Sturbridge's Two Disclosed Home Sales Both Clear $580,000 in Late June

STURBRIDGE -- Ten property transfers were recorded in Sturbridge between June 26 and July 25, but only three of them disclosed a sale price in registry data, ranging from $15,000 to $592,462.

MARKET OVERVIEW Ten deeds were recorded in Sturbridge during the period. Of those, three disclosed a sale price: $15,000, $582,900 and $592,462, producing a median of $582,900 among the disclosed transactions. The remaining seven transfers -- a majority of the month's recorded activity -- did not include a consideration amount in the registry data, which is common for certain deed types, including trustee conveyances and transfers involving financial institutions. With price data available for only three of 10 transactions, the raw sales count does not support a broader read on whether the period was active or quiet.

TOP SALES The highest-priced recorded transaction was 622 Main St., which sold June 26 for $592,462. The seller was listed as Stanley O. Mathurin and Sasha M. Winspeare; the buyer was listed as Swift Home Loans Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc.

The second-highest was 76 Fiske Hill Rd., which sold June 30 for $582,900. The seller was listed as Melissa B. Beauchemin; the buyer was listed as Andrew Either.

The third was an unaddressed Sturbridge property that sold June 29 for $15,000. The sellers were listed as Mark Augello and Julie Augello; the buyer was listed as Cornerstone Bank.

No other transactions in the dataset disclosed a sale price.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN No street had more than one recorded sale during the period. By price tier: two sales fell between $500,000 and $1 million (622 Main St. and 76 Fiske Hill Rd.); one sale fell under $500,000 ($15,000, no street address listed); and seven sales -- at 176 Podunk Rd., 10 Blueberry Ln., 42 Hamilton Rd., 71 Shepard Rd., 10 Bates Hill, 24 Evergreen Ln. and 51 Clarke Rd. -- had no price disclosed and cannot be assigned to a price tier.

MARKET NOTES Bed, bath and square-footage figures are not available in deed records, so no price-per-square-foot comparisons or property-type breakdowns can be made for this period. Several recorded transfers listed financial institutions as a party: the $15,000 transfer named Cornerstone Bank as buyer, and the $592,462 sale named Swift Home Loans Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as buyer. A separate transfer at 71 Shepard Rd. listed Bank of America NA and Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB, as trustee, as sellers, with no buyer or price listed. The deed for 42 Hamilton Rd. listed Sarah Magie Foster, as trustee, as one of two sellers. Buyer information was not provided in the registry data for seven of the 10 recorded transfers.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jun 22 - Jun 28

Jun 29 - Jul 5

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