Four priced sales in Orange range from $10,455 to $378,787 this period

ORANGE -- Eleven property transfers were recorded at the Franklin County Registry of Deeds for Orange properties between Sept. 25 and Oct. 24, but sale prices had posted for only four of those deeds as of this report, a gap consistent with the registry's typical reporting lag rather than any withholding by buyers or sellers.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Of the 11 recorded transfers, four carried a sale price at time of reporting, ranging from $10,455 to $378,787, with a median of $230,000 among those four. The remaining seven deeds showed "price not yet available," meaning that figure is expected to post to the registry in the coming days. Because fewer than half of this period's transfers currently carry a price, the raw count of 11 recorded deeds is the clearest available measure of activity for the month; it cannot be characterized as active or quiet without comparison data beyond what is reported here.

TOP SALES

The highest-priced recorded sale was 31 Brookside Rd., which sold for $378,787 on Sept. 28. The sellers were Brennan J. Mailloux and Marin E. Harvey; the buyers were listed as Tex Financial Services LLC and Eleven Mortgage. The second-highest was 215 South Main St., which sold for $360,000 on Sept. 30, with sellers Jodi C. Krasco and Mitchell L. Krasco Jr. and buyer Kelsi Carter. At 18 Terrace St., the property sold for $100,000 on Sept. 28; sellers Charles E. Pierson Jr. and Luanne I. Pierson transferred the property to Athol Credit Union. The fourth priced sale, at 44 West Main St., sold for $10,455 on Sept. 28; sellers Renee L. Borey and Renee L. Mosher transferred the property to a buyer listed as "Redevelopment A."

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

No street in this period's data had more than one recorded sale, so no street-level clustering emerged. By price tier, all four sales with recorded prices fell under $500,000: $378,787, $360,000, $100,000 and $10,455. The remaining seven transfers, including addresses on Gibbs Court, Mechanic Street, Athol Road, Dana Road, North Main Street and Chestnut Hill, as well as one entry listed only as "Orange, MA," have no price yet on record and cannot be placed into a tier until that data posts.

MARKET NOTES

Several of this period's transfers involved financial institutions rather than conventional buyer-seller pairs, a pattern worth noting without speculating on cause. TD Bank NA and TD Banknorth NA were listed as sellers on the 147 Athol Rd. transfer to Donald E. and Lorraine H. Mallet. PNC Mortgage and PNC Bank NA were listed as sellers on the 1 Dana Rd. transfer to Stephen E. Martin. Athol Credit Union appeared as the buyer on the 18 Terrace St. sale, and Workers Federal Credit Union was listed as a seller on an Orange, MA transfer with no street address given. The Orange Town Treasurer was listed as seller on the 1 Gibbs Ct. transfer to Dean L. Rushford and James Cobb, consistent with a municipal tax-title transfer. Central Mass Tree Inc. was listed as seller on the 86 Chestnut Hill transfer to Timothy Dirth. No beds, baths or square footage figures were available in the deed data for any property, so no price-per-square-foot comparisons can be made this period.

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.