Only One Of 12 Phillipston Property Sales Discloses A Price This Period

PHILLIPSTON -- Worcester County Registry of Deeds records show 12 property transfers in Phillipston between July 17 and Aug. 15, but only one carried a disclosed sale price, leaving most of the period's real estate activity impossible to value from public deed data alone.

MARKET OVERVIEW Twelve deeds were recorded in Phillipston during the period. Of those, only one, a Phillipston property that sold July 29, disclosed a sale price of $685,000. Because only one price is available, that figure also stands as both the low and high end of the range and the median. The remaining 11 transactions are recorded as price not disclosed, which is common for certain deed types, such as trust transfers, foreclosure-related filings and intra-family transfers, but is a notably high share for a single monthly period. The raw count of 12 recorded deeds indicates a period of ordinary transaction volume; whether that volume reflects an active or quiet market cannot be determined without more pricing data.

TOP SALES The lone disclosed sale, a property in Phillipston, sold for $685,000 on July 29, 2026. Sellers Michael Fischer and Donalda W. Fischer transferred the property to buyers Stephen W. Strout II and Michaela Martin Strout. No other transaction in this period disclosed a sale price, so no further ranking by value is possible. The 11 additional recorded deeds, listed by address, are: 120 Baldwinville Road, 570 Highland Ave., 95 Narrow Lane, 160 Templeton Road, 12 Lambs Cove Road, 785 Royalston Road, 5 Myrtle Road, 370 Queen Lake Road, 885 Royalston Road, 15 Lovell Place and 285 Queen Lake Road.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Two streets each recorded two transactions during the period: Royalston Road (785 and 885 Royalston Road, both price not disclosed) and Queen Lake Road (370 and 285 Queen Lake Road, both price not disclosed). All other addresses, Baldwinville Road, Highland Avenue, Narrow Lane, Templeton Road, Lambs Cove Road, Myrtle Road and Lovell Place, recorded a single transaction each. With pricing data available for only one sale, a price-tier breakdown by neighborhood is not possible for this period.

MARKET NOTES Just one of 12 recorded deeds, or roughly 8%, disclosed a sale price, a lower disclosure rate than typically seen in monthly deed roundups. Several patterns are visible in the grantor and grantee data. Phillipston Town appears as the buyer on the 12 Lambs Cove Road transaction, acquiring the property from Karl Hakkarainen and Karl A. Hakkarainen, a municipal acquisition. The 5 Myrtle Road deed shows Cynthia B. Fagundes, as trustee, transferring the property to the Camp Myrtle Irrevocable Trust, a trust-related transfer. The 285 Queen Lake Road deed lists Bradley J. Gallant and Julia P. Gallant as both sellers and buyers, indicating an internal or intra-family transfer rather than a typical sale to an outside party. Four deeds, covering 785 Royalston Road, 370 Queen Lake Road, 885 Royalston Road and 15 Lovell Place, list Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as either grantor or grantee alongside mortgage servicing or lending entities, indicating these recordings likely reflect mortgage assignments rather than homeowner-to-homeowner sales. Additionally, Stephen W. Strout II and Michaela Martin Strout appear as buyers on the $685,000 Phillipston sale and as sellers on the 95 Narrow Lane deed, both recorded the same day, July 29, 2026. No bed, bath or square-footage data was available for any transaction in this period, as that information is not part of the deed record.

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.