Granby Deed Data Shows Wide Price Gap From $40,000 To $437,078

GRANBY -- Thirteen deeds were recorded in Granby from Sept. 18 through Oct. 17, but only five carried a sale price on file with the Hampshire County Registry of Deeds, and several of the recorded transfers involved banks, credit unions or compliance filings rather than individual home buyers.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Thirteen deed transfers were recorded for Granby properties during the period. Of those, five included a sale price, ranging from $40,000 to $437,078, with a median of $229,600 among the five priced transactions. The remaining eight transfers had no price yet on file with the registry, which typically reflects a short lag before consideration amounts are entered, not a withheld price. Thirteen recorded transfers is a moderate count for a four-week span, though with fewer than half carrying price data, the period's dollar volume cannot be fully assessed from this dataset alone.

TOP SALES

The top sale was 63 Amherst St., which transferred for $437,078 on Sept. 22. The sellers were listed as Timothy A. Houghton and Christina H. Houghton; the buyers were recorded as Rocket Mortgage LLC and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. The second-highest was 116 South St. at $263,000, recorded Sept. 21, with Lynn M. Boyington as seller and Freedom Credit Union as buyer. Third was 44 Taylor St. at $229,600, recorded Sept. 18, with Heating LLC as seller and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. (MERS) as buyer. Fourth was 14 Morgan St. at $130,000, recorded Sept. 21, with Duane and Mary Ann Paraday as sellers and Polish National Credit Union as buyer. Fifth was 122 Amherst St. at $40,000, recorded Sept. 21, with Morgan McGinnis and Morgan Graves as sellers and North Brookfield Savings Bank as buyer. Bed, bath and square footage figures are not available from deed records for any of these transactions.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

Amherst Street accounted for three of the 13 transfers: 254 Amherst St. (price not yet available), 63 Amherst St. ($437,078) and 122 Amherst St. ($40,000). East Street had two transfers, 49 East St. and 44 East St., both without recorded prices and both involving Granby Town Conservation as seller with a Certificate of Compliance listed as the resulting filing. Batchelor Street also had two transfers, 335 Batchelor St. and 380 Batchelor St., neither with a price on file. The remaining six transfers were single occurrences on Chicopee Street, Kendall Street, South Street, Morgan Street, Taylor Street and Philip Circle. Among the five priced sales, one fell under $100,000 ($40,000), two fell between $100,000 and $250,000 ($130,000 and $229,600), and two fell between $250,000 and $500,000 ($263,000 and $437,078).

MARKET NOTES

Of the 13 recorded deeds, a majority list a financial institution, credit union or legal filing as the buyer rather than an individual purchaser. Buyers in this dataset include Rocket Mortgage LLC, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., Freedom Credit Union, Polish National Credit Union, North Brookfield Savings Bank and PeoplesBank. Two transfers, at 317 Chicopee St. and 44 East St., list Granby Town Conservation as seller with a Certificate of Compliance as the recorded outcome. Two other transfers, at 49 East St. and 380 Batchelor St., list a Declaration of Homestead as the buyer entry. Square footage is not included in the deed data, so no price-per-square-foot comparisons can be made, and property type (single-family, condominium or multi-family) is not specified in the records provided.

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.