Two Priced Sales Bookend Leicester's Deed Activity This Period

LEICESTER -- Eleven property transfers were recorded in Leicester between Aug. 28 and Sept. 26, but price data has posted for only two of them so far, led by a $410,000 sale. The remaining nine transactions are recorded but have not yet had a consideration amount appear in registry records.

MARKET OVERVIEW

The Worcester County Registry of Deeds recorded 11 property transfers in Leicester during the period. Of those, two carry a recorded sale price so far: $50,000 and $410,000, a range that produces a midpoint of $230,000 between the two known figures. The other nine transactions have no price posted yet, which is typical of registry data lag rather than any withholding by the parties involved. Because price information covers only two of the 11 recorded deeds, this figure should be read as a snapshot of the two available data points, not a market-wide median. The raw count of 11 transactions is the only volume figure available for this period; there is no prior-month data provided for comparison, so this report does not characterize the pace as active or quiet.

TOP SALES

The highest recorded sale was a $410,000 transaction that closed Aug. 31, sold by Matthew and Alicia Witkowski to Brian Wenckus. The deed record for this sale does not list a street address. The only other sale with a recorded price was 5 Holcomb St., which sold for $50,000 on Aug. 31. The sellers were listed as Christine M. Bates and Christine M. Doiron, and the buyer was Central One Federal Credit Union. No other sales in the period have a recorded price yet, so no additional transactions can be ranked among the top sales this month.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

Two of the 11 recorded transfers involve the same address, Stafford Street. On Aug. 28, Anna L. Lamountain and Anne L. Goss transferred a condominium unit at 1022 Stafford St., Unit 3, to Anna L. Lamountain as trustee of the Anna Lamountain Family Trust; that same day, the Anna Lamountain Family Trust was listed as the seller of a separate deed at 1022 Stafford St. Price is not yet available for either transaction. Aside from that cluster, the remaining sales are spread across separate streets, including Carleton Road, Sabina Circle, White Birch Street, Auburn Street, Pine Street, Green Street and Boyd Street, with no other street appearing more than once in this period's data. Because price data is available for only two properties, a breakdown by price tier is not meaningful for the rest of the period's transactions.

MARKET NOTES

Two of the recorded deeds, at 18 Carleton Road and 53 Green Street, list Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. among the sellers of record; price is not yet available for either. Matthew Witkowski appears as a seller on two separate deeds in this period, the $410,000 sale with no listed street address and a transaction at 93 Pine St. for which price has not yet posted. The transfer involving 1022 Stafford St., Unit 3, and 1022 Stafford St. shows the same family name, Lamountain, on both the outgoing and incoming sides of the deeds, consistent with a within-family or trust transfer; the data does not indicate why the transfers occurred. Beds, baths and square footage are not available in the deed data provided, so no price-per-square-foot or property-type comparisons can be made this period.

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.