Price Data Lags for Most of Montague's September Property Transfers

MONTAGUE -- The Franklin County Registry of Deeds recorded 11 property transfers in Montague between Sept. 4 and Oct. 3, but only one carries a sale price so far, leaving most of the period's market activity undocumented by price for now.

MARKET OVERVIEW Eleven deeds were recorded in Montague during the period. Of those, one has a recorded sale price: $320,990 for the property at 12 Federal St. The remaining 10 transfers have no price on file yet. Sale prices typically appear in the registry within about a week of a deed's recording, so the gap reflects that lag rather than any withholding of information. With only one price point available, a meaningful price range or median cannot be calculated for the month. Judged by raw transaction count alone, 11 recorded deeds represents a notable amount of activity for Montague in a four-week span, though the lack of price data for all but one transfer means the period's overall price trend cannot yet be assessed.

TOP SALES 12 Federal St sold for $320,990, recorded Sept. 8. The sellers were Ian Pouliot and Kimberly Pouliot; the buyers were Freedom Mortgage Corp and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. Bed, bath and square footage figures are not available from deed records. No other transfer recorded during the period has a price on file yet, so a fuller ranking of top sales is not possible this month. The 10 other recorded transfers, in order of recording date, were at 42 Montague St, 30 Oakman St, 8 Davis St, 19 Taylor Hill Rd, 33 East Taylor Hill Rd, 100 Taylor Hill Rd, 61 Hillside Rd, 37 Swamp Rd, one listing recorded in Montague without a specific street address, and 25 Montague St.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Taylor Hill Road saw the most activity on a single street, with three transfers: 19 Taylor Hill Rd, 33 East Taylor Hill Rd and 100 Taylor Hill Rd. Montague Street had two transfers, at 25 Montague St and 42 Montague St. The remaining transfers were spread across individual streets: Oakman Street, Davis Street, Federal Street, Hillside Road, Swamp Road and one deed recorded without a specific street address. Because price data is available for only one of the 11 transfers, a breakdown by price tier is not meaningful this period.

MARKET NOTES Deed records show several transfers involving banks or mortgage-related entities as either seller or buyer. Greenfield Savings Bank appears as seller on three deeds, at 42 Montague St, 30 Oakman St and 8 Davis St. Florence Bank/Florence Savings Bank, PeoplesBank, Pennymac Loan Services LLC and Freedom Mortgage Corp each appear as a seller or buyer on one additional deed apiece, along with Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc on two deeds. Two transfers show a family or trust pattern: 33 East Taylor Hill Rd moved from an individual owner to that same person as trustee of a living trust, and 61 Hillside Rd moved from two sellers, one sharing a last name with the buyer, to a single buyer. No bed, bath or square footage figures are available from deed records for any property in this period, so no price-per-square-foot comparisons can be made.

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.