Sparse Pricing Data Leaves Hardwick's August Home Values Largely Undisclosed

HARDWICK -- Seven property transfers were recorded in Hardwick during the four weeks ending Aug. 29, according to Worcester County Registry of Deeds records, but only one of those deeds listed a sale price, limiting what can be said about the town's current market values this period.

MARKET OVERVIEW Seven deeds were recorded in Hardwick between July 31 and Aug. 29. Of those, only one, a $68,960 sale recorded Aug. 10, disclosed a consideration amount; the other six listed no price. Because six of seven transfers carried no disclosed figure, a meaningful price range or median cannot be calculated for the period as a whole; the single disclosed sale of $68,960 reflects that one transaction only, not the broader market. The raw count of seven recorded deeds is what the data shows; whether that represents an active or quiet month cannot be assessed without price information across a larger share of the transfers.

TOP SALES Only one deed in the period included a disclosed sale price: a transfer that closed Aug. 10 for $68,960, from sellers Shane R. Francoeur and Rebecca L. Francoeur to buyer Cornerstone Bank. No street address was listed for this transfer in the deed data. The remaining six recorded transfers, at 850 North Rd., 103 Clapp Rd., 185 Sessions Rd., 987 Turkey St., 273 Upper Church St. and 1650 Barre Rd., did not include sale prices and cannot be ranked by value.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN No two recorded transfers this period shared a street name. Addresses were spread across North Road, Clapp Road, Sessions Road, Turkey Street, Upper Church Street and Barre Road, plus one transfer for which no address was listed. Because a sale price was disclosed for only one of the seven transfers, sales cannot be broken down by price tier for this period.

MARKET NOTES One transfer, at 185 Sessions Rd., listed Shane R. Francoeur as a seller alongside Rebecca L. Bernard; a separate deed recorded the same day, with no address listed, named Shane R. Francoeur and Rebecca L. Francoeur as sellers in the $68,960 sale to Cornerstone Bank. The deed data does not indicate whether these involve the same individuals. One transfer, at 987 Turkey St., moved from Marilyn E. Frost and Marilyn Frost to Marilyn E. Frost, as trustee, and the Frost Family Trust, a transfer within the same family name. Two deeds, at 103 Clapp Rd. and 1650 Barre Rd., listed credit unions, UMassFive College Federal Credit Union and Southbridge Credit Union, as sellers alongside individual grantees; the deed records do not indicate the nature of these transactions. No bed, bath or square-footage data was available for any recorded transfer, and property type is not specified in the deed records.

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.