Only one Heath transfer carries disclosed sale price this period

HEATH -- Six property transfers were recorded at the Franklin County Registry of Deeds for Heath between July 24 and Aug. 22, but only one carried a disclosed market sale price, limiting what can be said about pricing trends this period.

MARKET OVERVIEW Of the six recorded transfers, one listed a sale price: $20,000 for 114 Branch Hill Rd. One additional transfer, at 10 Rowe Rd, has a price not yet available. The remaining four transfers were recorded for nominal consideration under $10,000, meaning they were not market sales and are excluded from any price analysis. Because only one transfer carries a usable sale price, a price range and median cannot be calculated this period. Six recorded deeds is the raw transaction count for the five-week window; without comparable prior-period data, no determination can be made about whether this represents an active or quiet market.

TOP SALES The only transfer with a disclosed sale price was 114 Branch Hill Rd, which sold for $20,000 on July 31. The sellers were listed as Megan Clark Blanchette and Megan T. Clark; the buyers were Kyle D. Clark and Daphne E. Clark. Bed, bath and square footage figures were not available in the deed record. No other transfer in this period carries a disclosed price, so no further ranking can be made. The transfer at 10 Rowe Rd, from Greenfield Savings Bank to Jane E. McHale on Aug. 6, has a price not yet available and may be reported in a future roundup once registry data catches up.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN The six transfers span six different streets or locations: an address unspecified in the deed record, West Brook Drive, Rowe Road, Branch Hill Road, Shawnee Drive and Avery Brook Road. No street had more than one recorded transfer this period, so no geographic clustering emerged. Because only one transfer carries a sale price, a price-tier breakdown is not meaningful; the single priced transfer, at $20,000, would fall into the lowest tier if more comparable sales become available in coming months.

MARKET NOTES Two of the six recorded transfers involved utility companies as buyers: Massachusetts Electric Co. and Verizon New England Inc. acquired an interest at 99 Shawnee Dr. from Anthony Biladeau for nominal consideration on July 31, and Massachusetts Electric Co. acquired an interest at 90 Avery Brook Rd. from John C. Gary Tr. and Virginia P. Gary Tr. for nominal consideration on July 29. Both appear to be easement-type transfers rather than home sales. The transfer at 114 Branch Hill Rd shows a shared surname, Clark, between grantors and grantees, consistent with a transfer within the same family, though the deed record does not indicate the reason. The transfer at 30 West Brook Dr., from Teresa Lee Rose to Erik Lively and Jordan Lively, was recorded for nominal consideration and is not counted as a market sale. With four of six transfers recorded at nominal consideration and one more price pending, this period's data offers limited basis for drawing conclusions about Heath's home-sale pricing.

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.