Wide Price Gap in Whately as Three Disclosed Sales Span $23,000 to $598,000

WHATELY -- Twelve deeds were recorded in Whately between May 28 and June 26, 2026, but only three carried disclosed sale prices, limiting the data available to characterize market conditions during the period. The three disclosed transactions spanned a wide range, from $23,000 to $598,000.

• MARKET OVERVIEW
• Of 12 recorded transfers, three included a disclosed consideration amount. Those three sales ranged from $23,000 to $598,000, with a median of $138,354. The raw count of 12 transfers in roughly four weeks represents moderate deed activity for a small rural town, but the 75 percent non-disclosure rate makes it difficult to draw firm conclusions about prevailing sale prices. The remaining nine transfers were recorded without a stated consideration, which is common in deed data for estate conveyances, trust transfers, lender assignments, and other non-arm's-length transactions.
• TOP SALES
• The highest disclosed price in the period was $598,000, recorded May 28 for 219 Christian Lane; the seller of record is Whately School House LLC, and no buyer name was available in the data. The transaction at 178 Chestnut Plain Road, recorded June 16, carried a consideration of $138,354; the seller was Hope G. Ogletree and the buyers were Valon Mortgage Inc. and Dart Collateral Manager LLC, a transfer pattern consistent with a mortgage-related conveyance. A parcel identified only as located in Whately — no street address included in the deed record — sold for $23,000 on June 22; the sellers were Deborah E. Spiess and Deborah E. Baronas, and the buyer was Yanir Stein.
• NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN
• Two sales appeared on Christian Lane: 7 Christian Lane (price not disclosed, sold June 16, from Todd Thibodeau to Andrew Placzek) and 219 Christian Lane ($598,000, sold May 28). Two transfers were recorded on Long Plain Road: 393 Long Plain Road (price not disclosed, June 16) and 345 Long Plain Road (price not disclosed, May 28, seller Farm Credit East ACA, buyer Sanderson Brothers Realty LLC). The remaining disclosed and undisclosed transfers were distributed across Masterson Road, Poplar Hill Road, Westbrook Road, Grey Oak Lane, State Road, and River Road, with no further street clustering. Several of the undisclosed transfers — including those involving Florence Bank, Midland Funding LLC, Midland Credit Management Inc., Capital One NA, and Farm Credit East ACA — involve institutional or lender grantors or grantees and may reflect financial or collateral transactions rather than traditional residential sales.
• MARKET NOTES
• Square footage data are not available from deed records, so price-per-square-foot analysis cannot be performed. Of the 12 transfers, at least four involve banks, financial institutions, or credit entities as either grantor or grantee (entries at 45 Poplar Hill Road, 178 Chestnut Plain Road, 79 State Road, 212 River Road, and 345 Long Plain Road), suggesting a notable share of this period's deed activity reflects lender-related conveyances rather than conventional buyer-to-seller sales. One transfer — 67 Westbrook Road, from Riina M. Viise to the Riina M. Viise Revocable Trust — is a trust conveyance with no consideration stated. One transfer on Masterson Road moved between two individuals sharing the Kieras surname with no price disclosed, consistent with a family conveyance pattern.