Athol's Only Two Confirmed Sale Prices Land Just Above $300,000

ATHOL -- Twelve property transfers recorded at the Worcester County Registry of Deeds between Aug. 21 and Sept. 19 included a $315,000 sale on Main Street, but prices for nine of the twelve transactions had not yet reached the registry by the time this report was compiled.

MARKET OVERVIEW

The registry recorded 12 property transfers in Athol during the period. Of those, three carry a recorded sale price so far, ranging from $75,000 to $315,000, with a median of $301,204. The remaining nine transfers show no price yet, which typically means the figure has not been entered into the registry's data, usually within about a week of recording, not that a price was withheld. With three-quarters of the period's transfers still missing price data, the overall dollar volume of the market cannot yet be assessed from this dataset; the raw count of 12 recorded transfers suggests a period of ordinary activity for the town.

TOP SALES

The highest-priced transaction was 208 Main St., which sold for $315,000 on Aug. 24. The sellers were Sergio L. Nascimento and Sergio Nascimento; the buyers were listed as Radius Financial Group Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. The second-highest was 462 Twichell St., which sold for $301,204 on Aug. 24, with sellers Jessica Joan Jacques and Jessica Joan Buffum and buyers Freedom Mortgage Corp. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. The third recorded price was $75,000 for a property in Athol on Aug. 24, sold by Steven R. Castle to Athol Credit Union; a specific street address was not provided in the deed record. Bedroom, bathroom and square-footage figures were not available in the deed data for any of these transactions.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

Chestnut Hill Avenue saw two recorded transfers: 546 Chestnut Hill Ave. (price not yet available, sold Aug. 25, from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. and Caliber Home Loans Inc. to NewRez LLC) and 280 Chestnut Hill Av. (price not yet available, sold Aug. 24, from the Athol Town Treasurer). Main Street also had two transfers: the $315,000 sale at 208 Main St. and a transfer at 1783 Main St. (price not yet available, sold Aug. 24, from MidFirst Bank and Clifton Robert Bowers). By price tier, the only transactions with confirmed figures fall under $500,000: $75,000, $301,204 and $315,000. The remaining nine transfers, at addresses including 336 Gage Rd., 28 Wellesley St., 996 Pleasant St., 82 Beacon St., 134 Bliss St. and 115 Swanzey St., have no price recorded yet and cannot be sorted into a tier.

MARKET NOTES

Several of the period's transfers involved banks, mortgage servicers or loan-registration entities as sellers or buyers, including Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., Caliber Home Loans Inc., NewRez LLC, MidFirst Bank, Cornerstone Bank and the Athol Credit Union. The 336 Gage Rd. transfer moved from the Theodore J. Mallet Sr. Living Trust to the Athol Town Treasurer. The Athol Town Treasurer also appears as seller on 280 Chestnut Hill Av. One transfer, at 115 Swanzey St., listed Sunrun Inc. as buyer, a company associated with residential solar installations rather than a traditional home sale. No condominium or multi-family designations were specified in the deed data provided.

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.