Single Disclosed Sale Anchors Washington's July Deed Filings at $261,000

WASHINGTON -- Eight deeds were recorded in Washington between June 19 and July 18, but only one carried a disclosed sale price, leaving most of the period's property transfers without a public dollar figure attached.

MARKET OVERVIEW The Middlesex Berkshire Registry of Deeds recorded eight transfers involving Washington property in the four-week period. Of those, only one — the transfer of 365 South Washington State Road — included a disclosed consideration amount, at $261,000. Because it is the only priced transaction, it also sets the range and the median for the period: $261,000 to $261,000, median $261,000. The raw count of eight recorded deeds does not by itself indicate how active the open-market sales environment was, since most of the transfers in this dataset are family, trust or lender-related filings rather than arm's-length sales with disclosed pricing.

TOP SALES The only sale with a disclosed price was 365 South Washington State Road, which transferred for $261,000 on July 14. The deed lists David M. Monterosso as seller and Guaranteed Rate Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as grantees. No bed, bath or square-footage data was available from the deed record. No other transfer recorded during the period disclosed a sale price.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Three streets had more than one recorded deed apiece during the period. Upper Valley Road had two filings tied to 138 Upper Valley Road, both recorded July 17: one from Harry C. Moore Jr. and Harry C. Moore III, and a separate one from Holly Jean Moran, which did not list a buyer in the deed record. South Washington State Road also had two filings: the $261,000 transfer to Guaranteed Rate Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. on July 14, and a separate transfer on July 8 in which David M. Monterosso and Holly J. Moran conveyed the property to Monterosso alone, with no price disclosed. Middlefield Road had two filings as well, both recorded June 25, with NBT Bank NA listed as grantor and David A. Ellis and Gail M. Ellis as grantees; neither disclosed a price. The remaining two deeds each involved a single address: a trust transfer with no listed street address, recorded July 17 with Betsy Fryberger and Betsy G. Fryberger as grantors and Mark Fryberger and Amanda G. Fryberger listed as trustees; and 20 Watson Road, transferred from the Washington Town Conservation to Jacqueline E. Betit on July 10, also with no price disclosed.

MARKET NOTES No square-footage or property-type data was available in any of the eight deed records, so no price-per-square-foot comparison or single-family-versus-condo breakdown can be made for this period. Three properties — on Upper Valley Road, South Washington State Road and Middlefield Road — each had two deeds recorded within the same four-week window, though the data does not indicate why each address generated multiple filings. Two of the eight transfers appear to keep property within the same family: the Fryberger transfer to trustees carrying the Fryberger name, and the Monterosso-Moran-to-Monterosso transfer on South Washington State Road. With only one of eight deeds disclosing a sale price, this period's data offers limited visibility into Washington's actual market values.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jun 22 - Jun 28

Jul 6 - Jul 12

Jul 13 - Jul 19

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