Lone Recorded Sale Puts West Stockbridge Price Data Months Behind

WEST STOCKBRIDGE -- Ten real estate transfers were recorded in West Stockbridge between Sept. 18 and Oct. 17, but sale prices have posted for only one of them so far, a $1,335,000 deal on West Center Road, leaving the broader price picture for the month incomplete.

MARKET OVERVIEW

The Southern Berkshire Registry of Deeds recorded 10 property transfers in West Stockbridge during the period. Of those, only one carries a recorded sale price: $1,335,000 for 80 West Center Road. Because nine of the 10 transfers have no price on file yet, a full price range and median cannot be calculated for the period as a whole; the single available data point serves as both the current low and high. Price information for the remaining nine transfers typically appears at the registry within about a week of recording, so updated figures may become available shortly. Measured by raw transaction count alone, 10 transfers in a single month is a notable volume for a town of West Stockbridge's size.

TOP SALES

80 West Center Road sold for $1,335,000 on Sept. 29. The seller was listed as Diversified Trust Co., trustee, and Nancy Cox Howell; the buyer was West Center Road Realty Trust, with James R. Helman listed as trustee. Bed, bath and square-footage figures were not available from the deed record.

No other transfers in this period have a recorded sale price. The remaining nine sales, in order of recording date, include 27 State Line Road (Oct. 2), 88 Pixley Hill Road (Sept. 29), 0 Albany Road (Sept. 28), 16 Cobb Road (Sept. 24), 7 Swamp Road (Sept. 24), 20 Moscow Road (Sept. 24), 88 Pixley Hill Road Lot 2 (Sept. 23) and 48 Swamp Road (Sept. 21), along with a transfer with no listed street address recorded Oct. 2. Prices for all of these are not yet available.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

Swamp Road saw two transfers in the period: 7 Swamp Road (Sept. 24) and 48 Swamp Road (Sept. 21). Pixley Hill Road also saw two transfers, both involving seller Elaine Taylor: 88 Pixley Hill Road (Sept. 29), transferred to Elaine V. Taylor as trustee of the Elaine V. Taylor Revocable Trust, and 88 Pixley Hill Road Lot 2 (Sept. 23), transferred to Massachusetts Electric Co. and Verizon New England Inc. The remaining six transfers were each on separate streets: State Line Road, West Center Road, Albany Road, Cobb Road, Moscow Road, and one transfer with no listed address. By price tier, only one sale is confirmed to fall in the over-$1 million range (80 West Center Road); the tier placement of the other nine sales cannot be determined until pricing data posts.

MARKET NOTES

Several transfers in this period are not straightforward third-party home sales. The Pixley Hill Road Lot 2 transfer and the unaddressed Oct. 2 transfer both list Massachusetts Electric Co. as buyer, suggesting utility-related transactions rather than residential sales; the Lot 2 transfer also lists Verizon New England Inc. as a buyer. At least two transfers appear to be family or trust-related: 88 Pixley Hill Road moved from Elaine V. Taylor to herself as trustee of her own revocable trust, and 16 Cobb Road moved to the Schaeffer Family Trust from individuals with the Schaeffer name. The 27 State Line Road transfer lists Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. and Whitaker Mortgage Corp. as sellers, which can indicate a foreclosure-related transfer. With bed, bath and square-footage data unavailable from deed records, no price-per-square-foot comparisons can be made this period. Given that nine of 10 transfers still lack pricing, broader conclusions about market direction should wait for updated registry data.

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.