Goshen Sale Prices Span $20,000 To $152,800 In Three Priced Deeds

GOSHEN -- Nine property deeds were recorded in Goshen between Sept. 11 and Oct. 10, but sale prices have posted for only three of them so far, ranging from $20,000 to $152,800.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Nine deeds were recorded in Goshen during the period. Of those, three carried a recorded sale price, ranging from $20,000 to $152,800, with a median of $89,000 among the priced sales. The other six show "price not yet available," which is typical for deed data and usually means the figure has not yet posted to the registry. Nine recorded transfers is a modest total consistent with Goshen's small size; with two-thirds of the sales still missing price data, the overall price picture for the period remains incomplete.

TOP SALES

Among the three sales with recorded prices, the highest was 28 Birch Rd., which sold for $152,800 on Sept. 15. The sellers were Mark E. Meserve and Suzanne Z. Meserve; the buyer was Florence Bank. The second-highest was 33 Washington Rd., which sold for $89,000 on Sept. 24. The sellers were Julia Reidy, personal representative, and the estate of Faith R. Borden; the buyer was John W. Kinchla. The third was 2 Cape St., which sold for $20,000 on Sept. 18. The seller was Robert J. Thomas; the buyer was Michael George. Bed, bath and square-footage figures were not available from deed records for any of the three.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

Bissell Road saw two separate transfers during the period, at 77 Bissell Rd. and 20 Bissell Rd., though neither has a recorded price yet. Among the three priced sales, 2 Cape St. falls under $50,000, 33 Washington Rd. falls in the $50,000-to-$100,000 range, and 28 Birch Rd. falls above $100,000. The remaining six sales, on Sugar Maple Lane, Shaw Road, Bissell Road (two parcels) and Spruce Corner Road, plus one entry listed only as "Goshen, MA" without a street address, do not yet have price data to place into a tier.

MARKET NOTES

Four of the nine recorded transfers appear to move property within the same family or into a trust: 77 Bissell Rd. (David G. and Deborah S. Tirrell to Tirrell family trustees), 20 Bissell Rd. (Ronald E. Loven Jr. and Joan A. Loven to Mark E. and Melissa A. Loven as trustees), the Goshen entry with no listed address (McSweeney family trustees to Forrest Kale McSweeney) and 128 Spruce Corner Rd. (Berube Family Trust to the town of Goshen). Two transactions involved a financial institution as a party: Freedom Credit Union sold the property at 1 Sugar Maple Ln. to April E. and Albert D. Judd, and Florence Bank was the buyer of 28 Birch Rd. The entry at 78 Shaw Rd. lists "Declaration of Homestead" as the buyer, reflecting a homestead filing rather than a third-party buyer, according to the deed record. No bed, bath or square-footage data was available for any property in this period, and deed records do not specify whether properties are single-family homes, condominiums or other property types.

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.