Colrain Sales Show Wide Price Split Amid Limited Price Data

COLRAIN -- Eight property transfers were recorded in Colrain between Sept. 18 and Oct. 17, but only two carried a sale price in Franklin County Registry of Deeds records as of this reporting, leaving most of the month's market activity without a dollar figure to report.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Eight sales were recorded during the period. Of those, only two show a consideration amount in the registry: $55,000 and $300,000, producing a price range of $55,000 to $300,000 and a median of $177,500 based on those two figures. The remaining six transactions list no price, which is common for recently filed deeds and typically reflects a lag of about a week before the registry's price data catches up, not a withheld figure. With six of eight sales still pending price data, the raw count of eight transfers suggests a period of ordinary turnover for a small town, though a fuller price picture will depend on data that has not yet posted.

TOP SALES

245 Ed Clark Road sold for $300,000 on Oct. 6. The seller was listed as William E. Dyer, personal representative, and the Harriet B. Dyer estate; the buyers were David E. Dyer and Barbara L. Dyer, indicating a transfer within the family following an estate proceeding.

172 Call Road sold for $55,000 on Oct. 7. The sellers were Viney Vidal and Francisco J. Vidal; the buyer was Greenfield Cooperative Bank.

The remaining six recorded transfers, at 459 Main Road, a Foundry Village Road property, 201 Thompson Road, 221 Thompson Road, 341 Main Road, and one unaddressed parcel tied to trustees, have no price yet available in the registry.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

Thompson Road accounted for two of the month's transfers: 201 Thompson Road, sold Oct. 7 by Amy Taylor and Lorraine Taylor to UMassFive College Federal Credit Union, and 221 Thompson Road, sold Sept. 29 by seller Deandre Brown. Main Road also saw two transfers: 459 Main Road, sold Oct. 13 by Edward Sobieski and a listed redevelopment authority party, and 341 Main Road, sold Sept. 28 from Potter Road Rowe to the DPK Revocable Trust. By price tier, both sales with confirmed figures, $55,000 and $300,000, fall under the $500,000 mark; no transfers above that threshold have posted a price this period.

MARKET NOTES

Two of the eight transfers involved financial institutions as buyers: Greenfield Cooperative Bank acquired 172 Call Road and UMassFive College Federal Credit Union acquired 201 Thompson Road. Deed records show several transfers consistent with family or estate transactions, including 245 Ed Clark Road (Dyer estate to Dyer family members), 91 Foundry Village Road (Gary L. and Joyce E. Root to Bradley and Douglas Root), and 341 Main Road (Potter Road Rowe to the DPK Revocable Trust). One additional transfer, recorded Oct. 16, listed sellers identified as trustees Luke Puleo and Matthew Lynde, with no address or price yet in the data. No bed, bath or square-footage figures were available in the deed records for any property this period, and property type (single-family, condo or multi-family) is not specified in the dataset.

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.