized center island, and it opens into the main gathering room, where high ceilings and walls of glass meet a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace.

The first-floor primary suite includes a bathroom with a soaking tub and a glass-enclosed shower, and three more bedrooms, a full bath and a laundry room sit upstairs. The walk-out lower level has its own kitchen and full bath, and a four-season porch and an expansive bluestone patio face the private backyard.

The closing ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Worcester Metro Area Top 5 for the week, with Jennifer Gavin of Coldwell Banker Realty – Concord on the listing side. Tony Mallozzi of Anthony Joseph Real Estate LLC represented the buyer.

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No. 2 — $1,328,000 · 3 Oak Meadow Cir, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

Top home sale No. 2 in the Worcester, Massachusetts metro area β€” 3 Oak Meadow Cir, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, week ending September 27, 2026

James Carlson of Settlers Realty Group, LLC was on the listing side of the No. 2 sale in RealtyWire’s Worcester-area Top 5 for the week. The September 25, 2026 closing followed a contract signed 9 days after the current listing date. The buyer was represented by Maria Babakhanova of Redfin Corp.

In Shrewsbury, a custom-built Colonial at 3 Oak Meadow Circle sold for $1,328,000, the second-highest reported price of the week. Completed in 2024, the house holds four bedrooms across a reported 4,244 square feet.

The home was built to a HERS rating of 45, with closed-cell spray foam insulation, high-efficiency windows and a three-zone heating system. Its kitchen carries a Thor professional appliance package, a waterfall quartz island, an extended quartz backsplash, a pot filler, a touchless faucet, custom cabinetry with gold hardware, under-cabinet lighting, a twin-turbo hood and a beverage refrigerator. The open main level has 9-foot coffered ceilings, tray ceilings, an electric fireplace set against a shiplap accent wall, crown molding, oversized 8-inch baseboards and oak hardwood flooring.

The primary suite bath has radiant heated floors, tile work and a custom vanity. A finished walk-out lower level adds a wet bar, a beverage refrigerator, a full bath and a bonus room with a built-in closet, with French doors opening to an 18-by-25-foot patio. A full walk-up third floor remains unfinished with the heating system already roughed in, and the oversized garage is EV-ready. The property previously changed hands for $1,300,000 in 2024.

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No. 3 — $1,237,000 · 118 Randall Rd, Berlin, Massachusetts

Top home sale No. 3 in the Worcester, Massachusetts metro area β€” 118 Randall Rd, Berlin, Massachusetts, week ending September 27, 2026

Michelle St. Michael of Rhodes Realty Advisors, Inc. was the listing agent. The sale is not her first in the series: one earlier transaction of hers has ranked in a RealtyWire Top 5 roundup for the Worcester metro area. Erin Peckham of Bridge Realty represented the buyer.

A newly built four-bedroom house at 118 Randall Road in Berlin sold for $1,237,000, third among the metro’s reported sales for the week. The transaction was completed on September 24, 2026. Finished in 2025, the home stands on a country road in the Randall Rd Homes neighborhood, on approximately two-plus acres near Peach Hill.

An open floor plan runs under cathedral ceilings, with crown molding, wainscoting and chair rail, quartz or granite counters in the kitchen and baths, stainless steel appliances, a walk-in pantry and a gas range. Hardwood floors run through the main rooms, with tile in the baths and laundry, and a first-floor home office sits off the main level. An expansive family room is built around a gas fireplace.

The second-floor primary ensuite has a walk-in tiled shower and a soaking tub, with a laundry room nearby, and the walk-out basement is rough-plumbed for a fifth bathroom. A two-car garage and ample parking serve the property, which sits in a quiet suburban countryside setting neighboring groomed walking trails and equestrian farms, with Routes 495, 62 and 290 and local shopping and dining close by.

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No. 4 — $1,150,000 · 11 Longwood Dr, Lunenburg, Massachusetts

Top home sale No. 4 in the Worcester, Massachusetts metro area β€” 11 Longwood Dr, Lunenburg, Massachusetts, week ending September 27, 2026

A reported 8,424 square feet anchor 11 Longwood Drive in Lunenburg, a five-bedroom house built in 1995 that sold for $1,150,000. The main house pairs a custom family room with a centrally updated kitchen, and a home theater comes with its own kitchen and bath. The primary suite includes a home gym and a private laundry. A 1,500 sq ft in-law suite has its own entrance and a Jack-and-Jill bathroom for extended family.

Outside, a deck holds a built-in hot tub beside an in-ground saltwater pool framed by privacy plantings, and a barn with ties to New England’s heritage provides storage along with a 15,000-pound lift. The house sits in a neighborhood close to Lake Shirley and about five miles from Route 2. The property previously changed hands for $164,453 in 1995.

North Point Home Group and Keith Garafola of Compass were the listing agents. The deal closed on September 25, 2026, and the property closed at its full asking price. The sale put them on the listing side of the fourth-highest reported price in the metro that week. Maryanne Hardy of Foster-Healey Real Estate represented the buyer.

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No. 5 — $1,000,000 · 198 Meadow Wood Dr, Holden, Massachusetts

Top home sale No. 5 in the Worcester, Massachusetts metro area β€” 198 Meadow Wood Dr, Holden, Massachusetts, week ending September 27, 2026

At 198 Meadow Wood Drive in Holden, a 1975 Colonial tucked on a private, wooded cul-de-sac sold for $1,000,000. The main level opens with a kitchen flowing into a living room under a cathedral ceiling with exposed beams and a brick fireplace, and it also holds a sunroom, laundry, two half-baths, ample closet storage and access to a three-car garage. Upstairs, the primary suite has an oversized closet and a full bath, joined by two more bedrooms and another full bath.

French doors lead to a fully independent dwelling added in 2018, with an island kitchen, a living room with a propane fireplace, separate laundry and a second primary suite with a step-in shower. The finished basement holds an office, a large bonus room and a home gym, and the grounds include a large patio and a fenced, heated saltwater pool dating to 2018. The property previously changed hands for $392,000 in 2004.

Ivanka Roberts of Keller Williams Pinnacle Central represented the listing side of the sale, which ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Worcester Metro Area Top 5 for the week. The closing took place on September 25, 2026, and the home went under contract 3 days after the current listing date. It closed $75,000 above its final asking price of $925,000. The listing secured a buyer within three days of the current listing date, and Myai Emery-Le of Emery-Le Team Realty, LLC represented the buyer.

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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, September 27, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.

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