Only One Holden Home Sale Reports Price Data So Far This Period

HOLDEN -- Eleven property transfers were recorded in Holden between Aug. 21 and Sept. 19, but registry data includes a sale price for only one of them so far: a $375,000 sale on Main Street recorded Aug. 21.

MARKET OVERVIEW Eleven deeds were recorded in Holden during the period. Of those, only one, the sale of 1279 Main St for $375,000, has a sale price posted in registry data as of this writing. Sale prices typically appear in the registry within about a week of recording, so the absence of a price on the other 10 transfers reflects that lag rather than any withholding of information by buyers or sellers. Because only one price has posted, the $375,000 figure is both the low and high end of the range and the only value available for a median; it should not be read as representative of the full period until more prices post. Based on transfer count alone, 11 recorded deeds in four weeks is a moderate volume for Holden, though several of those transfers, discussed below, are not traditional owner-to-buyer home sales.

TOP SALES The lone transaction with a recorded price this period is 1279 Main St, which sold for $375,000 on Aug. 21. Sellers Michael T. Williams and Lauri P. Williams transferred the property to buyers Muhammed Asim Ghani and Sabeen Asim Vatao, both listed on the deed as trustees. Bed, bath and square-footage figures are not available from deed records. The other 10 transfers recorded in the period, at 36 Summer Ln, 55 Cook St, 122 Fox Hill Dr, 64 Anderson Rd, 80 Kendall Rd, 1467 Main St, 17 Kendall Rd, 21 Avery Heights Dr, 782 Bailey Rd, and one transfer with no street address listed, do not yet have a sale price available. Once prices post for those transfers, some could end up ranking above or below the $375,000 Main Street sale.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Two streets had more than one recorded transfer this period. Main Street had two: 1279 Main St, which sold for $375,000, and 1467 Main St, for which a price is not yet available. Kendall Road also had two: 80 Kendall Rd and 17 Kendall Rd, neither with a posted price yet. The remaining seven transfers were spread across separate locations: Summer Lane, Cook Street, Fox Hill Drive, Anderson Road, Avery Heights Drive, Bailey Road, and one transfer recorded without a specific street address. With a price available for only one of the 11 transfers, a breakdown by price tier is not yet possible for this period.

MARKET NOTES Deed records for this period do not indicate property type, so single-family, condominium and multi-family transfers cannot be distinguished from the data. Two of the transfers, at 1467 Main St and 17 Kendall Rd, share the same seller, the estate of Gary C. Gaskin, indicating an estate recorded transfers of more than one Holden property within the same period. The transfer listed only as Holden, MA, with no street address, moved from Ann M. Dagle to Ronald J. Dagle, both sharing a last name. The transfer at 64 Anderson Rd was recorded from Judith Hanna to Judith A. Hanna. The transfer at 782 Bailey Rd was recorded between Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. and Movement Mortgage LLC as sellers and Carrington Mortgage Services LLC as buyer, a transaction between mortgage-industry entities rather than individual homeowners. Because price data is available for only one of the 11 recorded transfers, most conclusions about this period's pricing in Holden will depend on additional registry updates in the coming days.

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.