Just Two of 15 Holden Property Deeds Recorded This Period Show a Sale Price

HOLDEN -- Fifteen property transfers were recorded in Holden between June 19 and July 18, according to Worcester County Registry of Deeds data, but only two of those transactions included a disclosed sale price, limiting what the record shows about the pace and value of the local market this period.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Fifteen deeds were recorded for Holden properties during the period. Of those, two carried a disclosed consideration amount, ranging from $100,000 to $355,000, with a median of $227,500 based on the two disclosed prices. The remaining 13 transfers were recorded without a sale price, which is common for certain deed types, including bank and mortgage-servicer transfers. Because only two of 15 recorded transactions include price data, and no prior-period figures are available for comparison, the dataset does not provide enough information to characterize the month as active or quiet beyond the raw count of 15 recorded transfers.

TOP SALES

Only two transactions in the dataset carry a disclosed price, so both are reported here rather than a longer ranked list.

The highest-priced transaction was a $355,000 sale recorded June 22 for a Holden property; the deed record does not list a street address. The seller was Robert Dyer and the buyer was Catherine McCarthy.

The second disclosed sale was $100,000 for 1584 Wachusett St., recorded June 23. The seller was Brittany Speroni and the buyer was Bank of America NA.

The remaining 13 recorded transfers -- at 31 Montana Dr., 251 Chapel St., 70 Glenwood St., 95 Sunnyside Ave., 18 Edgewood Dr., 31 Fairhill Rd., 66 Winthrop Ln., 1818 Main St. Unit 306, 15 Parker Ave., 56 Sherwood Dr., 25 Manning St., 14 Wyndhurst Dr. and 26 Oakcrest Rd. -- did not include a disclosed price and cannot be ranked by sale amount.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

No two recorded transfers in the period shared the same street, so no street-level cluster emerged in the data. By price tier, the two disclosed sales both fell under $500,000: the $100,000 transfer on Wachusett Street and the $355,000 transfer with no listed street address. The price tier of the other 13 transfers cannot be determined because no consideration amount was recorded for them.

MARKET NOTES

A notable share of this period's recorded deeds involved a bank, mortgage servicer or Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. (MERS) as either grantor or grantee rather than a typical owner-to-owner sale. Seven of the 15 transfers fit this description: the Wachusett Street deed naming Bank of America NA as buyer; the Montana Drive deed naming Freedom Mortgage Corp. and MERS as sellers; the Chapel Street deed naming PennyMac Loan Services LLC and MERS as sellers; the Glenwood Street deed naming MERS and Caliber Home Loans Inc. as sellers and Newrez LLC as buyer; the Sunnyside Avenue deed naming MERS and Merrimack Mortgage Co. LLC as sellers; and the Fairhill Road and Winthrop Lane deeds, each naming Main Street Bank as seller and MERS as buyer.

One recorded deed was for a condominium unit, 1818 Main St. Unit 306, distinguishing it from the single-family street addresses that make up the rest of the dataset. Catherine McCarthy, listed as buyer in the $355,000 transaction recorded June 22, is also listed as the seller in the Main Street condominium unit transfer recorded the same day; the data does not indicate whether the two transactions are related.

Several other recorded transfers listed two individuals sharing a surname as sellers -- including at Sherwood Drive, Manning Street, Wyndhurst Drive and Oakcrest Road -- consistent with jointly held property being conveyed, though the deed data does not specify the nature of those transfers.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jun 22 - Jun 28

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