Disclosed Peru Home Sales Stay Under $165,000 in July Records

PERU -- Middle Berkshire Registry of Deeds records show seven property transfers in Peru recorded between June 26 and July 25, with disclosed sale prices ranging from $70,000 to $164,832 and a median of $99,000 among the three transactions that listed a price.

MARKET OVERVIEW Seven deeds were recorded in Peru during the period. Of those, three included a disclosed consideration amount: $70,000, $99,000 and $164,832, for a median of $99,000. The remaining four transfers carried no listed sale price, which is common in deed records and does not necessarily indicate the properties changed hands without payment. With just three of seven transfers priced, the dataset offers a limited basis for judging whether the period was active or quiet; the raw count of seven recorded deeds is the only volume figure available for comparison in future months.

TOP SALES The highest-priced transaction was 16 Garnet Mountain Lane, which sold for $164,832 on July 10. Heather L. Belanger was the seller; EMM Loans LLC and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. were listed as buyers. Bed, bath and square-footage figures were not available in the deed record.

The second-highest disclosed sale was 12 Ash Lane, which transferred for $99,000 on July 9. Christina M. Siemer and Raymond A. Siemer were the sellers; Greylock Federal Credit Union was the buyer.

The third disclosed sale was 51 Middlefield Road, which transferred for $70,000 on July 6. Arnold Sour and Doris M. Sour were the sellers; Greylock Federal Credit Union was the buyer.

Four additional transfers were recorded without a disclosed price: 15 Stephanie Lane (July 23, mortgage recorded in Book 5075, Page 1; sellers Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. and UBS Bank USA; buyers Mark B. Bollman IV and Kathleen Walker), 8 Kreutzer Road (July 23; seller Shelley D. Cook Estate; buyer Peru Town), 17 Hillside Road (July 14, deed recorded in Book 917, Page 195; seller Norma Kerlinsky) and 78 East Main Road (July 8; seller Autumn Fetridge).

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN The seven transfers were spread across seven different streets -- Stephanie Lane, Kreutzer Road, Hillside Road, Garnet Mountain Lane, Ash Lane, East Main Road and Middlefield Road -- with no street accounting for more than one transaction. Among the three disclosed prices, two fell under $100,000 (Ash Lane at $99,000 and Middlefield Road at $70,000) and one fell between $100,000 and $200,000 (Garnet Mountain Lane at $164,832). No disclosed sale exceeded $200,000 during the period.

MARKET NOTES Three of the seven recorded transfers listed a bank, credit union or mortgage-servicing entity as a party. Greylock Federal Credit Union appeared as buyer on both the Ash Lane and Middlefield Road transactions, the only instance of the same entity appearing twice in the dataset. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. appeared as a party on two separate deeds, once as seller alongside UBS Bank USA on Stephanie Lane and once as buyer alongside EMM Loans LLC on Garnet Mountain Lane. The Kreutzer Road transfer moved from the estate of Shelley D. Cook to the Town of Peru. No square-footage, bedroom or bathroom data was available for any property in this period's records, and no property type (single-family, condominium or multi-family) was specified in the deed data provided.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jul 6 - Jul 12

Jul 13 - Jul 19

Jul 20 - Jul 26

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