Ashfield Home Prices Span $150,000 to $325,000 in Late Summer Sales

ASHFIELD -- Nine properties in Ashfield changed hands between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, according to deeds recorded at the Franklin County Registry of Deeds, but sale prices were disclosed for only two of those transactions.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Nine deeds were recorded in Ashfield during the four-week period. Of those, two listed a consideration amount: $150,000 and $325,000, a range that produces a median of $237,500 among the disclosed sales. The other seven deeds carried no sale price, which is common for certain transfer types, including some trust, bank and institutional transactions among this month's filings. Because pricing information is missing for more than three-quarters of the recorded transfers, the disclosed figures offer only a partial view of the local market. Nine transactions in a four-week span is a modest count on its face; the dataset does not include prior-period figures to say whether that represents a pickup or a slowdown from recent months.

TOP SALES

197 Buckland Rd. sold for $325,000 on Aug. 14, the only transaction in the period with a disclosed price above $237,500. Michael R. Yargeau sold the property to Joshua Beauregard and Emily Rothschild.

1517 Cape St. sold for $150,000 on Aug. 14. Anne Schermerhorn sold the property to Mark E. Dallmeyer.

The remaining seven deeds recorded during the period, at 46 Creamery Rd., 60 Bug Hill Rd., 42 Lilliput Rd., 343 Apple Valley Rd., 428 Bird Hill Rd., 892 West Rd. and one property listed only as "Ashfield, MA," did not include a sale price and cannot be ranked among the period's highest-priced transactions.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

No street recorded more than one transfer during the period. The nine deeds were spread across Creamery Road, Bug Hill Road, Lilliput Road, Apple Valley Road, Bird Hill Road, Buckland Road, Cape Street and West Road, plus one deed listed without a specific street address. By price, the two disclosed sales, $150,000 and $325,000, both fall under the $500,000 mark. Price tiers for the other seven transfers cannot be determined from the available records.

MARKET NOTES

Two of the nine deeds involved financial institutions as sellers: PeoplesBank transferred 46 Creamery Rd. to Rory P. Keogh, and UMassFive College Federal Credit Union transferred 42 Lilliput Rd. to Thomas R. McChesney and Berkeley B. McChesney. A third transfer ran in the opposite direction: Justin L. Sherman sold 343 Apple Valley Rd. to Rocket Mortgage LLC.

Two transfers involved trusts. George A. Allard Jr., as trustee, and Karen A. Allard, as trustee, sold 60 Bug Hill Rd. A seller listed as "Claire," trustee, along with the Cournand Ashfield Trust, transferred 428 Bird Hill Rd. Neither deed listed a buyer name or sale price in the available data.

The Franklin County Regional Housing Authority and an entity listed as "Redevelopment A." sold 892 West Rd. to Mary L. Walker and Robert Walker, with no price disclosed.

One deed, recorded Sept. 11, listed only "Ashfield, MA" with Charles Ross as seller; no street address, buyer or price was included in the available record.

No bedroom, bathroom or square-footage figures were available for any of the nine transfers, so no price-per-square-foot comparisons could be made, and deed records did not specify property type for any of the sales.

Recorded Deeds

Source: Registry of Deeds. Sale amounts shown as recorded; transfers without a disclosed consideration are noted as such.

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.