Shutesbury Home Prices Range From $80,000 to $400,000 as Disclosure Rate Stays Low

SHUTESBURY -- Ten property transfers recorded at the Franklin County Registry of Deeds between June 12 and July 11, 2026, included just two disclosed sale prices, with the month's standout transaction at 305 West Pelham Road reaching $400,000.

MARKET OVERVIEW Ten deeds were recorded in Shutesbury during the period, spanning eight identified street addresses and one transfer with no address in the registry data. Of the 10 transfers, only two carried disclosed consideration amounts — $80,000 and $400,000 — yielding a median of $240,000 based solely on those two figures. The low disclosure rate, two of 10 transactions, is a common feature of Massachusetts deed records and substantially limits the ability to characterize overall market pricing for the period. Taken on volume alone, 10 recorded transfers in a month is a moderate count for a small rural community of roughly 1,800 residents.

TOP SALES The highest disclosed transaction in the period was 305 West Pelham Road, which sold June 16 for $400,000. Scott A. Gibson was the seller; Cameron Berg and Andrew Scott Berg were the buyers. The only other disclosed price in the dataset was 18 Haskins Way, which transferred June 15 for $80,000, with Mare G. Fox and Elizabeth S. listed as sellers and UMassFive College Federal Credit Union as the buyer. No additional sale prices were available in the deed records reviewed.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN West Pelham Road produced two recorded deeds on the same date, both referencing 305 West Pelham Road. The first instrument, recorded June 16, reflects the Gibson-to-Berg sale at $400,000. A second deed recorded the same day lists Cameron Berg as seller at the same address, with no buyer named and no price disclosed; the two instruments may reflect related documents recorded as part of the same closing. Aside from West Pelham Road, each remaining street in the dataset had a single recorded transfer: Beechwood Lane (June 16), Cooleyville Road (June 24), Haskins Way (June 15), January Hills Road (June 16), Locks Pond Road (June 24), Pratt Corner Road (June 15), and Sojourner Way (June 12). One transfer recorded June 29, with sellers Katherine Conway and Charles Kay Smith, carried no street address in the deed data.

MARKET NOTES Institutional parties were active across several transactions in the period. UMassFive College Federal Credit Union appeared on both sides of the ledger: as seller conveying 6 Beechwood Lane to Erik P. Pietz, and as buyer acquiring 18 Haskins Way for $80,000. Greenfield Cooperative Bank was the seller at 760 Pratt Corner Road, conveying the property to Cynthia and Kevin Weir. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. and Onity Mortgage Corp. appeared jointly as sellers at 84 January Hills Road. The deed records do not specify the circumstances behind institutional holdings; prices were not disclosed on any of those three transfers.

At least three transactions appear to be trust-related conveyances. James C. Hemingway transferred 318 Locks Pond Road to the James C. Hemingway Trust on June 24 — a transfer in which grantor and grantee are effectively the same individual. The seller at 34 Cooleyville Road was identified as the Andrea K.O. Rogers Investment Trust. At 33 Sojourner Way, the Naomi Kaul Trust was listed as grantor with no buyer identified in the data reviewed. Trust transfers of this kind are common estate-planning instruments and do not necessarily reflect market sales.

Recorded Deeds

Source: Registry of Deeds. Sale amounts shown as recorded; transfers without a disclosed consideration are noted as such.

Jun 8 - Jun 14

Jun 15 - Jun 21

Jun 22 - Jun 28

Jun 29 - Jul 5

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.