Northfield June Transfers Dominated by Bank Sales, Sparse Price Disclosure

NORTHFIELD -- Only 2 of 13 recorded property transfers from late May through late June 2026 carried disclosed sale prices, making meaningful market analysis limited for the period. The month's activity was nonetheless notable for the volume of transactions involving financial institutions and a utility company as grantors or grantees.

• MARKET OVERVIEW
• Thirteen deeds were recorded between May 28 and June 26, 2026, a count that suggests a reasonably active period for a small rural town. However, only two transactions disclosed a consideration amount: $135,750 at 184 Winchester Road and $20,000 at 651 Mount Hermon Station Road. With just two data points, the median sale price of $77,875 — the midpoint between those two figures — carries little statistical weight and should not be read as a reliable indicator of Northfield property values for the period. Eleven of 13 transfers recorded no sale price.
• TOP SALES
• The highest disclosed price in the period was $135,750, paid by Workers Federal Credit Union for 184 Winchester Road on June 3; Melissa A. Barton was the seller. The credit union's acquisition of residential property may reflect a foreclosure-related transaction, though the deed data does not specify the nature of the transfer. The period's only other disclosed sale was 651 Mount Hermon Station Road, which transferred June 29 from Jonathan Parker to Ellen Jane Parker for $20,000 — a transfer between parties sharing a surname at a price well below assessed values typical in the region, suggesting a possible family conveyance, though the data does not confirm that.
• NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN
• Mount Hermon Station Road was the only street to appear more than once, with properties at 646 and 651 recording transfers within days of each other in late May and early June; prices were disclosed only for the latter. Birnam Road also saw two transfers — 91 Birnam Road on June 4 and 177 Birnam Road on June 2 — both without disclosed prices. Among streets with single transfers, addresses spanned widely across town, including Captain Beers Plain Road, Millers Falls Road, Maple Street, West Lane, New Plain Road, Winchester Road, Fisher Road, and School Street, reflecting no particular geographic concentration of activity beyond the two paired streets noted above.
• MARKET NOTES
• A notable structural pattern in this period's data: Greenfield Savings Bank appeared as seller in three transactions (646 Mount Hermon Station Road, 83 Captain Beers Plain Road, and 46 Maple Street), and Greenfield Cooperative Bank appeared as seller in two (33 New Plain Road and 23 Fisher Road). In each case, individual buyers or couples acquired the properties, consistent with post-foreclosure or bank-owned property sales, though the deed data does not specify. East Northfield Water Co. appeared as buyer in two transactions — 16 West Lane and 177 Birnam Road — both without disclosed prices, suggesting possible infrastructure or easement acquisitions. One entry (record 11) lacked a street address entirely and cannot be located geographically; it is included in the total count but excluded from any address-based analysis. Square footage and property type data were not available for any transfer in this dataset.