As others have mentioned, home values are slightly less than surrounding communities (Wilmington for example, but Wilmington has better schools according to people who seem to know and is closer to Boston). I bet that means your home will gain even more value than surrounding towns over the next ten years. As people get priced out of towns like Wilmington, Reading etc., they will look to Tewksbury and that will drive up costs and the value of your house.

I don’t have a problem with the inspections or plate requirements, but it would be nice to make it a bit easier to get the inspections done. It’s currently an old fashioned system of driving around looking for a place that only does inspections during the working hours of most people or on Saturday when the waits are the longest. I’m greeted by an annoyed stare by some gas station that doesn’t want to even do it for whatever reason. It’s 2023, so maybe joining the 21st century with an online scheduling system would help.