Leverett June Deed Data Offers Little Pricing Clarity With Only One Disclosed Sale

LEVERETT -- Eleven deeds were recorded in Leverett between June 6 and July 5, 2026, but just one transaction included a disclosed sale price, limiting what the public record reveals about local market conditions this period.

• MARKET OVERVIEW
• Of the 11 recorded transactions, only one — 25 Laurel Hill Dr., which changed hands for $123,000 — carried a consideration amount. The remaining 10 transfers were recorded without a disclosed price, which is common when deeds involve mortgage assignments, foreclosure-related conveyances, or intra-family transfers. With a single disclosed sale, no meaningful price range or median can be calculated for the period. The raw volume of 11 recorded instruments in roughly 30 days indicates a moderately active recording period for a small rural town, but transaction activity cannot be assessed from volume alone given the absence of pricing data.
• TOP SALES
• 25 Laurel Hill Dr. is the only transaction for which a sale price appears in the deed record. The property sold June 29 for $123,000; the seller was Astrid C. Schween and the buyer of record is PNC Bank NA. The nature of that transfer — from an individual to a bank — may reflect a deed-in-lieu or similar instrument, though the deed record itself states only the consideration amount and parties involved.
• NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN
• Two transactions were recorded on Long Plain Road (309 Long Plain Rd., June 25, and 487 Long Plain Rd., June 12), making it the only street with multiple entries this period. Two transactions also appear for addresses on North Leverett Road/North Leverett Rd. (118 N. Leverett Rd., June 17, and 118 North Leverett Rd., June 12), which appear to reference the same street and possibly the same property recorded under slightly different address formats on different dates. Shutesbury Road also saw two entries (87 Shutesbury Rd. and 157 Shutesbury Rd.). Single transactions were recorded at 13 Montague Rd., 1 Broad Hill Rd., and 17 Lead Mine Hill Rd. One entry listed no street address and identified the seller as the Leverett Town Assessors.
• MARKET NOTES
• Several of the 11 recorded instruments list financial institutions — including Florence Bank, Florence Savings Bank, Operative Bank, T Bank, Mortgage Network Inc., Prestige Home Mortgage LLC, Corning Credit Union, and Guild Mortgage Co. LLC — as either grantors or grantees, suggesting a significant share of this period's recorded activity involves mortgage discharges, assignments, or foreclosure-related deed transfers rather than conventional arm's-length sales. The entry at 17 Lead Mine Hill Rd. lists the same individual, Steven D. Toplitz, as both grantor and grantee (with Kim A. O'Connell added as a second grantee), a pattern consistent with an ownership restructuring or addition of a co-owner. The transaction in which the Leverett Town Assessors appear as seller, with buyers Molly Cantor and Evan Duverlie, carries no price and no street address in the deed record.