Richmond Deed Data Shows Just Two Disclosed Prices in Slow June Recording Period

RICHMOND -- Deed recordings at the Middle Berkshire Registry of Deeds show 15 instruments filed for Richmond between May 28 and June 26, 2026, but only two carry disclosed consideration amounts, and several entries appear to reflect non-arm's-length transfers including trust conveyances, municipal documents, and mortgage-related instruments rather than conventional property sales.

• MARKET OVERVIEW
• Of the 15 recorded instruments in this period, two disclosed a sale price: $100,000 and $250,000. With only two data points, a meaningful median or price range cannot be calculated in the conventional sense; those two figures represent both the floor and the ceiling of disclosed activity. The remaining 13 transfers carry no disclosed consideration. Given the high proportion of non-disclosed and non-market transfers, this period does not yield a reliable picture of open-market pricing in Richmond.
• TOP SALES
• The highest disclosed consideration in the period was $250,000, recorded June 12 for the property at 326 Yokun Road. The seller was Fayette Ann Reynolds; the buyer of record is Greylock Federal Credit Union. The second disclosed transaction, recorded June 15, involves 2851 State Road at $100,000; the seller was Sheila Sullivan and the buyer of record is also Greylock Federal Credit Union. In both instances the buyer is a financial institution rather than an individual or residential purchaser, which is an atypical pattern for conventional home sales.
• NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN
• State Road accounted for the greatest concentration of recorded instruments this period, with at least four entries referencing addresses on that corridor: 2851 State Road, 399 State Road, 1751 State Road, and 81 State Road. Dublin Road appears twice, at 17 Dublin Road and 195 Dublin Road. Oak Road also appears twice, at 17 Oak Road, with two separate instruments recorded on different dates referencing that address. No clustering by price tier is possible given the limited disclosed price data.
• MARKET NOTES
• Several instruments in this dataset fall outside the category of conventional property sales and warrant note. The filing at 1751 State Road names the Town of Richmond as both grantor-adjacent party and grantee and references a zoning variance; the entry at 81 State Road references a special permit with the Richmond Town Selectmen as buyer. The entry at 17 Dublin Road is labeled as an option agreement for a land lease rather than a deed of sale. Two entries dated June 2 at 5 Walnut Road and 17 Oak Road list the Richmond Town Collector of Taxes as seller, consistent with tax title proceedings. One transfer at 78 Birch Lane moved the property from Peter H. Gunn to the Gunn Joint Revocable Trust, a pattern consistent with estate planning. The entry recorded for a Richmond address with no street number on June 17 involves what appears to be a name correction between Kozaka/Kosaka Arleen E. and Darcey Robinson. These instrument types are included in the registry's recorded deed count but do not reflect open-market residential transactions.