Alford Home Prices Range From $750,000 To $1.39 Million This Period

ALFORD -- Nine property transfers were recorded in Alford's deed records this month, though only two carried a posted sale price so far, ranging from $750,000 to $1,386,900.

MARKET OVERVIEW Nine sales were recorded in Alford between Sept. 25 and Oct. 24. Of those, two carried a recorded sale price, ranging from $750,000 to $1,386,900, with a median of $1,068,450 across the two priced transactions. The remaining seven sales have not yet posted a price; prices typically appear in registry records within about a week of recording, so additional figures are expected in coming weeks. Nine recorded deeds in a single period is a notable volume for a small town like Alford, though the raw count alone does not indicate whether the market is active or quiet without a basis for comparison.

TOP SALES 54 Crooked Hill Rd sold for $1,386,900 on Oct. 19. The sellers were Andrew Haber and Abbe Haber. Bed/bath/sqft figures were not available in deed records. 150 Green River Valley Rd sold for $750,000 on Sept. 25. The sellers were John Raifstanger III and John T. Raifstanger. The remaining seven transactions, covering properties on North Egremont Road, West Road, Green River Road, Green River Valley Road, Crooked Hill Road and one unspecified Alford address, have not yet posted a sale price.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Crooked Hill Road: three transfers recorded this period. 54 Crooked Hill Rd sold for $1,386,900. 52 Crooked Hill Rd (price not yet available) transferred from Josef and Wendy Thiele to Wendy Thiele and Josef as trustees. 0 Crooked Hill Rd (price not yet available) sold from Mahican Meadow Trio LLC and Jeffrey Tannenbaum, trustee, to the Alford Town Conservation entity. Green River Valley Road: two transfers. 150 Green River Valley Rd sold for $750,000. 24 Green River Valley Rd (price not yet available) sold from Greylock Federal Credit Union to Madeleine Maggio. Bank-originated sales: three transfers had a bank or credit union as seller and carry no price yet: 202 Green River Rd (seller Berkshire Bank, buyers David Michael Germain and Roxanne M. Germain), 387 West Rd (seller JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, buyer Gwalchmei LLC), and an unspecified Alford address (seller Berkshire Bank, buyers John Raifstanger III and Trinity Raifstanger). One additional transfer: 110 N Egremont Rd (price not yet available) sold from Olga Prince to James Schluger, trustee of the James Schluger Revocable Living Trust.

MARKET NOTES Four of the nine transfers in this period involved a bank or credit union as seller: Berkshire Bank (twice), JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and Greylock Federal Credit Union. Two transfers involved a trust as buyer or seller using the same family name as the prior owner, at 52 Crooked Hill Rd and, separately, the trust-sale at 110 N Egremont Rd. One transfer involved a municipal conservation buyer: the Alford Town Conservation entity acquired 0 Crooked Hill Rd. John Raifstanger III appears as both a seller, at 150 Green River Valley Rd on Sept. 25, and a buyer, in an Alford purchase from Berkshire Bank on Oct. 2, within the same period. Bed/bath/sqft data were not available for any of the nine transactions, so no price-per-square-foot comparisons can be made.

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.