Northfield June Deed Data Too Sparse to Reveal Meaningful Price Trends

NORTHFIELD -- Just seven property transfers were recorded at the Franklin County Registry of Deeds for Northfield between June 6 and July 5, 2026, with only two of those transactions carrying disclosed sale prices — both under $50,000 and both involving financial institutions as buyers.

• MARKET OVERVIEW
• Seven deeds were recorded during the period, but only two included consideration amounts: $32,000 and $40,000, yielding a median of $36,000 and a price range of $32,000 to $40,000. With five of seven transfers showing no disclosed price, the dataset is too limited to characterize broader market conditions in Northfield for this period. The two priced transactions represent a narrow slice of activity, and readers should not treat the reported figures as representative of typical residential sale prices in town.
• TOP SALES
• The highest disclosed sale was 387 South Mountain Rd., which transferred June 8 for $40,000. The seller was Duane E. Towne and Vanessa J. Towne; the buyer was Franklin First Federal Credit Union. The second disclosed sale, also recorded June 8, was 129 School St., which sold for $32,000. Seller was Andrew Sheldon Page; buyer was Greenfield Savings Bank. In both cases, a financial institution appears as the purchasing party, a pattern that may reflect lien-related or collateral transfers rather than standard market sales, though deed records do not indicate the nature of each transaction.
• NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN
• With prices disclosed on only two properties and five transfers carrying no consideration amount, a meaningful geographic or price-tier breakdown is not possible for this period. The seven recorded addresses span multiple roads across town — Strowbridge Road, Fisher Road, Maple Street, Millers Falls Road, South Mountain Road, and School Street — with no street accounting for more than one transaction.
• MARKET NOTES
• Five of the seven recorded transfers in this period do not include a disclosed sale price, making it impossible to draw conclusions about pricing trends or property-type mix from this dataset alone. Buyers on record for the two priced transactions are financial institutions rather than individual homebuyers, which is an atypical pattern and warrants caution in interpreting these figures as market-rate residential sales. No square footage data was available for any transfer, so price-per-square-foot analysis cannot be performed.