Pittsfield's Only Recorded Sale Price This Period Lands At $600,000

PITTSFIELD -- Ten property deeds were recorded at the Middle Berkshire Registry of Deeds for Pittsfield between Aug. 21 and Sept. 19, but only one carries a sale price so far: a $600,000 transfer at 122 Thomas Island Road.

MARKET OVERVIEW The registry recorded 10 property transfers in Pittsfield during the period, all dated Aug. 21. Only one has a posted sale price: $600,000, for 122 Thomas Island Road. Because that is the only priced transfer, it stands as both the low and high end of the range and the median. Sale prices generally appear in registry data within about a week of recording, so pricing for the other nine transfers may still post in the coming days. Based on the raw count alone, the registry logged 10 recorded deeds across addresses spread from Thomas Island Road to Morningview Drive during the period.

TOP SALES 122 Thomas Island Road sold for $600,000, recorded Aug. 21. The seller was Eric D. Horner, individually and as trustee; the buyer was Merrimack County Savings Bank. No other transfer recorded this period has a posted price, so no additional sales can be ranked among the period's top transactions at this time.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Two of the 10 recorded documents reference 122 Thomas Island Road: the $600,000 sale to Merrimack County Savings Bank, and a separate deed recorded the same day listing Julie A. Nichols and Paul D. Nichols as sellers, with no price yet available. No other street had more than one recorded document this period. The remaining transfers are spread across the city at 814 West Housatonic Street, 150 Francis Avenue Unit 1, 13 Vin Hebert Boulevard, 35 Dexter Street, 19 Garden Street and 97 Morningview Drive, plus one document with no street address listed. Because sale prices are not yet available for these transfers, they cannot be grouped into price tiers this period.

MARKET NOTES Financial institutions and a municipal entity appear as buyers on several of the recorded documents: Merrimack County Savings Bank (122 Thomas Island Road), Spectrum Credit Union (19 Garden Street) and Pittsfield City (97 Morningview Drive). A separate document lists Pittsfield Cooperative Bank with no street address given. The seller at 150 Francis Avenue Unit 1 was Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity Inc., a nonprofit developer; the buyer was Yvonne Rivas. One record, filed as "25 Arlington St Special Permit," lists Pittsfield City Zoning and Pittsfield City Appeals in the buyer field and, based on its own labeling, appears to be a municipal permit document rather than a property sale. At 122 Thomas Island Road, the seller is listed as both an individual and a trustee of the same name, consistent with a trust-related transfer. Bed, bath and square footage data are not available from deed records for this period.

Recorded Deeds

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

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