
Tracking 661 properties across Yarmouth, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1968. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Yarmouth is a Mid-Cape town that spans from Cape Cod Bay on the north to Nantucket Sound on the south, with Route 28 — the Cape's primary commercial corridor — running through its south side. The town has distinct north-side and south-side characters: the bay-side neighborhoods along Route 6A have historic homes and a quieter, more residential feel, while the sound-side areas along Route 28 have denser commercial and seasonal development.
For property professionals, Yarmouth's Route 28 corridor brings significant commercial property and the hospitality-related assessments — motels, restaurants, retail — that characterize this part of the Cape. The residential market spans from modest seasonal cottages to bay-side homes with water views. The dual coastline creates different risk profiles, and the commercial corridor adds property diversity that makes Yarmouth more complex than a purely residential Cape town.
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon, coastal exposure, storm surge — parcel by parcel
197 properties (30%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
Fire protection grades reflect proximity to fire stations and hydrant infrastructure. Grade affects insurance pricing in every New England state.
637 properties (96%) are within 3 miles of the ocean. 280 are classified as waterfront. The closest property is 0 ft from the coastline.
661 properties · Median year built 1968 · Avg 80 sf
Recorded transactions from Barnstable County Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 91% of Yarmouth properties. Ownership intelligence includes transaction history, entity detection, portfolio identification, and lien analysis — assembled from public registry records into a single property-level profile.
Barnstable County · Massachusetts
Yarmouth covers 24.9 square miles in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $35K.
Single-family homes account for 9 of Yarmouth's 661 properties. There are 374 parcels of vacant land. About 1% of properties are owner-occupied, and 6% are owned by someone out of state.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $14K and $188K, with the highest assessed property at $9.5M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
Most properties rely on private septic systems, and 79% have public water service. Electric service is provided by NSTAR ELECTRIC COMPANY.
With 30% of properties in FEMA flood zones and 96% in the coastal zone, Yarmouth concentrates several major underwriting variables. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsYarmouth's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1840 to present, require local market knowledge for accurate comparable selection and valuation. NEP assembles building characteristics, environmental exposure, and condition signals into a single property profile.
Real estate solutionsCollateral assessment requires flood zone verification, environmental screening, and ownership chain validation. 30% of Yarmouth properties are in SFHAs where flood insurance is a federal lending requirement. NEP provides property-level compliance data from public records.
Lending solutionsUnderstanding a property's construction era, environmental exposure, and building characteristics before arriving on site transforms inspection from discovery to verification.
Inspection solutions661 Yarmouth properties — each with risk profiles, building data, permit history, and ownership analysis from 140+ sources. Open any property and see the full picture.

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