Just One of 15 October Home Sales in Orange Shows a Price So Far

ORANGE -- Fifteen property transfers were recorded in Orange during October, but only one included a sale price in the Franklin County Registry of Deeds so far, leaving most of the month's price trends undefined for now.

MARKET OVERVIEW Fifteen deed transfers were recorded in Orange between Oct. 2 and Oct. 31. Two of those were nominal-consideration transfers, recorded for a token amount rather than market value, and are excluded from any price figures. Of the remaining 13 transactions, only one has posted a sale price to date: $50,000 for 218 South Main St. That single figure currently sets both ends of the price range and the median. Sale prices typically appear at the registry within about a week of recording, so prices for the other transactions are expected to post in the coming days. Based on raw count alone, 15 recorded transfers represents a sizable amount of October activity in Orange, though with pricing data still largely unavailable, the month's transactions cannot yet be measured for value.

TOP SALES Only one October transfer has a recorded sale price, so a full ranking of the month's top sales is not yet possible. The sole priced transaction: 218 South Main St. sold for $50,000 on Oct. 5. The sellers were Kari Robie and Kari L. Brunette; the buyer was Greenfield Cooperative Bank. Beds, baths and square footage were not available in the deed record. The remaining 14 transfers, including properties on South Main Street, Cottage Street, Chestnut Hill Road, Stone Valley Road, Dana Road, Drew Boulevard and North Main Street, have not yet posted prices and could not be ranked.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN South Main Street was the only street with more than one recorded transfer this month: 215 South Main St., where Eastern Bank and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. transferred the property to Mitchell L. Krasco Jr. and Jodi C. Krasco on Oct. 6, and 218 South Main St., the month's only priced sale. The remaining 13 transfers were spread across separate streets, including Cottage Street, Summer Street, Chestnut Hill Road, Putnam Street, Stone Valley Road, Maynard Street, Dana Road, Russ Street, Drew Boulevard, North Main Street, Coombs Avenue and Evergreen Drive, with no other street repeating. Because pricing data is limited to a single transaction, a breakdown by price tier is not possible this month.

MARKET NOTES A majority of October's recorded transfers, 10 of the 15, listed a bank, credit union or mortgage-related entity as grantor or grantee, including Workers Federal Credit Union, Eastern Bank, Franklin First Federal Credit Union, Greenfield Cooperative Bank, Rocket Mortgage LLC and Fifth Third Bank NA. That pattern means a notable share of this month's recorded transfers involved mortgage-related entities rather than conventional buyer-to-seller transactions, though the deed data does not specify the circumstances of each transfer beyond grantor and grantee names. Two transfers were nominal-consideration transactions within families: Kathryn M. Decoteau transferred 35 Evergreen Drive to Kathryn Decoteau TR and the Kathryn Decoteau Family Trust, and Robert Czerpak transferred 32 Coombs Avenue to himself and Kristen Czerpak. Three additional transfers, at 30 Summer St., 67 Putnam St. and 15 Maynard St., listed a seller but no buyer in the available data. No square-footage figures were available in any deed record, so no price-per-square-foot comparisons can be made, and property type, such as single-family or condominium, is not specified in the deed data and cannot be inferred from street addresses.

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.