Buckland's lone disclosed sale price sets $20,000 mark for the period

BUCKLAND -- Buckland's Registry of Deeds recorded seven property transfers between July 17 and Aug. 10, but only one listed a sale price, limiting what can be said about the town's market conditions this period.

MARKET OVERVIEW Seven property transfers were recorded in Buckland during the period. Of those, only one, the Aug. 4 transfer of 12 Williams Street, included a disclosed consideration amount: $20,000. That single figure sets both the low and high end of the disclosed price range, and by default the median, at $20,000. Because six of seven transfers did not disclose a price, the raw count of seven transfers is the only reliable indicator of activity level available from this data; no conclusion about whether the period was active or quiet can be drawn from price data alone.

TOP SALES 12 Williams Street sold for $20,000 on Aug. 4. Sellers Victoria J. Ward and Marjorie L. Ward transferred the property to Traders Trust Co. and T Bank. No bed, bath or square footage data was available from the deed record.

The remaining transfers recorded during the period did not disclose a sale price

289 Ashfield Road sold Aug. 10; Midland Funding LLC transferred the property to Michael Smith.

143 Charlemont Road sold July 29; sellers were Paul Kocot and Diana Kocot. No buyer was listed in the deed record.

55 Franklin Street sold July 21; Thomas S. Lively and Susan M. Lively transferred the property to Justin Lively.

34 Sears Street sold July 22; the seller was Christian Parenti. No buyer was listed in the deed record.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN No two transfers in this period shared a street name, so no street-level cluster emerged. Because only one of the seven transfers disclosed a sale price, a price-tier breakdown is not meaningful for this period. The transfers were spread across Ashfield Road, Williams Street, Charlemont Road, Franklin Street, Sears Street and Lower Street, plus one transfer recorded without a specific street address. The remaining two transfers not detailed above: 187 Lower Street sold July 17, with Mary Ann Powell listed as seller and no buyer or price disclosed; and a property listed only as "Buckland, MA" sold July 23, transferring from Deerfield Valley Realty and Bank of Western Massachusetts, with no buyer or price disclosed.

MARKET NOTES Six of the seven recorded transfers, 86 percent, did not disclose a sale price, which is typical for certain categories of deed filings but limits what conclusions can be drawn about pricing trends this period. Financial and lending entities appeared as parties in several transfers: Midland Funding LLC was the seller at 289 Ashfield Road, Traders Trust Co. and T Bank were the buyers at 12 Williams Street, and Bank of Western Massachusetts was a seller alongside Deerfield Valley Realty in the transfer recorded without a street address. One transfer, at 55 Franklin Street, moved the property from Thomas S. Lively and Susan M. Lively to Justin Lively, a transfer within the same family name. No square footage, bedroom, bathroom or property-type data was available in the deed records provided, so no price-per-square-foot or property-type comparisons can be made.

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.