Single Recorded Sale Price Leaves Leverett's October Market Trend Unclear

LEVERETT -- Leverett recorded 11 property transfers between Sept. 25 and Oct. 24, but the registry has posted a sale price for only one of them so far: a $200,000 deal on Dudleyville Road. The month's broader price trends remain undetermined until more figures reach the registry.

MARKET OVERVIEW Eleven deeds were recorded in Leverett during the period, but just one, the Oct. 1 sale at 140 Dudleyville Rd for $200,000, has a posted sale price. That single transaction sets the period's full price range and median at $200,000. The raw count of 11 recorded transfers is a notable volume of deed activity for a town of Leverett's size, though with 10 of 11 sales still showing no price, it is not possible to say whether values are rising, falling or holding steady this period.

TOP SALES The only sale with a recorded price was 140 Dudleyville Rd, which sold Oct. 1 for $200,000. Sellers Robert Barron and Amanda L. Van Lankvelt transferred the property to UMassFive College Federal Credit Union. Bed, bath and square-footage figures were not included in the deed record.

The remaining 10 transactions recorded during the period have not yet posted a sale price in registry data. Those include transfers at 13 Still Corner Rd (Oct. 15), 8 Ryans Hill Rd (Oct. 14), a Leverett property sold by Marjorie McGinnis (Oct. 8), 306 Long Plain Rd (Oct. 5), 51 Long Hill Rd (Oct. 2), 63 N Leverett Rd (Oct. 2), 487 Long Plain Rd (Oct. 1), 121 Depot Rd (Sept. 30), 253 Long Plain Rd (Sept. 29) and 16 Old Long Plain Rd (Sept. 25). Prices for these sales typically reach the registry's public data within about a week of recording.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Long Plain Road was the most active street in the period, with three separate transfers: 306 Long Plain Rd (Oct. 5), 487 Long Plain Rd (Oct. 1) and 253 Long Plain Rd (Sept. 29). The other eight sales were spread across eight different streets, including Still Corner Road, Ryans Hill Road, Long Hill Road, North Leverett Road, Depot Road and Old Long Plain Road, with no other street recording more than one transfer.

MARKET NOTES Several of the period's transactions listed a bank or mortgage company as a party to the deed. Rocket Mortgage LLC appears as a seller alongside Gary Griffiths at 306 Long Plain Rd. T Bank sold 51 Long Hill Rd to Kevin M. Murray and Mauleverer Murray. Greenfield Cooperative Bank is listed alongside Friends of North Leverett Sawmill Inc. as seller at 63 N Leverett Rd. Greenfield Savings Bank is listed as the buyer at 121 Depot Rd, where Stephen F. Wenczel and Stacey D. Wenczel are the sellers.

Two transfers involved estate or trust holdings. The estate of Ruth Adeline Weizenbaum, with PM Weizenbaum listed as personal representative, transferred 13 Still Corner Rd. The Thomas Charles Levy Revocable Trust, with Thomas Charles Levy listed as trustee, transferred 16 Old Long Plain Rd.

WD Cowls Inc. is listed as the seller of 253 Long Plain Rd, with Margaret Moore and Margaret A. Moore as buyers.

With only one of 11 recorded sales carrying a posted price so far, price-per-square-foot comparisons and property-type breakdowns are not possible for this period. As remaining prices are recorded in the coming weeks, a fuller picture of October's market should emerge.

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.