Single Disclosed Sale Leaves Conway June Market Data Largely Opaque

CONWAY -- The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation acquired a parcel from a local investment trust for $360,000 in June, accounting for the only disclosed sale price among nine recorded deeds in Conway during the period ending July 5.

• MARKET OVERVIEW
• Nine deeds were recorded in Conway between June 6 and July 5, 2026, but only one transaction carried a disclosed consideration amount of $360,000. With a single disclosed price, no meaningful price range or median can be calculated across the dataset. The volume of nine transfers in roughly four weeks is modest for a small rural town, though the near-total absence of disclosed prices limits any assessment of market conditions.
• TOP SALES
• The sole transaction with a recorded sale price involved a parcel sold by the Rice Investment Trust, with Janet R. Rice as trustee, to the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation for $360,000 on June 25. A separate deed recorded the same day transferred 697 East Guinea Road from Janet R. Rice — likely related to the same transaction cluster — at a price not disclosed. The remaining seven transfers were recorded without consideration amounts.
• NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN
• The June 25 transactions involving the Rice trust and the East Guinea Road address suggest activity along the East Guinea Road corridor. Other deed recordings were scattered across distinct roads: Reeds Bridge Road, Baptist Hill Road, Graves Road, Shelburne Falls Road, Roaring Brook Road, Newhall Road, and Main Street. No street recorded more than one transfer with a disclosed price, and no geographic clustering beyond the Rice-related June 25 filings is apparent in the data.
• MARKET NOTES
• Two transfers carry details that suggest they fall outside standard arms-length sales. The deed for 68 Newhall Road names Franklin First Federal Credit Union as buyer, with Alexander F. and Amelia Leonardi as sellers, a pattern consistent with a lender-related conveyance. The deed for 500 Graves Road lists NewRez LLC and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as sellers, with William J. O'Neil and Jane S. Haddad as buyers, a pattern consistent with a post-foreclosure or REO transfer. The deed for 86 Main Street lists the seller as the Estate of Jim D. Moore, indicating a probate-related transfer. The deed for 3440 Shelburne Falls Road lists Greenfield Cooperative Bank as seller, with Julie Petty and R. David Reading as buyers, another pattern consistent with a bank-held property transfer. None of these prices were disclosed. With bed, bath, and square-footage data unavailable from deed records, price-per-square-foot analysis cannot be performed.