Cummington sale prices range widely as two of four deeds still pending

CUMMINGTON -- Four property transfers were recorded in Cummington between Sept. 25 and Oct. 24, with two sale prices posted so far ranging from $39,727 to $250,000. Two of the four transactions name a bank or lending entity as a party, a pattern more typical of foreclosure-related filings than traditional home sales.

MARKET OVERVIEW Four sales were recorded in the period. Of those, two carry a posted sale price, ranging from $39,727 to $250,000, with a median sale price of $144,863 across the available figures. The remaining two transfers, at 112 Mount Road and 17 Clark Road, show price not yet available in registry records. With only four total transactions and half still missing price data, the raw count suggests a quiet period for Cummington, though the small sample limits firm conclusions.

TOP SALES 34 Tirrell Hill Road sold for $250,000 on Oct. 14. The sellers were listed as Elsewhere and Susan Birch Bannister; the buyers were William Atwood and Elizabeth Atwood. Bed, bath and square footage figures were not available from deed records.

12 Brown Avenue sold for $39,727 on Oct. 9. The sellers were listed as Stephen M. Shaw and Stephen Shaw; the buyers were Mission Loans LLC and an entity listed as Dart. No bed, bath or square footage data was available.

Two additional transfers, at 112 Mount Road (sold Oct. 23, seller Central One Federal Credit Union, buyers Ellen K. Paul and Steven P. Paul) and 17 Clark Road (sold Sept. 30, sellers David R. Sprague and Barbara K. Sprague, buyer Greenfield Savings Bank), do not yet have recorded sale prices and cannot be ranked among top sales.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN The four transactions occurred on four separate streets: Mount Road, Tirrell Hill Road, Brown Avenue and Clark Road. No street or neighborhood had more than one recorded sale this period, so no geographic clustering is evident. By price tier, both sales with posted prices fall under $500,000: the $250,000 Tirrell Hill Road sale and the $39,727 Brown Avenue sale. The two pending-price transfers on Mount Road and Clark Road cannot yet be placed in a tier.

MARKET NOTES Two of the four transfers in this period name a bank or lending entity as a party to the transaction. Central One Federal Credit Union is listed as the seller at 112 Mount Road, and Greenfield Savings Bank is listed as the buyer at 17 Clark Road. A third transaction, the Brown Avenue sale, lists Mission Loans LLC as a buyer alongside an entity named Dart. These patterns, where a lender or loan-servicing entity appears as grantor or grantee, are common in foreclosure-related deed filings; the data does not indicate the underlying cause and none should be inferred. No condominium or multi-family designations appear in the available records; all four properties are listed as single addresses without unit numbers. Square footage and price-per-square-foot comparisons are not possible this period because no square footage data was provided for any of the four properties.

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.