Charlton's Lone Recorded Sale Price Holds Steady at $156,810 Amid Reporting Lag

CHARLTON -- Twelve deeds were recorded for Charlton properties between Sept. 11 and Oct. 10, but only one carries a sale price in the Worcester County Registry of Deeds data so far. The remaining 11 transfers are pending price postings, a routine lag of about a week between recording and the registry publishing consideration amounts.

MARKET OVERVIEW

The registry recorded 12 property transfers in Charlton during the period. Of those, one has a posted sale price: $156,810, which stands as both the low and high end of the known range and, by default, the median. Because 11 of the 12 transfers have not yet posted a price, the figures above reflect a single data point rather than a full market picture. The raw count of 12 transfers offers no basis on its own for judging whether the period was more or less active than usual, since no prior-month comparison figures are included in this data.

TOP SALES

The only transaction with a recorded sale price in this period involved a Charlton property that sold for $156,810 on Sept. 14. The seller was listed as Christopher Lichtenhan and Jordana Lichtenhan, and the buyer as Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC and DART Collateral Manager LLC. No street address was provided for this parcel in the deed data. The other 11 transfers recorded during the period, listed below by address, do not yet have posted prices and cannot be ranked by sale amount

140 Sunset Dr. (Sept. 15); 320 Stafford St. (Sept. 14); 16 N Sullivan Rd. (Sept. 14); 16 North Sullivan Rd. (Sept. 14); 16 Sturbridge Rd. (Sept. 14); 5 Eleanor Ln. (Sept. 14); 113 Smith Rd. (Sept. 11); 90 Number 6 Schoolhouse Rd. (Sept. 11); 22 Timber Valley Rd. (Sept. 11); 97 Carroll Hill Rd. (Sept. 11); and 58 Lelandville Rd. (Sept. 11).

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

Most of the 12 recorded addresses are on different streets, with one exception: two separate deeds, 16 N Sullivan Rd. and 16 North Sullivan Rd., were both recorded on Sept. 14. The two entries list different sellers, Jean B. Lavergne on one and Thomas M. Lavergne and Kelley J. Lavergne on the other, suggesting the same property had more than one deed recorded that day involving family members with the same surname. By price tier, only one sale can be placed: the $156,810 transaction falls under $500,000. The remaining 11 sales cannot be sorted into tiers until their prices post.

MARKET NOTES

Several of the period's transfers listed a bank or credit union among the sellers, including Digital Federal Credit Union (140 Sunset Dr.), Avidia Bank (16 Sturbridge Rd.), Operative Bank (5 Eleanor Ln.), Southbridge Credit Union (90 Number 6 Schoolhouse Rd.), and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. (97 Carroll Hill Rd.), with Zillow Home Loans LLC listed as a counterparty on the latter. One transfer, 16 N Sullivan Rd., listed the buyer as Charlton Town Assessors, a municipal entity. Beds, baths and square footage are not available in deed records and are omitted from this report. With prices missing for the large majority of the period's transfers, no price-per-square-foot or property-type comparisons can be drawn from this dataset.

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.