Disclosed Becket Sale Prices Span $100,000 to $600,000 This Period

BECKET -- Ten properties in Becket recorded ownership transfers between June 26 and July 25, with disclosed sale prices ranging from $100,000 to $600,000 and a median of $393,075 among the four transactions that listed a price.

MARKET OVERVIEW Ten deeds were recorded in Becket during the period, but only four listed a sale price -- a disclosure rate of 40 percent. Among those four, prices ranged from $100,000 to $600,000, with a median of $393,075. The remaining six records include trust transfers, a transfer to the town of Becket, a transfer to a state agency, and other conveyances without a stated consideration. Because more than half of all recorded transfers carried no price, the raw count of 10 does not by itself indicate whether activity was active or quiet, and no prior-period data was provided for comparison.

TOP SALES The highest-priced transaction was 359 Jacobs Ladder Road, which sold for $600,000 on July 7. Sellers Melissa Miller and Jennierose Miller transferred the property to buyers Jonathan P. Ferguson and Anna K. Bourgeault. The second-highest was 3 Bow North, which sold for $403,750 on June 30. Sellers Erik Bue and Erica Bue transferred the property to buyer Susan Hovani. 550 County Road sold for $382,400 on June 26. The deed lists Michael K. Bruneau and George S. Bruneau as sellers; no buyer was named in the record. 96 Chippewa Drive sold for $100,000 on July 2. Sellers Paul Aube and John A. Carino Jr. transferred the property to buyer Traders Trust Co.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Two recorded documents in the period involve 3 Bow North: the $403,750 sale on June 30, and a second deed recorded the same day, price not disclosed, naming sellers Steven A. Hovani and Steven Alexander Hovani. 550 County Road also appears twice: the $382,400 transfer on June 26, and a separate document recorded July 1 naming Michael K. Bruneau and George S. Bruneau as buyers, price not disclosed. By price tier among disclosed sales, one fell well under $500,000 (96 Chippewa Drive at $100,000), two fell between $380,000 and $410,000 (550 County Road and 3 Bow North), and one exceeded $500,000 (359 Jacobs Ladder Road at $600,000). The remaining six records -- 37 Alder Lane, an unaddressed Becket parcel, 74 Greenwater Drive, the July 1 County Road document, 160 YMCA Road, and the second 3 Bow North deed -- carried no disclosed price.

MARKET NOTES Two records show transfers within the same family into a trust: 37 Alder Lane moved from Stephen L. Dornbusch and Jane J. Dornbusch to Stephen L. Dornbusch and Jane J. Dornbusch as trustees, and 160 YMCA Road was conveyed by Kevin James Smith and Kristen Leigh Smith as trustees, with no buyer listed in the record. Two other transfers involved government or public entities: an unaddressed Becket parcel passed from Victor Mulholland to the town of Becket, and 74 Greenwater Drive passed from Caitlin Howes and Jesse Howes to an entity identified in the record as Massachusetts Comm Environmental Protection. No sale price was disclosed for either transaction. Beds, baths and square footage are not available from deed records and are omitted from this report.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jun 22 - Jun 28

Jun 29 - Jul 5

Jul 6 - Jul 12

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