No Sterling Deed Sale Prices Disclosed for Second Straight Filing Period

STERLING -- Worcester County Registry of Deeds records show 11 property transfers in Sterling between July 17 and Aug. 15, but none of the recorded deeds disclosed a sale price, leaving the month's market activity undocumented in dollar terms.

MARKET OVERVIEW Eleven deeds were recorded in Sterling during the period, but consideration amounts were not disclosed for any of them. As a result, a price range and median sale price could not be calculated for this period. The 11 recorded transfers indicate deed activity was not absent, but the record count alone, without price data, does not indicate whether the period was active or quiet relative to typical market conditions.

TOP SALES Because no sale price was disclosed for any of the 11 transactions, deeds could not be ranked by value this period. The transactions recorded, in order of filing date, were: 140 Leominster Rd. and 20 Muddy Pond Rd., both recorded July 23, along with a Sterling property with no street address listed in the deed; 38 Sandy Ridge Rd. and 30 Kilburn Rd., both recorded July 22; 12 Oakwood Dr. and 100 Jewett Rd., both recorded July 21; 63 Lakeshore Dr., recorded July 20; and 6 Tuttle Rd., 115 Redemption Rock Trail and 16 Turtle Ln. Unit 16, all recorded July 17. Bed, bath and square-footage figures are not available from deed records for any of these properties.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN The 11 transfers were spread across 10 different streets, with no street or neighborhood cluster accounting for more than one sale: Leominster Road, Muddy Pond Road, Sandy Ridge Road, Kilburn Road, Oakwood Drive, Jewett Road, Lakeshore Drive, Tuttle Road, Redemption Rock Trail and Turtle Lane each had one recorded transfer. One additional deed listed no specific street address. Because no sale prices were disclosed, transactions could not be grouped by price tier this period.

MARKET NOTES Four of the 11 deeds, for 30 Kilburn Rd., 63 Lakeshore Dr., 115 Redemption Rock Trail and, by a related pattern, 6 Tuttle Rd., listed a bank or mortgage entity as grantor: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. appears as seller of record on three of those deeds, transferring to Rocket Mortgage LLC, Ross Mortgage Co Inc. and Total Mortgage Services LLC, respectively, while Village Bank was listed as grantor on the Tuttle Road transfer to Fayann Loiseau. Two deeds involved trusts as the seller of record within what appear to be the same family name on both sides of the transaction: the Sterling property with no listed address, transferred from Mary E. Heinrich, as trustee, and James T. Heinrich, as trustee, and 20 Muddy Pond Rd., transferred from Lois J. Kane, as trustee, and the Lois J. Kane Revocable Living Trust. The deed for 16 Turtle Ln. Unit 16 similarly listed the Bothwell Family Irrevocable Trust as grantor and Paul C. Bothwell as grantee. The 38 Sandy Ridge Rd. deed listed Philip Benzie as grantor and Sterling Town Health as grantee. The 100 Jewett Rd. deed listed Kearsarge Sterling LLC as grantor and Century Aggregates Inc. as grantee. The 140 Leominster Rd. deed listed Gilmar De Paula Santos as the sole named grantor, and the 12 Oakwood Dr. deed listed Scott Willoughby and Kristin Willoughby as grantors. No sale prices were disclosed on any of these deeds, and the registry data made available for this report did not include bed, bath or square-footage figures for any property, so price-per-square-foot comparisons or property-type breakdowns beyond what is noted above could not be calculated.

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.