Becket October Sales Data Shows Limited Pricing, Two Transactions Confirmed

BECKET -- Nine property transfers were recorded at the Middle Berkshire Registry of Deeds for Becket in October, but only two carried a listed sale price so far, highlighted by a $350,000 transaction on Seneca Drive.

MARKET OVERVIEW Of the nine recorded transfers, two included a sale price: $32,000 and $350,000, producing a price range of $32,000 to $350,000 and a midpoint of $191,000. Because only two of nine transfers have a recorded price, that figure should be read as a narrow snapshot rather than a full-month median; the registry typically posts additional consideration amounts within about a week. The remaining seven entries are either pending price data, a nominal-consideration transfer, or transfers among related entities. Based on the raw count of nine recorded transfers, October activity looks consistent with past months, though the limited price data makes it difficult to characterize market direction.

TOP SALES 454 Seneca Drive sold for $350,000 on Oct. 5. The seller was listed as Carole E. Croteau and Steven E. Croteau; the buyer was Adams Community Bank. 155 Stoney Brook Road sold for $32,000 on Oct. 6. The seller was listed as Joseph P. Vitro; the buyer was Adams Community Bank. Bed, bath and square footage figures were not available from the deed record for either property. No other transfers in the dataset carried a recorded sale price this period.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Stoney Brook Road saw two recorded transactions in October: the $32,000 transfer to Adams Community Bank on Oct. 6, followed the same day by a transfer of the same address back to Joseph P. Vitro, with a price not yet available. No other street in the dataset had more than one recorded transfer. By price tier, both recorded sales, $32,000 and $350,000, fall under $500,000; no transfers in the dataset were priced above that threshold.

MARKET NOTES The month's nine recorded transfers reflect a mix of transaction types beyond traditional home sales. Two entries, for Quarry Road and George Carter Road, were tied to mortgage documents rather than property sales, with Greylock Federal Credit Union and Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC listed as buyers. One entry, for a parcel described as "Old Pond Rd Wetlands," transferred to Becket Town Conservation with no price listed. A transfer at 34 Western Avenue was recorded for nominal consideration under $10,000, from Charles Arnason, trustee, and Rebecca Arnason, trustee, to Meghan K. Frisbie; per registry convention, this is not counted as a market sale. A transfer at 377 Winter Drive moved from William A. and Margaret C. Stepansky to Joseph Stepansky, trustee, and the Stepansky Family Trust, with no price listed; the shared surname and trust designation indicate a transfer within the same family. No bed, bath or square footage data was available for any property this period, so no price-per-square-foot comparisons could 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.