Foreclosure and Trust Transfers Crowd Out Open-Market Sales in Hatfield in June 2026
HATFIELD -- The 12 deeds recorded in Hatfield between May 31 and June 29, 2026, reflect a month defined almost entirely by foreclosure-related conveyances, mortgage instruments, and intra-family trust transfers rather than conventional open-market sales, making standard market analysis unreliable for this period.
- MARKET OVERVIEW
- Twelve deeds were recorded during the period. Of those, only three carry disclosed consideration amounts: $200,000, $175,000, and $80,000, producing a median of $175,000 among that subset. However, all three disclosed-price transactions involve a bank or credit union as either the grantor or grantee, which is consistent with foreclosure proceedings, deeds in lieu of foreclosure, or other mortgage-related conveyances rather than arm's-length sales between private parties. Nine of the 12 entries carry no disclosed price. Readers should treat any price figures from this period as reflecting distressed or institutional transactions, not prevailing market values for Hatfield residential property.
- TOP SALES
- The highest disclosed consideration in the dataset was $200,000, recorded June 9 at 31 Elm St. (Elm Street Meadows Unit 31C), with Florence Bank listed as the grantee and Dale T. Raczynski as the grantor; the transaction appears foreclosure-related. A transfer at 16 Primrose Path, recorded June 1, carried a consideration of $175,000, with Amy M. and William S. Belina as grantors and Traders Trust Co./T Bank as grantees; that transaction also involves a financial institution as buyer. The lowest disclosed amount, $80,000, was recorded June 5 at 112 Elm St., with Brad A. and Amanda E. Thayer as grantors and UMassFive College Federal Credit Union as grantee, again indicating a lender-involved conveyance.
- NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN
- Two properties on Elm Street appear in the dataset — 112 Elm St. and 31 Elm St. (Elm Street Meadows) — both involving financial institutions and both among the three entries with disclosed prices. West Street accounts for two additional entries (42 West St. and 183 West St.), neither with a disclosed price; 42 West St. reflects an intra-family transfer into a trust structure, and 183 West St. involves a discharge of assignment of rents, which is a lien-release instrument rather than a property conveyance. The remaining entries are spread across Gore Ave., Prospect St., Bridge Ln., Main St., King St., Primrose Path, and Chestnut St., with no price data available for any of those addresses.
MARKET NOTES The dataset contains at least one entry — 183 West St., recorded as a discharge of assignment of rents — that is a mortgage or lien instrument, not a deed conveying real property, and should not be counted as a sale. Entry No. 2, 34 Gore Ave., is a declaration of homestead filing, similarly not a property transfer. Entry No. 1 lists no address and reflects a conveyance to the town of Hatfield, potentially a municipal acquisition. The 7 King St. transfer from Herbert Green Jr. to Imane Green shares a surname and carries no consideration, consistent with an intra-family transfer. The 42 West St. transfer from Gerald D. Buzzee to himself as trustee, along with Laura L. McGrath as trustee, is consistent with an estate-planning conveyance. With the dataset this heavily weighted toward non-market transactions, no conclusions about prevailing home values, buyer demand, or market direction in Hatfield can be drawn from this month's deed activity alone. ===ARTICLE===