Disclosed North Brookfield Home Sales Range From $70,000 To $366,300

NORTH BROOKFIELD -- The Worcester County Registry of Deeds recorded 15 property transfers in North Brookfield between July 3 and Aug. 1, but only four listed a sale price, leaving most of the month's activity undocumented in dollar terms.

MARKET OVERVIEW Fifteen deeds were recorded in North Brookfield during the four-week period, but sale prices were disclosed in only four of them, or about 27%. Among the four disclosed sales, prices ranged from $70,000 to $366,300, with a median of $215,000. The remaining 11 transactions did not include a stated consideration amount, which is common for certain deed types, including bank-to-bank transfers and deeds where only a grantor is listed. Fifteen recorded transfers is a notable volume of activity for a town the size of North Brookfield, though the low rate of price disclosure limits how much can be concluded about where overall values stand.

TOP SALES The highest-priced transaction was 103 S Main St, which sold for $366,300 on July 8. The sellers were John Andrew Magario and Melissa Magario; the buyers were Rocket Mortgage LLC and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. At 18 Ayers St, the property sold for $350,000 on July 13; the sellers were Jason B. Roy and Jessica L. Roy, and the buyer was Leader Bank NA. A North Brookfield property without a listed street address sold for $80,000 on July 16; the sellers were James J. Mayo and Lori E. Mayo, and the buyer was Country Bank For Savings. At 60 Gilbert St, the property sold for $70,000 on July 16; the seller was Maple Street Garage Inc., and the buyer was R A Anderson Builders LLC.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Ward Street saw two recorded transfers during the period -- 147 Ward St on July 8 and 35 Ward St on July 3 -- neither with a disclosed price. The Main Street corridor also recorded three transfers: 89 South Main St (July 14), 103 S Main St (July 8) and 322 North Main St (July 8); only the S Main St sale included a price. Among the four sales with disclosed prices, two were below $100,000 (60 Gilbert St at $70,000 and the unaddressed North Brookfield property at $80,000) and two were above $350,000 (18 Ayers St and 103 S Main St), with no disclosed sale falling between those figures. The remaining nine recorded addresses -- including Summer, Bell, Cushing, Elm, Barrett, Cider Mill and Walker streets -- were each single, standalone transfers without a disclosed price.

MARKET NOTES The most consistent pattern in the July data is the involvement of banks, credit unions and mortgage companies as either buyer or seller. At least seven of the 15 recorded deeds named a lender or mortgage-servicing entity as a party, including Country Bank For Savings, Leader Bank NA, Rocket Mortgage LLC, Webster First Federal Credit Union, North Brookfield Savings Bank, Onity Mortgage Corp. and Northpoint Mortgage Inc. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., a national mortgage-registry entity, appeared as a party in three separate deeds. Several other entries listed only a grantor with no named buyer, a pattern seen in deeds tied to a single individual as seller, such as the July 7 transfer at 11 Cider Mill Rd from Benjamin J. Pacek IV. No bedroom, bathroom or square-footage data is available from deed records, so no price-per-square-foot comparisons could be made, and property type -- single-family, condominium or multi-family -- was not specified in the dataset.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jun 29 - Jul 5

Jul 6 - Jul 12

Jul 13 - Jul 19

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