Median Sale Price Holds at $132,000 as Most Barre Deeds Stay Undisclosed

BARRE -- Eleven properties changed hands in Barre between June 26 and July 25, according to Worcester County Registry of Deeds records, but only three of those transactions disclosed a sale price, ranging from $109,146 to $540,404.

MARKET OVERVIEW Registry records show 11 recorded property transfers in Barre during the period. Of those, three listed a consideration amount: $109,146, $132,000 and $540,404, producing a median of $132,000. The remaining eight transfers did not disclose a sale price. With pricing available for fewer than a third of recorded deeds, the data offers only a partial view of sale values in Barre this period. Based on the raw count alone, 11 recorded transfers over four weeks reflects ongoing but not unusually high deed activity for the town; the dataset does not include prior-month figures for comparison.

TOP SALES The highest-priced recorded transfer was a $540,404 sale recorded July 2. The deed record listed sellers Robert M. Luongo Jr. and Melissa A. Guillemette and buyers Canopy Mortgage LLC and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc.; no street address was included in the record.

The second-highest disclosed sale was 119 South St., which sold for $132,000 on June 30. Sellers were Susan I. Anderson and Susan A. Goddard, and the buyer was Country Bank for Savings.

The third disclosed sale was 430 Worcester Rd., which sold for $109,146 on July 1. Sellers were Mario R. Muto and Mario Muto, and buyers were Dart Collateral Manager LLC and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc.

Eight additional deeds recorded during the period did not disclose a sale price: 320 Vernon Ave. (July 3), 278 Oakham Rd. (July 2), 709 Worcester Rd. (July 2), 118 Peach St. (July 2), 85 Valley Rd. (June 30), 684 Valley Rd. (June 29), 161 Old Hardwick Rd. (June 26) and 999 Old Coldbrook Rd. (June 26).

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Two streets recorded more than one transfer during the period. Worcester Road had two deeds: 709 Worcester Rd. on July 2 (price not disclosed) and 430 Worcester Rd. on July 1 ($109,146). Valley Road also had two: 85 Valley Rd. on June 30 and 684 Valley Rd. on June 29, both price not disclosed. Among the three sales with disclosed prices, two fell under $500,000 ($109,146 and $132,000) and one exceeded $500,000 ($540,404). No other street had more than one recorded transfer in this period.

MARKET NOTES Eight of the 11 recorded deeds list a bank, mortgage-servicing company or Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as grantor or grantee, rather than two individual parties on both sides of the transaction. Those entities appear in the records for 320 Vernon Ave., the $540,404 Barre sale, 709 Worcester Rd., 118 Peach St., 430 Worcester Rd., 119 South St., 85 Valley Rd. and 684 Valley Rd. The sellers in the $540,404 sale, Robert M. Luongo Jr. and Melissa A. Guillemette, also appear as sellers on a same-day, price-undisclosed deed at 278 Oakham Rd. Property type, square footage and bedroom/bathroom counts were not available in the deed records reviewed for this report.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jun 22 - Jun 28

Jun 29 - Jul 5

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