Goshen's Only Disclosed Sale Goes to a Bank, Leaving Market Direction Unclear

GOSHEN -- The Town of Goshen was the buyer of record in four separate property transfers between late June and early July, the clearest pattern in a period when nine of 10 recorded deeds carried no disclosed sale price.

MARKET OVERVIEW Ten deeds were recorded in Goshen between June 12 and July 11, 2026 — a period that produced only one reported consideration amount. That sole disclosed figure, $420,868 at 16 Washington Rd South, reflects a transfer to Greenfield Cooperative Bank rather than a conventional arm's-length residential sale, which limits its value as a market benchmark. Because nine of the 10 transactions carry no reported price, standard metrics — median sale price, a meaningful price range, or price-per-square-foot figures — cannot be calculated for this period. Ten recorded deeds in roughly 30 days reflects ordinary deed-filing volume for a small, rural Western Massachusetts community. What the data cannot reveal, given the absence of price disclosure, is the current state of Goshen's open-market residential sector.

TOP SALES Only one transaction in the period carried a disclosed consideration. The July 9 deed at 16 Washington Rd South listed a price of $420,868, with Alisa Wagman identified as seller and Greenfield Cooperative Bank as the buyer of record. No beds, baths, or square-footage data are available from deed records. The remaining nine transactions in the dataset were recorded without a stated consideration amount; their values, if any, are not reported.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Washington Road and South Washington Road saw the highest concentration of activity, with three deeds recorded on July 9 alone. Alongside the bank transaction at 16 Washington Rd South, the Wagman family — Alisa M. and Lynn Wagman — conveyed two additional parcels on South Washington Road, at street addresses listed as 0 and 16, to the Town of Goshen; both transfers carry no disclosed price. The remaining seven deeds were spread individually across Overlook Road, Aberdeen Road, Adams Road, South Chesterfield Road, Pine Road, and Main Street, with one deed carrying no street address on record.

MARKET NOTES The town's role as acquirer was the defining feature of this period's deed record. Goshen appeared as grantee in four filings: South Washington Road (two parcels, July 9, from Wagman sellers), 0 Adams Rd (July 1, from Alison H. Bowen), and 35 Pine Rd (June 29, from Virginia Danforth). Three of the four municipal acquisitions involve "0" street numbers, a notation in deed records commonly associated with vacant or undeveloped land; parcel type cannot be confirmed from deed data alone.

Florence Bank appeared as seller in two separate transactions. The bank conveyed 250 South Chesterfield Rd to Alison H. Bowen on June 29, and 1 Main St to Melanie K. Dana and Marya D. Zilberberg on June 24. Both transfers were recorded without a disclosed consideration. Separately, Bowen, who received 250 South Chesterfield Rd from Florence Bank on June 29, conveyed 0 Adams Rd to the town two days later on July 1; the deed data does not explain the relationship between those transactions.

Three additional deeds reflect transfers that are characteristically non-arm's-length. At 12 Overlook Rd, Howard D. Anderson conveyed property July 9 to Anderson family trustees, a pattern consistent with estate planning or trust formation. A parcel with no street address on record transferred July 8 among members of the LeBeau family — from Benjamin A. and Timothy LeBeau to Adam D. LeBeau — with no price disclosed. At 96 Aberdeen Rd, the grantee listed on the July 7 deed is "Certificate of Compliance," an administrative instrument typically used to record subdivision or regulatory approvals rather than a standard property conveyance.

Taken together, the June 12 through July 11 period in Goshen was characterized by municipal land acquisition, administrative filings, and family and trust transfers, with minimal open-market price disclosure. The data as recorded does not support broad conclusions about residential market conditions.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jun 22 - Jun 28

Jun 29 - Jul 5

Jul 6 - Jul 12

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