Northampton Sale Prices Span $35,000 To $327,750 As Most Deeds Omit Price

NORTHAMPTON -- Fourteen property transfers were recorded in Northampton in the Hampshire County Registry of Deeds between June 19 and July 18, but only three carried a disclosed sale price. Those three ranged from $35,000 to $327,750.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Fourteen deeds were recorded in Northampton during the period. Of those, three listed a disclosed consideration amount: $35,000, $250,000 and $327,750, for a median of $250,000 among the disclosed-price transactions. The remaining 11 entries listed no sale price, which is common in deed-record data. Because price information was available for only 3 of 14 recorded transactions, the raw count of 14 does not by itself indicate whether the period was more or less active than other periods; no comparative figures were provided in the data.

TOP SALES

The highest disclosed price was $327,750, for a transaction recorded June 22. The registry entry lists no specific street address, only "Northampton, MA." The deed names Nathaniel P. Hanson and Bridget Hanson as sellers and HMA Mortgage and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as the receiving parties.

The second-highest disclosed price was $250,000, for 152 Maplewood Terrace, recorded June 22. Terrence R. Reynolds is listed as seller and Greenfield Savings Bank as the receiving party.

The third disclosed price was $35,000, for 97 Marian Street, recorded June 22. Christine M. Normandin (also listed as Christine Normandin) is named as seller and Florence Bank as the receiving party.

No bed, bath or square-footage figures were available in the deed data for any of the 14 transactions.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

Two of the 14 recorded transfers involved the same address, 231 Main Street: one for Unit 3R at Upper Main Street Condominiums, and a separate transfer of 231 Main Street to the City of Northampton, both recorded June 22. No other street name repeated during the period.

Among the three transactions with disclosed prices, all fell under $500,000: $35,000, $250,000 and $327,750. The 11 transactions without disclosed prices cannot be sorted into price tiers.

MARKET NOTES

Two entries in the dataset are transfers to the City of Northampton: 20 Highland Avenue, from Leonard Yakir, and 231 Main Street, from Nader S. Akoury and Liya M. Akoury. Neither lists a disclosed price.

One transfer, at 4 Bancroft Road, moved from J. Scott McArthur to Elizabeth L. McArthur, a same-surname transaction. Another, at 183 Emerson Way, involved the Bonnie S. Carhart Revocable Trust as seller.

Several records in the dataset reflect filings other than a sale. Entries tied to 7 Pine Valley Road, 183 Emerson Way and 231 Main Street Unit 3R list a declaration of homestead or certificate rather than a named buyer; 51 Conz Street is tied to a scrivener's affidavit; and 39 Stone Ridge Drive is tied to a decision on site plan approval. These are not purchase-and-sale transactions and are not counted among the sales discussed above.

Of the three transactions with a disclosed price, all three list a bank or mortgage-related entity -- Greenfield Savings Bank, Florence Bank, or HMA Mortgage and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. -- as the receiving party, rather than an individual buyer.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jun 22 - Jun 28

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