West Brookfield Sale Prices Mostly Absent From Early September Deed Filings

WEST BROOKFIELD -- Eleven property transfers were recorded in West Brookfield between Aug. 21 and Sept. 19, but sale prices have posted to the registry for only one of them so far, leaving most of the period's market activity impossible to quantify by dollar value at this time.

MARKET OVERVIEW The Worcester County Registry of Deeds recorded 11 real estate transactions involving West Brookfield properties during the four-week period. As of this report, only one of those 11 carries a recorded sale price: $237,000 for 18 Cottage St. That single figure sets the current price range and median at $237,000, though both will shift once additional considerations post. Consideration amounts typically appear in registry data within about a week of a deed's recording date, so the gap reflects normal reporting lag rather than any indication that buyers or sellers withheld terms. Based on the raw count alone, 11 recorded deeds for one small town in a single month represents a full slate of activity, though without comparable prior-period figures it is not possible to characterize the pace as brisk or slow.

TOP SALES 18 Cottage St. is the only transaction with a price on record this period, selling for $237,000 on Sept. 1. The sellers were David A. Griswold and Susan E. Griswold; the buyer was Country Bank For Savings. No other sale in the period has a recorded consideration amount, so a ranked list of top sales cannot yet be produced. Once prices post for the remaining 10 transactions, including sales on Warepoint Road, Long Hill Road, Bemis Road, West Shore Road, Lake Shore Drive, Boston Post Road, Moorings Way, Shoreline Drive and Avalon Place, a fuller price picture will be available.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN The 11 recorded transactions are spread across 10 distinct streets plus one entry listed only as a general West Brookfield address, with no street appearing more than once in the dataset. That spread means no single-street concentration emerged this period. On price, only one tier can currently be established: the $237,000 Cottage Street sale falls under the $500,000 mark. The other 10 transactions cannot yet be sorted into price tiers because their considerations have not been recorded.

MARKET NOTES Several of this period's deeds involve trusts or lending entities rather than a straightforward owner-to-buyer sale. The Warepoint Road transfer lists the Lapenas Irrevocable Trust and Cara L. Lapenas as trustee as seller. The Moorings Way transfer lists Roger E. Caron as trustee and the Roger E. Caron Rev Trust as seller. The Shoreline Drive transfer lists Kathryn A. Scheriff as trustee and the Kathryn A. Scheriff Trust as seller. The registry data does not indicate the reason for these trust-based transfers. Separately, two deeds involve lending or federal housing entities as parties: USA Rural Development is listed as a seller on the Bemis Road transfer, and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. and Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. appear as parties on the Avalon Place transfer. On Cottage Street, the recorded buyer is Country Bank For Savings rather than an individual. Bed, bath and square-footage figures are not available in deed records for any of the 11 transactions, and property type (single-family, condominium or multi-family) is also not specified in the data provided.

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.