Just One Of Ten Templeton Home Sales Discloses Price In July

TEMPLETON -- Ten deeds were recorded in Templeton between July 10 and Aug. 8, but only one included a disclosed sale price, a $25,000 transfer between family members, leaving most of the period's recorded transfers without pricing data.

MARKET OVERVIEW Ten property transfers were recorded in Templeton during the four-week period. Of those, only one deed disclosed a sale price: $25,000, recorded July 14. Because just one of the 10 transactions reported a consideration amount, the price range and median sale price both stand at $25,000, reflecting that single disclosed figure rather than a broader market trend. Nine of the 10 deeds did not report a sale price, a routine omission in Massachusetts deed filings that does not indicate a $0 sale value. Based on volume alone, 10 recorded deeds over four weeks represents a modest but steady level of transfer activity for the town.

TOP SALES The only transaction with a disclosed price was a $25,000 deed recorded July 14, transferring property from Brian T. Fitzpatrick and Margaret R. Fitzpatrick to Margaret R. Fitzpatrick. No street address, square footage or bedroom/bathroom data was listed for this transfer. Sale prices were not disclosed for the nine other properties that changed hands during the period: 167 State Rd., 442 Otter River Rd., 7 Lake Ave., 26 Brooks Village Rd., 24 Holman St., 10 Pine St., 13 Prospect St., 9 Otter River Rd. and 53 Norcross Hill Rd.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Otter River Road accounted for two of the 10 transfers, at 442 Otter River Rd. and 9 Otter River Rd., recorded July 13 and July 10, respectively. This was the only street to appear more than once in the period's records. The remaining seven addressed transfers were spread across separate streets: State Road, Lake Avenue, Brooks Village Road, Holman Street, Pine Street, Prospect Street and Norcross Hill Road; the Fitzpatrick transfer carried no listed address. With a sale price disclosed for only one of the 10 deeds, a price-tier breakdown of the market is not possible for this period.

MARKET NOTES Deed records show several transfers involving banks or mortgage-related entities as grantor or grantee. Santander Bank NA was listed as a seller alongside James R. Pallotta Jr. at 167 State Rd. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. appeared as a seller in transfers at 442 Otter River Rd., 7 Lake Ave. and 26 Brooks Village Rd., with the latter two also naming Investment LLC and Homebridge Financial Services Inc., respectively, as the other party. TD Bank NA was listed as a seller at 9 Otter River Rd., and Rocket Mortgage LLC was named as a buyer at 53 Norcross Hill Rd. The town of Templeton itself was listed as a seller in the 13 Prospect St. transfer, with Roger LaDue named as the other party. The $25,000 transaction was a transfer within the Fitzpatrick family, from Brian T. and Margaret R. Fitzpatrick to Margaret R. Fitzpatrick alone. No bedroom, bathroom or square footage data was available for any property in this period's deed records.

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.