Two disclosed Charlemont sales range from $325,000 to $715,000

CHARLEMONT -- Ten property deeds were recorded in Charlemont between June 19 and July 18, but only two listed a sale price, limiting what can be said about the town's overall market during the period.

MARKET OVERVIEW The Franklin County Registry of Deeds recorded 10 Charlemont transfers in the period. Only two of the 10 disclosed a sale price: $325,000 and $715,000, a range that also serves as the reported price range for the period. The reported median of $520,000 reflects the midpoint of those two disclosed prices, not the full set of 10 transactions, since sale prices for the other eight were not recorded. A count of 10 deeds in a single month is a notable volume for a town Charlemont's size, but with 80 percent of transactions carrying no disclosed price, the underlying data does not support a broader conclusion about whether the period was active or quiet in dollar terms.

TOP SALES 63 West Hawley Rd sold for $715,000 on July 1. The seller was listed as Howard M. Krusz, trustee, along with the Lawrence A. Krusz Investment Trust; the buyer was Deerfield Valley Farms LLC. 60 South River Rd, Unit E3, at the Deerfield River Club Condo, sold for $325,000 on June 22. The sellers were listed as Deerfield River Club Condo and James Roy Schaefer; the buyer was Pedro Vieira. No other transactions in the period disclosed a sale price, so no additional sales can be ranked by price.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN South River Road saw two recorded transfers in the period: the $325,000 condo unit sale at Deerfield River Club Condo on June 22, and a separate, price-undisclosed transfer at 60 South River Rd the same day involving the Deerfield River Club Condominium Trust and Frank Carroll, trustee, as sellers. By price tier, of the two disclosed sales, one fell under $500,000 (the $325,000 condo unit) and one fell above ($715,000 for the West Hawley Road property). The remaining eight sales -- on Warfield Road, Potter Road, an unspecified Charlemont address, High Street, Tea Street, Legate Hill Road, and Main Street -- cannot be placed into a price tier because no sale price was disclosed.

MARKET NOTES The period's transactions included a mix of property types: at least one condominium unit (60 South River Rd, Unit E3), a farm-related purchase by an LLC (63 West Hawley Rd, bought by Deerfield Valley Farms LLC), and several transfers involving trusts. Trust-related sellers or grantors appeared in at least three transactions -- the Lawrence A. Krusz Investment Trust (63 West Hawley Rd), the Annear Investment Trust with Douglas S. Annear as trustee (247 Legate Hill Rd), and the Deerfield River Club Condominium Trust with Frank Carroll as trustee (60 South River Rd). Two transactions listed "T Bank" as the seller: 89 Warfield Rd, bought by Barry Purinton, and 198 Main St, bought by Thomas C. and Mary A. Campbell. Two recorded transfers appear connected to the same family: an unspecified Charlemont address transferred from Harold Thomas Haywood and Andrea Grace Santos to Harold Thomas Hayward, while 104 Potter Rd transferred from Harold T. Hayward and Andrea G. Santos to Andrea Grace Santos alone. The deed data does not indicate the reason for either transfer. Bedroom, bathroom, and square-footage figures are not available from deed records for any of the 10 transactions.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jun 22 - Jun 28

Jun 29 - Jul 5

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