Northampton June Sales Data Thin, With Only Two Prices Disclosed of Nine Deeds

NORTHAMPTON -- Nine deeds recorded in Northampton between June 12 and July 11, 2026, included just two with disclosed sale prices, both above $650,000, while the remaining seven entries reflected a mix of municipal acquisitions, trust recordings, a bank-related deed, and at least one instrument that appears to be a homestead protection filing rather than a property conveyance.

MARKET OVERVIEW The Hampshire County Registry of Deeds recorded nine Northampton transactions during the period. Only two carried consideration amounts. Those two disclosed sales ranged from $652,000 to $771,500, with a midpoint of $711,750. The seven remaining entries involved non-standard transfers described below under Market Notes. Because fewer than three arm's-length residential sales with disclosed prices are available, reliable trend analysis cannot be drawn from this dataset alone. The volume of non-disclosed entries is consistent with normal deed-recording patterns, where estate transfers, municipal actions, and mortgage instruments regularly appear alongside conventional home sales.

TOP SALES The highest-priced transaction in the period was 15 Evergreen Rd., which sold for $771,500 on June 12. The seller was the Levay Family Irrevocable Trust; the buyers were Elizabeth L. Garrett and James A. Garrett.

The second disclosed sale, also recorded June 12, was 78 Forbes Ave. John Pattnosh sold the property to Elizabeth and Stephen Volkmann for $652,000.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN With only two sales carrying disclosed prices — on separate streets — no geographic clustering among priced transactions is evident. The seven remaining recorded deeds are distributed individually across Park Hill Road, Fairview Avenue, Prospect Street, Harrison Avenue, Landy Avenue, and Old South Street, with one entry carrying no street address. No street name appears more than once in the full dataset.

MARKET NOTES Several entries in the recording period reflect transfers that are not standard residential sales.

At 37 Landy Ave., Northampton City is listed as the buyer, indicating a municipal property acquisition. No consideration amount was recorded.

At 61 Old South St., Old South LLC transferred the property to Greenfield Cooperative Bank with no disclosed price. A conveyance from a private entity to a lending institution as grantee is consistent with a deed in lieu of foreclosure or a similar bank-related action; the nature of the transaction is not specified in the recorded deed.

At 61 Harrison Ave., Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. — the national mortgage registry known as MERS — is listed as seller, with Kim C. Rosen as buyer. No consideration amount was recorded. Deeds involving MERS as grantor are typically associated with mortgage assignments or foreclosure-related conveyances.

At 514 Park Hill Rd., Thomas M. Molitoris — listed as both an individual and as trustee — transferred the property to a Certificate of Trust with no disclosed price. Transfers of this type appear in deed records as part of estate or asset-planning arrangements, though the specific rationale is not reflected in the recorded instrument.

The entry for 17 Fairview Ave. lists "Declaration of Homestead" in the grantee field. In Massachusetts, a Declaration of Homestead is a legal instrument — filed at the registry of deeds — that protects a primary residence from certain creditor claims; it does not constitute a property conveyance. The sellers of record are Julian Marinus and Megan O'Shea.

A recording without a street address lists Northampton City's Environmental Affairs office as seller and "Project Agreement" as the designated grantee. This entry does not represent a standard property sale.

At 205 Prospect St., Jill C. Lesko and Annie L. Lesko are listed as trustees in the grantor field, but no grantee is recorded in the available data. The instrument may reflect a trustee change, a trust amendment, or another legal filing rather than a sale.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jun 8 - Jun 14

Jun 15 - Jun 21

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