Only One of Seven Recent Heath Property Transfers Shows a Sale Price

HEATH -- Seven properties in Heath changed hands over the past month, but only one deed recorded with the Franklin County Registry of Deeds carries a sale price so far, leaving most of the period's market activity still pending price data.

MARKET OVERVIEW Seven transfers were recorded in Heath between Aug. 28 and Sept. 26. Of those, one carried a recorded sale price: $26,000, recorded Sept. 25. That figure represents both the low and the high of the available price range, and by default stands as the period's median as well. The remaining six transfers, six of seven total, have not yet had a consideration amount reach the registry's records; that is normal for deed data and typically reflects a lag of about a week rather than any withholding of information. With price data available for only one of seven transfers, the raw count of seven sales does not by itself indicate whether the period was active or quiet compared with prior months.

TOP SALES The only transaction with a recorded price is a property in Heath that sold for $26,000, recorded Sept. 25. Dawn E. Purcell was the seller; Chris W. Conrad and Ellen R. Conrad were the buyers. No street address was listed in this deed record, and bed, bath and square-footage figures were not available.

No other transaction in the period has price data yet, so a ranked list of top sales cannot be extended beyond this single entry. The six remaining transfers, all showing "price not yet available" as of this reporting, were: 20 Number Nine Road (recorded Sept. 21, seller Greenfield Savings Bank, buyer Joseph M. Del Rosso); 1 Shawnee Drive (recorded Sept. 21, seller Heath Town Treasurer, buyers Ann S. Pacino and Janet Nolan); 8 Lakeview Drive (recorded Sept. 8, seller Earl Wickline, buyer Massachusetts Electric Co.); 144 Branch Hill Road (recorded Sept. 4, seller Margaret Boudreau, no buyer listed in the available record); 132 Taylor Brook Road (recorded Aug. 31, seller Erik P. Brenzel, buyer Capital One NA); and 22 Cascade Drive (recorded Aug. 28, seller Leopold M. Ablicki, buyer Wyatt Syriac).

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN The seven transfers are spread across six named streets plus one entry with no listed address, so no street had more than one recorded transaction this period. By price tier, the single sale with a recorded price, at $26,000, falls under the $500,000 mark. The remaining six transfers cannot yet be sorted into a price tier because no consideration amount has been recorded.

MARKET NOTES This period's grantor and grantee list includes several parties beyond individual homeowners: Greenfield Savings Bank and Capital One NA appear as a seller and a buyer, respectively, and the Heath Town Treasurer and Massachusetts Electric Co. also appear as a seller and a buyer. That is four of seven transfers involving a bank, a utility company, or a municipal office rather than only private individuals. Because square-footage data was not available for any listed property, no price-per-square-foot comparison can be made this period. With price data covering only one of seven deeds, a fuller read of September's Heath market will depend on additional consideration amounts reaching the registry.

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.