One Sale's Price Tag Is All Easthampton's Deed Records Reveal This Month

EASTHAMPTON -- Ten property-related documents were recorded at the Hampshire County Registry of Deeds for Easthampton addresses between June 26 and July 25, but only one included a disclosed sale price, limiting what can be said about the month's overall market conditions.

MARKET OVERVIEW Of the 10 recorded transactions, one carried a disclosed consideration amount: $433,848, for a property on Sheldon Avenue. Because only a single price was disclosed, the price range and median for the period are both $433,848 -- a reflection of that one transaction rather than a representative market-wide figure. The raw count of 10 recorded documents suggests activity at the registry, but a closer look at the records shows only three involved a conventional deed transfer with a named buyer and seller. The remaining seven were homestead declarations, a right-of-refusal filing, and lease-related filings, which are not home sales. With so few conventional sales and just one disclosed price, the data does not support a conclusion about whether the market was active or quiet this period.

TOP SALES 16 Sheldon Ave sold for $433,848 on June 30. The sellers were Gregory C. Hauer and Miranda E. Hauer; the buyers were Freedom Mortgage Corp and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. No bed, bath, or square-footage data was available from the deed record.

Two other recorded transfers named a buyer and seller but did not disclose a price. At 46 Adams St, Bank ESB sold to Eugene A. Bachand and Susan M. Bachand on June 30. At 20 Meadowbrook Dr, Healthy Neighborhoods Group LLC sold to Tesla Inc on June 26. Both are reported here as price not disclosed.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Adams Street had two recorded entries during the period: a deed transfer at 46 Adams St from Bank ESB to Eugene A. and Susan M. Bachand, and a separate lease-related filing at 1 Adams St naming Rockland Trust Co. and SGS Holdings LLC as sellers. No other street had more than one entry. Because only one sale had a disclosed price, the data cannot be grouped into price tiers.

MARKET NOTES Only one of the 10 recorded documents -- 10% -- disclosed a sale price, a disclosure rate too low to draw conclusions about price trends for the period. Property type could not be determined from the available deed data, and no square-footage figures were provided, so no price-per-square-foot comparisons are possible.

The recorded documents also included several that are not property sales in the conventional sense: three declarations of homestead (55 Phelps St, 12 Fox Run, and 40 Holyoke St), one first-right-of-refusal filing (79 Maple St), and two entries listing "rents" or "leases" rather than a buyer (1 Adams St and an unspecified Easthampton address). These are noted here for completeness but are not counted among the period's home sales.

Two entries involved trust or estate-related sellers rather than a sale to an outside buyer: a transfer at 93 East St listing Nancy F. Mastrangelo as both trustee and donor with no buyer named, and a filing at 12 Fox Run listing Shira Meadows in both trustee and individual capacity. Bank ESB appeared as a seller or related party in two separate records this period, at 46 Adams St and in the Easthampton Savings Bank lease filing.

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

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