Two Priced Sales in Middlefield Show Wide Range as Most Deeds Await Values

MIDDLEFIELD -- Nine property transfers were recorded at the Hampshire County Registry of Deeds for Middlefield between Aug. 28 and Sept. 26, but only two carried a sale price as of this report, leaving most of the period's activity without a dollar figure attached.

MARKET OVERVIEW

The registry recorded nine transfers during the period. Of those, two included a sale price: $16,007 and $377,492, a range that puts the reported median at $196,749. The remaining seven transactions show no price yet, which is normal for deed data and usually means the figure has not reached the registry within the roughly one-week lag, not that a price was withheld. Nine recorded transfers is a notable count for a small town like Middlefield, but with pricing data available for only two of them, the period cannot yet be characterized as active or quiet in dollar terms.

TOP SALES

The highest-priced transaction on record is 6 Johnny Cake Hill Rd, which sold for $377,492 on Sept. 10. The seller was listed as Daniel B. Bergeron and Sharon R. Bergeron, and the buyer as Mutual of Omaha Mortgage Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. The only other transaction with a recorded price is 0 West Hill Rd, which sold for $16,007 on Sept. 2 from seller Alana Kalehua to buyer Legacy Land Co LLC. Beds, baths and square footage were not available from the deed records for either transaction. The remaining seven recorded transfers, listed below by street, have no price yet available.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

The 6 Johnny Cake Hill Rd address (recorded once as "Johnny Cake Hill Rd" and once as "Johnnycake Hill Rd") saw two deeds within two days: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. and MERS transferred the property to Daniel B. Bergeron and Sharon R. Bergeron Daldoss on Sept. 8, and Sept. 10 recorded the sale to Mutual of Omaha Mortgage Inc. for $377,492. No other street in the dataset had more than one recorded transfer. By price tier, the two transactions with recorded prices fall under $500,000. The other seven addresses, including 185 East River Rd, 259 Skyline Trail, 6 Arthur Pease Rd, 85 Chipman Rd, 0 Clark Wright Rd and an unaddressed Middlefield parcel, currently have no price on record.

MARKET NOTES

Two transfers originated from banks: PeoplesBank transferred 185 East River Rd to Susan E. Schneller on Sept. 24, and Westfield Bank transferred 85 Chipman Rd to Barry E. Bernard and Meghan J. Bernard on Sept. 10. Two transfers appear to be within the same family or entity: Derek Gallo transferred 259 Skyline Trail to Deane Gallo and Donna Slozak on Sept. 22, and Skyline Water Works Inc. transferred an unaddressed Middlefield parcel to Skyline Historic Waterworks Inc. on Sept. 9. A third transfer, at 0 Clark Wright Rd, moved the property from Diamond Kongoletos and Nancy Kongoletos to Diamond Kongoletos and Nancy Kongoletos as trustees on Sept. 8. A separate Sept. 10 recording at 6 Arthur Pease Rd lists Elizabeth W. Tanzer, as trustee, as seller and "Declaration of Homestead" as the recorded document type, which reflects a homestead filing rather than a sale to a new owner. No bed, bath, square footage or property-type data was available in the deed records for this period, so no price-per-square-foot or housing-type comparisons can be made.

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.