Ashfield Sale Prices Span $30,000 To $325,000 In Disclosed August Deeds

ASHFIELD -- Nine property transfers were recorded in Ashfield between July 31 and Aug. 29, but sale prices were disclosed in fewer than half, with the four reported figures ranging from $30,000 to $325,000.

MARKET OVERVIEW The Franklin County Registry of Deeds recorded nine transfers in Ashfield during the period. Of those, four included a disclosed consideration amount, ranging from $30,000 to $325,000, with a median of $100,000 among the disclosed sales. The remaining five deeds carried no listed price, which is common for certain deed types and does not necessarily indicate a below-market or non-arm's-length transaction. With only four priced sales to compare, the raw count offers limited basis for judging whether the period was active or quiet; no adjectives describing market pace are supported by this data alone.

TOP SALES 197 Buckland Road sold for $325,000 on Aug. 14. Michael R. Yargeau was the seller; Joshua Beauregard and Emily Rothschild were the buyers. 1517 Cape St. sold for $150,000 on Aug. 14. Anne Schermerhorn was the seller; Mark E. Dallmeyer was the buyer. An Ashfield parcel, listed without a street address, sold for $50,000 on Aug. 12. BDLB Land Holdings LLC was the seller; William P. Ryan and Jeanne M. Lightfoot, both listed as trustees, were the buyers. 1277 Williamsburg Road sold for $30,000 on Aug. 12. Deborah A. Reed and Hollie J. Marron were the sellers; Greenfield Savings Bank was the buyer.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN No two sales in the dataset shared a street name, so no street-level clustering emerged this period. By price tier among the four disclosed sales: two fell under $100,000 (the Ashfield parcel at $50,000 and 1277 Williamsburg Road at $30,000), and two fell between $100,000 and $500,000 (1517 Cape St. at $150,000 and 197 Buckland Road at $325,000). No sales in the disclosed group exceeded $500,000. The five undisclosed-price transfers were spread across Bird Hill Road, West Road, Apple Valley Road, Baptist Corner Road and Conway Road.

MARKET NOTES Three of the nine recorded deeds involved a bank or mortgage-related entity as either grantor or grantee: Greenfield Savings Bank was the buyer at 1277 Williamsburg Road, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. and Contour Mortgage Corp. were listed as sellers at 343 Apple Valley Road, and Greenfield Cooperative Bank was the seller at 1591 Conway Road, with Peter H. Wiitanen as buyer. None of these three deeds carried a disclosed price. Two transfers show the same names on both sides of the deed or a trust-to-individual pattern within an apparent family or ownership group: at 1790 Baptist Corner Road, Cameron T. Davis and Holly M. Cain are listed as both sellers and buyers, and at 428 Bird Hill Road, the seller is listed as "Claire Tr; Cournand Ashfield Trust" with no buyer disclosed. Neither deed included a sale price, and no motivation for either transfer can be determined from the data. One transfer, at 892 West Road, listed the Franklin County Regional Housing Authority and an entity identified as "Redevelopment A" as sellers, with Mary L. Walker and Robert Walker as buyers; no price was disclosed. Beds, baths and square footage are not available from deed records and are omitted from this report.

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.