No Price Data Yet Clouds Buckland's October Deed Activity

BUCKLAND -- Ten property transfers were recorded at the Franklin County Registry of Deeds for Buckland between Sept. 25 and Oct. 24, but none carried a sale price in the registry data as of this writing, leaving the month's market value picture incomplete for now.

MARKET OVERVIEW Ten deeds were recorded for Buckland properties during the period, but none included a consideration amount. Because no prices are available, a price range and median cannot be calculated this month. The count of 10 recorded transfers is a factual total only; without pricing data, it is not possible to characterize the period as active or quiet based on raw count alone. Several of the filings are trust, estate or family transfers rather than open-market sales, which may account for some of the missing price fields, though a lag in registry reporting is the more typical explanation for sale-price transfers still showing no amount.

TOP SALES Sale prices were not yet available for any of the 10 transactions recorded this period, so the highest-priced sales cannot be identified or ranked. The transactions involving properties changing hands between unrelated buyers and sellers, as opposed to internal family or trust transfers, were: 75 Ashfield St. (seller: the estate of George E. Esworthy and Sharin Gail Alpert; buyers: Casey E. Esworthy and Dylan D. Esworthy); 8 Martin Rd. (seller: Florence Bank/Florence Savings Bank; buyers: Margaret L. Hart and Gregory J. Sudak); and 100 Clesson Brook Rd. (sellers: Christopher E. and Sharon A. Record; buyers: Edward Horrocks and Shannon Bordeaux). Price not yet available for any of these.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Clesson Brook Road saw two transactions this period: 100 Clesson Brook Rd., which transferred from Christopher E. and Sharon A. Record to Edward Horrocks and Shannon Bordeaux, and 124 Clesson Brook Rd., where Russell M. and Cheryl L. Dodge transferred the property to themselves as trustees. The remaining eight recorded transfers were spread across separate streets: Charlemont Road, Ashfield Street, Roundhouse Hill Road, Franklin Street, State Street, School Street, Martin Road and an unspecified Buckland address tied to the town assessors. No price tiers can be established this period since no sale prices are available.

MARKET NOTES Several of this month's recorded transfers appear to be internal reorganizations rather than open-market sales. Justin Lively transferred 55 Franklin St. to himself as trustee of the Lively Investment Trust, and the same trust is listed as seller on 4 Roundhouse Hill Rd. Robin Lane transferred 23 School St. to herself as trustee of the Forever Trust. Russell M. and Cheryl L. Dodge transferred 124 Clesson Brook Rd. to themselves as trustees. The 61 State St. transfer involved sellers Michael J. and Barbara J. Cormier, both listed as trustees, with no buyer named in the available data. The 75 Ashfield St. transfer stemmed from an estate, with George E. Esworthy listed as personal representative and Sharin Gail Alpert's estate also named as grantor. The 8 Martin Rd. transaction listed Florence Bank and Florence Savings Bank as seller, with Margaret L. Hart and Gregory J. Sudak as buyers. One entry listed the Buckland Town Assessors as buyer for an unspecified address, with no seller named. Bed, bath and square-footage figures are not available in deed records and are omitted throughout.

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.