Only One Of Seven Alford Sales Carries Recorded Price So Far

ALFORD -- Seven property transfers were recorded in Alford between Sept. 18 and Oct. 17, but only one sale carried a price in registry data as of this writing, limiting what can be said about the month's overall price trends.

MARKET OVERVIEW Seven sales were recorded during the period. Of those, only one, the Sept. 25 transfer at 150 Green River Valley Road, had a sale price posted in the registry: $750,000. Because six of the seven transfers lack recorded consideration amounts, a full price range and median cannot be calculated for the period as a whole; based on the single available figure, the range and median both stand at $750,000. The remaining six prices are expected to appear in registry data in the coming days, consistent with typical posting lag. Judged on raw transaction count alone, seven recorded transfers is a moderate volume for a single month in a small town like Alford.

TOP SALES 150 Green River Valley Road sold for $750,000 on Sept. 25. The seller was listed as John Raifstanger III and John T. Raifstanger; no buyer name was provided in the deed data. The remaining six transfers, at 52 Crooked Hill Road, 387 West Road, 24 Green River Valley Road, an unaddressed Alford parcel, 0 Crooked Hill Road and 87 Whites Hill Road, do not yet have recorded sale prices, so their rank among the month's highest sales cannot be determined.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Green River Valley Road saw two transfers: the priced sale at 150 Green River Valley Road and an unpriced transfer at 24 Green River Valley Road from Greylock Federal Credit Union to Madeleine Maggio. Crooked Hill Road also saw two transfers: a trust transfer at 52 Crooked Hill Road and a transfer of the "0 Crooked Hill Road" parcel, listed without a street number, from Mahican Meadow Trio LLC and trustee Jeffrey Tannenbaum to the Alford Town Conservation Commission. Single transfers were recorded on West Road, Whites Hill Road and an unaddressed Alford parcel.

MARKET NOTES Three of the seven transfers involved banks or credit unions as sellers: JPMorgan Chase Bank (387 West Road, to Gwalchmei LLC), Greylock Federal Credit Union (24 Green River Valley Road, to Madeleine Maggio) and Berkshire Bank (unaddressed Alford parcel, to John Raifstanger III and Trinity Raifstanger). Two transfers sent land to the Alford Town Conservation Commission: 0 Crooked Hill Road and 87 Whites Hill Road, the latter from Mark and Margaret Batten. One transfer, at 52 Crooked Hill Road, moved the property between Josef and Wendy Thiele individually and the same two as trustees, a pattern consistent with a family or estate-planning transfer. No price-per-square-foot comparisons are possible this period because no square footage data was provided for any sale.

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.