Bernardston June Sales Cluster Below $400,000 as Median Holds at $180,000

BERNARDSTON -- Deed activity in Bernardston from late May through late June 2026 included 13 recorded transactions, but only five carried disclosed sale prices, and multiple transfers involved financial institutions as buyer or seller, complicating a straightforward read of market conditions.

• MARKET OVERVIEW
• Of the 13 deeds recorded during the period, five included consideration amounts ranging from $50,000 to $399,900, producing a median sale price of $180,000 among priced transactions. The remaining eight transfers were recorded with no disclosed price, a common occurrence in deed data that can reflect estate activity, trust restructuring, foreclosure-related conveyances, or other non-arm's-length transfers. The raw count of 13 transactions over roughly four weeks reflects moderate activity for a small rural town, though the high proportion of non-disclosed and institutionally involved transfers limits what can be concluded about open-market conditions.
• TOP SALES
• The highest-priced transaction in the period was 727 Brattleboro Road, which sold for $399,900 on June 8. Sellers Delizia and Abdelillah Bouafi conveyed the property to Connelly Farm Realty Trust, with Joseph C. Connelly as trustee. The second-highest disclosed sale was 116 Bald Mountain Road, which sold for $322,500 on June 10; Dianne Michaud was the seller and Peter Klimoski the buyer. Note that a second deed was recorded the same day for the same Bald Mountain Road address with no disclosed price, suggesting a related transaction; only the priced entry is counted here. The third-ranked sale was 108 Northfield Road at $180,000 on June 5, conveyed from Pinnacle Mountain LLC to Greenfield Savings Bank -- a transfer involving a financial institution that may not represent a standard market sale.
• NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN
• Two properties on Bald Mountain Road recorded deeds during the period -- 116 Bald Mountain Road at $322,500 and 243 Bald Mountain Road at an undisclosed price -- making it the only street with multiple distinct addresses transacting in the period. Two entries for 283 Martindale Road, one involving individual sellers and one involving the same individuals as trustees, appear to represent a single underlying property with dual deed recordings, a pattern sometimes seen in trust-related conveyances; price was not disclosed for either. The remaining sales were spread individually across Brattleboro Road, Hillcrest Drive, Turners Falls Road, Northfield Road, Huckle Hill Road, Shedd Road, Fox Hill Road, and one entry listing no street address. By price tier among disclosed sales, one property sold above $300,000 (Brattleboro Road at $399,900), one sold between $300,000 and $325,000 (Bald Mountain Road at $322,500), one sold at the $180,000 midpoint (Northfield Road), and two sold at or below $100,000 (Hillcrest Drive at $100,000, Turners Falls Road at $50,000).
• MARKET NOTES
• Four of the five priced transactions involved a financial institution as either buyer or seller -- Franklin First Federal Credit Union acquired 44 Hillcrest Drive and 178 Turners Falls Road, Greenfield Savings Bank received 108 Northfield Road, and Connelly Farm Realty Trust (a private trust buyer) was the sole non-institutional buyer among the top sales. The two lowest-priced transactions, at $50,000 and $100,000, both named Franklin First Federal Credit Union as buyer, a pattern consistent with lender-acquired properties, though the nature of those transfers is not specified in the deed data. Bed, bath, and square footage data are not available from deed records, so price-per-square-foot analysis cannot be performed. The one deed entry with no street address listed -- involving South St Bernardston, Greenfield Savings Bank, and buyer C Real LLC -- cannot be evaluated for location or price.