All 11 West Brookfield property transfers this period report no sale price

WEST BROOKFIELD -- Eleven property deeds were recorded in West Brookfield between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, but not one of the transactions disclosed a sale price, leaving this month's roundup unable to establish a price range or median for the period.

MARKET OVERVIEW

The Worcester County Registry of Deeds recorded 11 property transfers involving West Brookfield addresses during the four-week period. None of the 11 entries included a consideration amount, so no price range or median sale price can be calculated for this period. Because pricing data is entirely absent, the period cannot be characterized as active or quiet based on value; the only available benchmark is the raw count of 11 recorded transfers across four weeks.

TOP SALES

A ranked list of top sales by price is not possible this period because no consideration amount was disclosed for any of the 11 transactions. The five most recently recorded transfers with full street addresses were as follows. On 31 Boston Post Road, the property transferred Aug. 28, with sellers listed as Peter Rust and Angela Marie Rust; price not disclosed. On 129 Lake Shore Drive, the property transferred Aug. 28, with sellers listed as Robert S. Laughlin and Meredith Laughlin; price not disclosed. On 17 Moorings Way, the property transferred Aug. 25 from Roger E. Caron, trustee, to the Roger E. Caron Revocable Trust; price not disclosed. On 223 Shoreline Drive, the property transferred Aug. 24 from Kathryn A. Scheriff, trustee, to the Kathryn A. Scheriff Trust; price not disclosed. On 4 Avalon Place, the property transferred Aug. 21 from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. to Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.; price not disclosed.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

The 11 recorded transfers were spread across 10 different streets, with no street recording more than one transaction during the period. Addresses included Boston Post Road, Lake Shore Drive, Moorings Way, Shoreline Drive, Avalon Place, Kennedy Road, Wickaboag Valley Road, Snow Road, Birch Hill Road and Clearview Drive, plus one transfer recorded without a specific street address. Because no sale prices were disclosed, transactions cannot be grouped into price tiers this period.

MARKET NOTES

Three of the 11 transfers, at 17 Moorings Way, 223 Shoreline Drive and 55 Snow Road, involved a grantor acting as trustee transferring the property to a trust bearing the same family name, a pattern consistent with within-family or estate-planning transfers; the data does not indicate motivation. Two transfers, at 4 Avalon Place and 48 Clearview Drive, listed Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as grantor, transferring to Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. and Pennymac Loan Services LLC, respectively, meaning these were transfers between lending entities rather than to individual buyers. The transfer at 89 Kennedy Road listed Massachusetts Electric Co. and Verizon New England Inc. as grantees, indicating the deed likely reflects a utility easement rather than a residential sale. The transfer at 153 Wickaboag Valley Road listed East Quabbin Land Trust Inc., a conservation-focused nonprofit, as grantee. One transfer recorded without a specific street address listed Enfin Corp., a corporate entity, as grantee. Of the 11 recorded deeds, only a minority represent a straightforward transfer from one individual owner to another; the rest involve trusts, mortgage servicers, a utility, a land trust or a corporate buyer. With no sale price disclosed for any transaction, price-per-square-foot or other value-based comparisons cannot be made this period.

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.