Only one of eight Wendell property transfers carries a recorded price

WENDELL -- Eight property transfers were recorded at the Franklin County Registry of Deeds for Wendell between Aug. 21 and Sept. 19, but only one carried a sale price by the time records were reviewed, leaving most of the period's activity without dollar figures for now.

MARKET OVERVIEW

The registry recorded eight transfers in the period. Of those, one, the Sept. 10 transfer of a Wendell property from Kathleen C. Quinlan and Mark J. Stetz to Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust Inc., carries a recorded price: $240,000. With only one price on record, the price range and median both stand at $240,000, a single data point rather than a true range. Prices for the remaining seven transfers had not yet reached the registry's data as of this report; those typically appear within about a week of recording. Based on transaction count alone, eight recorded deeds in a roughly four-week span is a moderate volume for Wendell, though the data does not support characterizing the period as active or quiet beyond that count.

TOP SALES

The only transaction with a recorded price is the Sept. 10 transfer of a Wendell property (no street address provided in the deed record) for $240,000. The seller was listed as Kathleen C. Quinlan and Mark J. Stetz; the buyer was Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust Inc. Bed, bath and square footage figures were not available. The remaining seven transactions, at 240 Farley Rd, 431 Wendell Depot Rd, 127 Wendell Depot, 270 Wendell Depot Rd, 140 West St, 264 Wendell Depot Rd and 39 Locke's Village Rd, do not yet have recorded prices and cannot be ranked against the one known sale.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

Wendell Depot Road accounted for four of the eight transfers recorded in the period: 431 Wendell Depot Rd (Sept. 14), 127 Wendell Depot (Sept. 11), 270 Wendell Depot Rd (Sept. 10) and 264 Wendell Depot Rd (Sept. 8), making it the most active street by transaction count this period. The remaining transfers were spread across individual streets: 240 Farley Rd (Sept. 18), 140 West St (Sept. 9), 39 Locke's Village Rd (Aug. 21) and one unaddressed Wendell parcel (Sept. 10). No price-tier breakdown is possible at this time since only one of the eight transfers has a recorded sale price.

MARKET NOTES

The period's deed activity included a mix of transaction types beyond conventional home sales between individual buyers and sellers. Two of the Wendell Depot Road transfers list utility entities, Massachusetts Electric Co., New England Power Co. and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, as grantors, suggesting those records may reflect easement or utility-related conveyances rather than typical residential sales. The Sept. 10 transfer to Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust Inc. involved a conservation organization as buyer. The Sept. 8 transfer at 264 Wendell Depot Rd listed the Franklin County Regional Housing Authority and a redevelopment authority as sellers, with Anna M.C.B. Hartjens as buyer. Three transfers, at 140 West St, 264 Wendell Depot Rd and 39 Locke's Village Rd, listed individual buyers and sellers consistent with conventional residential sales. Because sale prices are missing for seven of the eight transfers, no price-per-square-foot or price-based comparisons can be made this period.

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.