Montague June Deed Filings Dominated by Institutional Buyers and Lenders

MONTAGUE -- The Franklin County Registry of Deeds recorded 12 property transfers in Montague between June 8 and June 11, 2026, but only four carried disclosed sale prices, and several transactions involved banks or lenders as buyers or sellers rather than traditional residential purchasers.

• MARKET OVERVIEW
• Twelve deeds were recorded during the period, but with only four disclosed prices — ranging from $25,000 to $136,391 — the dataset offers a limited picture of open-market activity. The median sale price among those four transactions was $37,500. The low price points and heavy presence of financial institutions as parties to several transfers suggest a significant portion of these were not conventional arm's-length sales. Meaningful volume comparisons cannot be drawn from the disclosed data alone.
• TOP SALES
• The highest recorded consideration was $136,391, paid by Country Bank for Savings on the purchase of 9 Lyman St. from Eileen M. Seymour on June 11. A property at 3 Federal St. changed hands June 10 for $50,000; the sellers were Helga A. Bruneau and Nicholas A. Sisum, and the buyers of record are Rocket Mortgage LLC and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. Two transactions — 85 K St. and 6 Keith St. — each recorded a consideration of $25,000; the buyer at 85 K St. was Greenfield Savings Bank, and the buyer at 6 Keith St. was Greenfield Cooperative Bank.
• NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN
• Two of the four priced sales were on lettered streets in the Millers Falls village area: 85 K St. ($25,000) and 71 G St. (price not disclosed). Montague Avenue and Montague City Road each contributed one transfer, both with prices not disclosed. The remaining sales were spread across single appearances on Lyman Street, Federal Street, Old Stage Road, Millers Falls Road, Vladish Avenue, Keith Street, Avenue A, and Randall Road — no street recorded more than one disclosed-price transaction.
• MARKET NOTES
• Eight of the 12 recorded buyers or sellers were banks, mortgage companies, or corporate entities — including Country Bank for Savings, Greenfield Savings Bank, Greenfield Cooperative Bank, Rocket Mortgage LLC, Midland Credit Management Inc., Florence Bank, Silver Hill Capital LLC, Property Advantage Inc., and Ruserious LLC. That pattern is notable and may reflect foreclosure-related activity, mortgage assignments, or institutional property transfers, though the deed data does not specify transaction type beyond the recorded consideration. No square footage data was available for any property, so price-per-square-foot analysis is not possible.