One Disclosed Sale Anchors Petersham's Eight Recorded Deed Transfers

PETERSHAM -- Eight property deeds were recorded in Petersham between July 10 and Aug. 8, but only one included a disclosed sale price, according to Worcester County Registry of Deeds records. Four of the eight transactions listed a bank or mortgage-servicing company as either buyer or seller.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Registry records show eight deed transfers recorded during the period. Of those, one disclosed a sale price: $97,000. Because only one of the eight transactions included a price, the registry-supplied price range and median both stand at $97,000, based on that single disclosed figure. The raw count of eight recorded deeds in a four-week span is not unusual on its own, but the near-total absence of disclosed pricing, seven of eight sales, limits what can be said about the value of activity in town this period.

TOP SALES

The only transaction with a disclosed price was a property in Petersham that sold for $97,000, recorded Aug. 17, 2026. The sellers were John H. Sherwood and Peter R. Sherwood; the buyers were Roger and Kathleen McHugh. No street address was listed for this transfer in the registry data. Bed, bath and square-footage figures are not available from deed records.

The remaining seven transactions, ranging from a home on Nichewaug Road to properties on Old Hardwick Road and Hardwick Road, did not include a sale price and are reported here as price not disclosed.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

North Main Street accounted for two of the eight recorded transfers: 324 North Main St., recorded Aug. 4, with Petersham Town Conservation as seller and Emery Boose as buyer; and 375 North Main St., recorded July 23, with Brian R. and Jesslyn L. Lapati as sellers. No buyer was listed for the 375 North Main St. transfer in the available data.

The remaining six transfers were spread across individual streets: 206 Nichewaug Road (Aug. 5), 61 Monson Turnpike Road (Aug. 3), 22 Old Hardwick Road (July 27), 15 Old East Street (July 24), 190 Hardwick Road (July 13), and the price-disclosed Petersham property with no listed street address (July 17). None of these streets had more than one recorded transfer in the period. Because only one sale carried a disclosed price, sales cannot be meaningfully grouped into price tiers this period.

MARKET NOTES

Four of the eight recorded deeds involved a bank or mortgage-related entity as either grantor or grantee: Cornerstone Bank (buyer, 206 Nichewaug Road), Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. and Tidewater Mortgage Services Inc. (61 Monson Turnpike Road), Bank of America N.A. and First American Mortgage Solutions LLC (22 Old Hardwick Road), and Guaranteed Rate Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. (190 Hardwick Road). The registry data does not indicate the reason for these transfers.

One transaction listed Petersham Town Conservation as a seller, at 324 North Main St. No price was disclosed for that transfer.

Price-per-square-foot and property-type comparisons cannot be calculated for this period; square footage and property-type fields were not available in the deed data, and only one transaction carried a disclosed price.

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.