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50 most expensive communities in Massachusetts

Realtors John McGeough and Anthony Lamacchia revealed the 50 most expensive communities in Massachusetts Monday.

The realtors said there was a 6-percent increase for the average selling price of a home in June 2014. The average price of $387,818 is the highest monthly average this year.

Homes sold in several Massachusetts towns for well above the state average, which put them on the list of the state's most expensive.

compiled the list by looking at the most expensive communities based on total average home selling prices for the first six months of 2014.

Rank
Town
Total Sales
Average Selling Price
1
 Weston 
69
$1,629,669
2
Nantucket
91
$1,415,505
3
Wellesley
174
$1,234,786
4
Boston
876
$1,110,721
5
Dover
44
$1,039,722
6
Edgartown
39
$1,026,737
7
Lincoln
43
$973,920
8
Lexington
214
$971,075
9
Manchester-by-the-Sea
36
$964,513
10
Brookline
n/a
$960,936
11
Newton
486
$932,660
12
Osterville
40
$925,172
13
Concord   
113
$882,008
14
Needham   
215
$849,803
15
Tisbury
28
$835,616
16
Belmont
138
$828,502
17
Carlisle
29
$825,703
18
Cohasset
64
$810,210
19
Winchester   
147
$795,970
20
Sherborn   
26
$794,200
21
Cambridge
404
$780,911
22
Westwood
97
$769,309
23
Hingham
177
$768,789
24
Chatham
100
$746,465
25
Roxbury
174
$689,455
26
Wayland
88
$678,864
27
Sudbury
113
$673,474
28
Medfield
74
$659,149
29
Southborough
52
$646,219
30
Charlestown   
180
$643,974
31
Marblehead
116
$638,724
32
Barnstable
44
$617,204
33
Duxbury
125
$616,618
34
Bedford
86
$607,182
35
Milton
154
$605,820
36
Lynnfield
65
$595,420
37
Norwell
68
$586,508
38
Hamilton
37
$579,964
39
Topsfield
34
$578,983
40
Boxford
54
$564,803
41
Arlington   
264
$563,595
42
Somerville
353
$557,572
43
Andover
201
$553,875
44
Harvard
48
$544,581
45
Wellfleet
44
$541,765
46
West Newbury
26
$538,875
47
South Boston
403
$535,047
48
Provincetown
76
$535,031
49
Scituate
141
$534,804
50
Jamaica Plain
270
$524,151