Only one Petersham sale price disclosed in July, holding steady at $97,000

PETERSHAM -- Seven properties in Petersham changed hands during the four weeks ending Aug. 1, but only one deed disclosed a sale price, leaving most of the month's real estate activity impossible to quantify in dollar terms.

MARKET OVERVIEW The Worcester County Registry of Deeds recorded seven property transfers in Petersham between July 3 and Aug. 1. Of those, only one, a $97,000 sale that closed July 17, included a disclosed consideration amount. That single figure sets both the price range and the median for the period at $97,000. With six of seven deeds carrying no listed price, the raw count of seven transfers is the only reliable measure of activity level this month; whether the market itself was active or quiet cannot be determined from price data alone.

TOP SALES The lone disclosed sale in Petersham this period was a $97,000 transfer that closed July 17. Sellers John H. Sherwood and Peter R. Sherwood conveyed the property to buyers Roger McHugh and Kathleen McHugh; no street address was listed in the deed record. No other transaction in the dataset included a sale price, so no further ranking of top sales is possible this month.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Main Street saw two of the month's seven transfers: 375 North Main St. (sellers Brian and Jesslyn L. Lapati, closed July 23) and 107 N. Main St. (sellers Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. and U.S. Bank NA, closed July 8). The remaining five transfers were spread across separate streets with no repeat addresses: 22 Old Hardwick Rd. (sellers Bank of America NA and First American Mortgage Solutions LLC, closed July 27), 190 Hardwick Rd. (sellers Guaranteed Rate Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., closed July 13), 15 Old East St. (seller Ryan Lavallee, closed July 24), 5 East St. (seller Lynn Scott, buyer GoodLeap LLC, closed July 7), and the unaddressed $97,000 Sherwood-to-McHugh sale closed July 17. Because sale prices are not disclosed for six of the seven properties, a price-tier breakdown by neighborhood is not possible this month.

MARKET NOTES Price-per-square-foot and property-type comparisons (single-family vs. condominium vs. multi-family) are not available, as none of the seven deeds included square footage, unit type, or bedroom/bathroom counts. A notable pattern in the seller field: three of the seven transactions listed a bank or mortgage-servicing entity as grantor, Bank of America NA and First American Mortgage Solutions LLC on Old Hardwick Road, Guaranteed Rate Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. on Hardwick Road, and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. and U.S. Bank NA on North Main Street. These are lender or loan-servicing entities rather than individual homeowners; the deed data does not specify the circumstances behind these transfers. Separately, the July 7 transfer at 5 East St. named GoodLeap LLC, a solar-financing company, as buyer rather than an individual, a deed type distinct from the other six residential-style transfers. With price data disclosed for only one of seven sales, no broader pricing trend can be drawn from this month's records.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jul 6 - Jul 12

Jul 13 - Jul 19

Jul 20 - Jul 26

Jul 27 - Aug 2

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