Single Disclosed Sale Sets Middlefield's Only July Price Benchmark at $195,800

MIDDLEFIELD -- Six property deeds were recorded in Middlefield between July 3 and Aug. 1, but only one listed a sale price, according to Hampshire County Registry of Deeds records, limiting what can be reported about the town's July housing activity.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Six deeds were recorded during the period. Of those, only one, the July 22 transaction at 191 East River Road, disclosed a sale price, $195,800. Because that is the only price point in the dataset, it also stands as both the low and high end of the reported range and the reported median. With five of six transactions lacking price data, the period's raw count of six recordings cannot be reliably characterized as active or quiet, and no meaningful pricing trend can be drawn from a single disclosed figure.

TOP SALES

The lone transaction with a disclosed price was at 191 East River Road, which recorded for $195,800 on July 22. The seller was Begin Your Stay LLC; the buyers listed were Verus Residential Loanco LLC and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. The remaining five deeds recorded in the period did not disclose a sale price, so they cannot be ranked among "top sales" by value

-- 191 East River Road (recorded separately as "191 E River Rd"), transferred July 22 from Ernest J. and Elizabeth A. Begin to Begin Your Stay LLC. Price not disclosed. -- 176 Chipman Road, recorded July 30, from Albert N. Sirard and Barbara J. Sirard. Price not disclosed. -- 9 Alderman Road, recorded July 28, from Edward James and the Farrelly Family Farm Trust to the town of Middlefield. Price not disclosed. -- 24 Chester Rd, recorded July 23, from Berkshire Bank to Jane M. Peirce. Price not disclosed. -- 116 Skyline Trail, recorded July 6, from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. to Daniel Cimini. Price not disclosed.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

Two of the six deeds involve the same property on East River Road, recorded once as "191 E River Rd" and once as "191 East River Rd," both dated July 22: a transfer from Ernest J. and Elizabeth A. Begin to Begin Your Stay LLC, followed the same day by a transaction naming Verus Residential Loanco LLC and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., which carried the period's only disclosed price of $195,800. No other street had more than one recorded deed in the period. Because only one price is available, sales cannot be grouped into meaningful price tiers.

MARKET NOTES

One deed, at 176 Chipman Road, lists the grantee as "Declaration of Homestead" rather than a person or entity name, that is a homestead-protection filing rather than a property sale. Two of the six deeds name Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. (MERS), a mortgage-industry registration entity, as grantor or grantee, at 191 East River Road and at 116 Skyline Trail, indicating those recordings are tied to mortgage or lender activity rather than a straightforward owner-to-buyer sale. One deed, at 9 Alderman Road, transferred property to the town of Middlefield. Property type, single-family, condominium or multi-family, is not indicated in the deed data and cannot be reported, and bedroom, bathroom and square-footage figures are not available from deed records.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jul 6 - Jul 12

Jul 20 - Jul 26

Jul 27 - Aug 2

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