Cape Cod and the Islands MLS indicates for all of Barnstable County (the 15 towns of Cape Cod) in 2010, that the average sale price increased by 7.5% and the number of sales increased by 8.3%. If it is time for you to buy your vacation home, call ACE Appraisals of Cape Cod for a market analysis BEFORE you put in an offer. Let us do a market value appraisal for you so you don’t overpay for a property – it is still a buyers market.