Douglas Deed Data Shows Just One Priced Sale Among 11 September Transfers

DOUGLAS -- Eleven property deeds were recorded in Douglas between Sept. 4 and Oct. 3, but sale prices have reached the registry for only one of them so far, leaving most of the period's market activity still to be reported.

MARKET OVERVIEW Eleven transfers were recorded in Douglas during the four-week period. Only one carried a recorded sale price, $150,000, which sets both the price range and the median for the period at $150,000. The other 10 transfers show "price not yet available," which typically means the consideration has not yet reached registry records rather than any withholding of information. With prices pending for 10 of 11 deeds, the raw count of 11 is the only solid volume signal available this period; it is not possible to characterize the market as active or quiet without price data to go with it.

TOP SALES The lone transaction with a recorded price is a property in Douglas that sold for $150,000 on Sept. 10, with Ian M. Poland and Sheena Poland as sellers and JPMorgan Chase Bank NA as buyer. No street address was listed for this transfer in the deed data. The remaining 10 transfers, at 10 Laurel Hill Road, 36 Crescent Lane, 9 Whitin Heights, 188 South St., 296 Yew St., 22 Old Farm Road, 115 Shore Road, 42 West St., 20 Joseph Road and 126 Yew St., have no recorded price yet and cannot be ranked among the period's top sales until that data arrives.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Yew Street was the only street with more than one recorded transfer this period, with transfers at 296 Yew St. and 126 Yew St., both recorded Sept. 4 and Sept. 9, respectively. The remaining nine transfers were spread across nine different streets or locations: Laurel Hill Road, Crescent Lane, Whitin Heights, South Street, Old Farm Road, Shore Road, West Street, Joseph Road and one unaddressed Douglas property. With pricing unavailable for nearly all transfers, a breakdown by price tier is not yet possible.

MARKET NOTES Beyond the single recorded price, the clearest pattern in this period's deed data involves the parties themselves rather than price. Eight of the 11 transfers listed a bank, credit union or mortgage-related entity, including JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, PennyMac Loan Services LLC, St. Marys Credit Union, Milford Federal Bank, Unibank For Savings, TruNorth Bank, and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as either grantor or grantee, rather than two individual parties. One transfer, at 36 Crescent Lane, involved a trust, with Gravitaz Assets Trust as seller and Victoria Bourque, as trustee, as buyer. Another, at 296 Yew St., listed the estate of Suzannne M. Lussier as a party. A transfer at 126 Yew St. involved sellers Taylor R. Staples and Cameron D. Staples, who share a surname. Property type, square footage and bedroom or bathroom counts are not available from deed records and are omitted here.

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.