Single Disclosed Price Among Ten June Transfers Clouds Whately Market Picture

WHATELY -- Ten deeds were recorded in Whately between June 6 and July 5, 2026, but only one carried a disclosed sale price, limiting the conclusions that can be drawn about current market values in town.

• MARKET OVERVIEW
• Ten transfers were recorded during the period. Of those, nine carried no disclosed consideration, leaving a single transaction — at $138,354 — as the only data point for price analysis. With one disclosed price, a meaningful price range or median cannot be established for the month. The volume of ten recorded transfers in roughly four weeks is a moderate level of deed activity for a small rural community, though the near-total absence of disclosed prices makes it impossible to characterize market conditions with confidence.
• TOP SALES
• The sole transaction with a disclosed price was 178 Chestnut Plain Rd., which recorded June 16 at $138,354. The seller was Hope Ogletree and the buyer was listed as Valon Mortgage Inc. and Dart Collateral Manager LLC — a pairing that suggests a financial or collateral-related conveyance rather than a conventional residential purchase. No other sale prices were disclosed during the period.
• NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN
• Westbrook Road was the most active street by deed count, with two transfers recorded within two days of each other: 147 Westbrook Rd., sold June 30 with Florence Bank listed as seller and Michael and Montserrat Archbald as buyers; and 67 Westbrook Rd., sold June 29 with the Riina M. Viise Revocable Trust listed as seller. The remaining transfers were spread individually across Masterson Road, Poplar Hill Road, Chestnut Plain Road, Christian Lane, Long Plain Road, Grey Oak Lane, and State Road, with no further street clustering. One entry carried no street address and listed the Stephen J. Smith Estate as seller.
• MARKET NOTES
• Two of the ten transfers involved financial institutions on either the buyer or seller side in capacities that differ from standard residential sales. Florence Savings Bank appeared as seller in two deeds — 147 Westbrook Rd. and 45 Poplar Hill Rd. — with individual buyers named in both. At 79 State Rd., Midland Funding LLC and Midland Credit Management Inc. were listed as buyers, with Lynn Skorb as seller. The transfer at 32 Masterson Rd. shows the same surname on both sides — Sharon A. Kieras as seller and Leanne M. Kieras as buyer — a pattern common in intrafamily conveyances, though no determination of relationship or motivation is made here. The Grey Oak Lane deed lists trust co-trustees as sellers, and the Viise deed on Westbrook Road originated from a revocable trust. No square footage data was available for any property; price-per-square-foot analysis is not possible.