October Deerfield Sales Data Shows Just One Price Confirmed So Far

DEERFIELD -- The Franklin County Registry of Deeds recorded eight transactions involving Deerfield properties in October, but only one had posted a sale price by month's end, leaving most of the month's market activity undetermined for now.

MARKET OVERVIEW

The registry recorded eight deed transactions involving Deerfield properties between Oct. 2 and Oct. 31. One of those, a transfer from Chase Foundation Inc. to NSTAR Electric Co. and Eversource Energy recorded Oct. 13, was made for nominal consideration under $10,000 and is not a market sale; it is excluded from sales figures below. Of the remaining seven property transfers, only one, at 38 Steam Mill Road, listed a sale price in the registry so far: $100,000. The other six show price not yet available. Because just one transaction carries a confirmed price, a meaningful price range or median cannot be calculated for the month as a whole; the $100,000 figure reflects a single sale, not the broader market. With pricing data this incomplete, the raw count of seven transfers does not support characterizing October as either active or quiet.

TOP SALES

The only transaction with a recorded price was 38 Steam Mill Road, which changed hands for $100,000 on Oct. 7. The sellers were Jillian S. Mason and Christopher M. Mason; the buyer was Greenfield Savings Bank. No other transfer in the dataset has posted a price yet, so additional top sales cannot be ranked by value this month. The remaining transfers, with prices pending, were: 124 Plain Rd. West (recorded Oct. 9, sellers Steven M. Veillette and Debra M. Veillette); 73 Mill Village Road (recorded Oct. 8, seller Greenfield Savings Bank, buyers Cheryl A. Harris and Gregory J. Harris); 193 North Main Street (recorded Oct. 8, seller Freedom Credit Union, buyer listed as Beth); 33 Stage Road (recorded Oct. 5, sellers Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. and GMAC Mortgage Corp.); 115 Lee Road (recorded Oct. 5, sellers Florence Bank and Florence Savings Bank, buyer Michelle L. Kofler); and 477 River Road (recorded Oct. 2, seller Michael J. Lavigne).

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

The eight recorded transfers span eight different streets: Plain Road West, Mill Village Road, North Main Street, Steam Mill Road, Stage Road, Lee Road, River Road, and the unaddressed nominal-consideration parcel tied to Chase Foundation Inc. No two transactions this period share a street name, so no street-level cluster emerges from the data. Because only one sale carries a confirmed price, the $100,000 transaction on Steam Mill Road, no price-tier pattern (under $500,000, $500,000 to $1 million, or over $1 million) can be established across the group; that single sale would fall in the under-$500,000 tier.

MARKET NOTES

Five of the eight October transfers involved a bank, credit union or mortgage-registration entity as either seller or buyer: Greenfield Savings Bank appears as both seller (73 Mill Village Road) and buyer (38 Steam Mill Road); Freedom Credit Union was the seller at 193 North Main Street; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. and GMAC Mortgage Corp. were sellers at 33 Stage Road; and Florence Bank and Florence Savings Bank were sellers at 115 Lee Road. No bed, bath or square-footage figures were available in the deed records this month, so no price-per-square-foot comparisons could be made, and property type (single-family, condominium or multi-family) is not specified in the deed data for any listing.

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.