Two Disclosed Prices Range From $250,000 to $494,700 in Whately

WHATELY -- Franklin County Registry of Deeds records show eight property transfers in Whately between June 26 and July 25, but only two included a disclosed sale price, ranging from $250,000 to $494,700.

MARKET OVERVIEW Eight transfers were recorded in the period. Of those, six listed no consideration amount, a common feature of deed records that does not necessarily indicate a below-market or no-cost transaction. The two disclosed prices were $250,000 and $494,700, producing a median of $372,350 across those two sales. With six of eight transfers lacking price data, the raw count of eight does not by itself indicate whether the period was active or quiet; there is no comparable prior-period figure in this data set to judge the trend.

TOP SALES The highest-priced disclosed transaction was 188 State Rd., which sold for $494,700 on July 21. The sellers were listed as Jordan R. Bryant Viencek and Joel D. Bryant, by attorney; the buyers were DAS Acquisition Co. LLC and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. The second disclosed sale was 161 Christian Ln., which sold for $250,000 on July 20. The seller was Deborah Sadler; the buyers were Neal Sadler and Carolyn Sadler. No other transfers in this period included a disclosed sale price.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Westbrook Road saw two transfers in the period: 147 Westbrook Rd. (sold June 30, price not disclosed, Florence Bank/Florence Savings Bank to Michael and Montserrat Archbald) and 67 Westbrook Rd. (sold June 29, price not disclosed, Riina M. Viise, trustee, to the Riina M. Viise Revocable Trust). The two disclosed-price sales, at $250,000 and $494,700, both fall under the $500,000 mark, leaving no sales in this data set confirmed above that threshold. The remaining transfers -- 36 Swamp Rd., 170 Chestnut Plain Rd., 108 North St. and an unaddressed parcel recorded simply as "Whately, MA" -- are each on separate streets, with no price data available to place them within a tier.

MARKET NOTES Florence Bank or Florence Savings Bank appears as the seller in three of the eight transfers: 170 Chestnut Plain Rd., 108 North St. and 147 Westbrook Rd. None of the three disclosed a sale price. Two transfers show a same-family or trust pattern: 161 Christian Ln., where Deborah Sadler transferred the property to Neal and Carolyn Sadler, and 67 Westbrook Rd., where Riina M. Viise transferred the property, as trustee, into the Riina M. Viise Revocable Trust. One transfer, the unaddressed Whately parcel, involved Lyme Quabbin LLC as seller and the Whately Town Assessors as buyer, a municipal acquisition rather than a residential sale. Bed, bath and square-footage figures were not available in the deed data for any of the eight transfers, so no price-per-square-foot or property-type comparisons can be made.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jun 29 - Jul 5

Jul 6 - Jul 12

Jul 20 - Jul 26

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