Single Recorded Sale Price Leaves October Buckland Market Data Thin

BUCKLAND -- Franklin County Registry of Deeds records show six property transfers in Buckland during October, but only one carried a recorded sale price by the time data was pulled for this report.

MARKET OVERVIEW Six deed transfers were recorded in Buckland between Oct. 2 and Oct. 31. Of those, one carried a recorded sale price: $102,500 for 2 Cross St. One additional transfer was recorded for nominal consideration under $10,000 and is not counted as a market sale. The remaining four transfers show price not yet available. Because only one sale price is on record, a median and price range cannot be meaningfully calculated for the month, and the raw count of six transfers should not be read as a gauge of market activity until pricing data catches up.

TOP SALES 2 Cross St sold for $102,500 on Oct. 30. The sellers were listed as Deirdre Gleason, trustee, and Julie Johnson, trustee; the buyer was Blue Sky Real Estate Group LLC. No other transfers recorded this month carried a sale price. The remaining transactions, listed below, are reported with price not yet available: - 142 Charlemont Rd, recorded Oct. 7, seller Fort River Real Estate LLC. - 75 Ashfield St, recorded Oct. 6, sellers George E. Esworthy, personal representative, and the estate of Sharin Gail Alpert; buyers Casey E. Esworthy and Dylan D. Esworthy. - An unspecified Buckland parcel, recorded Oct. 6, buyer Buckland Town Assessors. - 4 Roundhouse Hill Rd, recorded Oct. 5, seller Justin Lively, trustee, and Lively Investment Trust.

MARKET NOTES - Cross St: one sale this month, at $102,500. - Charlemont Rd, Ashfield St, Roundhouse Hill Rd and Franklin St: each had a single transfer; no street had more than one recorded transaction, so no street-level clustering is evident. - Price tiers cannot be assigned beyond the single recorded sale at $102,500, since all other transfers lack pricing data.

MARKET NOTES The Oct. 6 transfer at 75 Ashfield St moved from the estate of Sharin Gail Alpert, with George E. Esworthy as personal representative, to Casey E. Esworthy and Dylan D. Esworthy, a pattern consistent with a within-family transfer based on shared surname. The Oct. 5 transfer of 55 Franklin St was recorded for nominal consideration under $10,000 from Justin Lively individually to Justin Lively, trustee, of the Lively Investment Trust; the same trust appears as seller on the 4 Roundhouse Hill Rd transfer recorded the same day, consistent with related trust activity involving the same parties. One transfer involved Buckland Town Assessors as buyer, with no seller or address detail provided in the available data. No bedroom, bathroom or square-footage figures were available for any property this month, 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.