Only two of 13 Gardner deeds show a sale price so far this month

GARDNER -- Thirteen property transfers were recorded in Gardner between Sept. 4 and Oct. 3, but only two carry a sale price so far, leaving most of the month's market activity still to be quantified as figures reach the registry.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Thirteen deeds were recorded in Gardner during the period. Of those, two carry a recorded sale price: $141,301 and $459,523, putting the full range at $141,301 to $459,523 with a median of $300,412. The remaining 11 transactions show "price not yet available," which is typical for recently recorded deeds and usually resolves within about a week as figures are processed by the registry. The raw count of 13 recorded transfers suggests a moderate pace of activity for a city of Gardner's size, though no prior-month data is available here for direct comparison, and the price picture will likely look different once the rest of the figures post.

TOP SALES

The two highest-priced transactions recorded so far are the only ones with available figures. The top sale, at an unspecified Gardner address, closed for $459,523 on Sept. 8; the deed lists sellers Joshua Gale and Madeline Almonte Batista, with Vellum Mortgage Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as grantees. The second, at 88 Racette Ave., closed for $141,301 on Sept. 8; the deed lists seller Steven J. Bourgault, with Rocket Mortgage LLC and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as grantees. The remaining 11 recorded transfers, listed below by street, have not yet posted a sale price.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

No street in this period's data had more than one recorded transfer, so there is no street-level clustering to report. By price tier, both sales with recorded figures, $141,301 and $459,523, fall under the $500,000 mark. The other 11 addresses, including 75 Coleman St., 110 Laitinen Dr., 52 Bancroft St., 4 Lachance St., 109 Greenwood Pl., 3 Highfield Rd., 333 West Broadway, 173 Temple St., 53 Water St., 96 Pinewood Dr. and 16 Knowlton St., cannot yet be placed in a tier because their prices have not posted.

MARKET NOTES

Several deeds in this period list a mortgage company or Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as grantee rather than an individual buyer, including the two sales with recorded prices as well as the transfers at 75 Coleman St. (NewRez LLC) and 96 Pinewood Dr. (United Wholesale Mortgage LLC). That pattern means some of these recorded figures may reflect mortgage financing activity rather than a straightforward change in homeownership.

A separate pattern involves transfers where grantor and grantee share a surname, which can indicate a trust, estate or intra-family transfer: 110 Laitinen Dr. (Duane K. Goo Tr. to Jacqueline Lee Goo Tr.), 52 Bancroft St. (Normand E. Desroches and Dorraine S. Desroches), 3 Highfield Rd. (Alexander P. Norskey and Doris C. Norskey), 173 Temple St. (Wayne D. Gallant and Jeannine E. Gallant), 53 Water St. (Jason W. Lavalley and Theresa M. Lavalley) and 333 West Broadway (Paula M. Dabuliewicz and F. Joseph Griczika to Elizabeth H. Griczika and F. Joseph Griczika). No motivation for these transfers is indicated in the deed data. One transfer, at 4 Lachance St., lists Mahoney Brook LLC as seller and Gardner City Planning as buyer, indicating a transfer to the municipality.

With 11 of 13 recorded sale prices still outstanding, a fuller read on September's market, including price-per-square-foot comparisons or property-type mix, will depend on data not yet available.

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.