Sole Disclosed Alford Sale Holds Steady at $145,000 in August

ALFORD -- Six properties changed hands in Alford between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, but registry records show a sale price for just one of those transactions, limiting what can be said about the town's overall price trends this period.

MARKET OVERVIEW Six deeds were recorded in Alford during the period. Only one, the Aug. 24 sale of 64 Green River Rd. for $145,000, included a disclosed consideration amount. Based on that single disclosed figure, the price range and median for the period both stand at $145,000, though a single data point cannot establish a genuine market range. Six recorded sales is a modest but not unusual count for a small town over a four-week span; the raw number alone does not indicate whether the period was active or quiet.

TOP SALES 64 Green River Rd. sold for $145,000 on Aug. 24. Jessica Abbott was the seller; Adams Community Bank was the buyer. 150 Green River Valley Rd. sold Sept. 3; price not disclosed. Berkshire Bank was the seller; John Raifstanger III and Trinity Raifstanger were the buyers. 40 East Rd. sold Aug. 14; price not disclosed. Metro Credit Union was the seller; Russell A. Kaphan and Gail J. Kaphan were the buyers. 58 Riverside Farm Rd. sold Aug. 10; price not disclosed. Merrill Lynch Credit Corp. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. were the sellers; Kent Nous and Mary Anne Hayes were the buyers. 19 Green River Valley Rd. sold Aug. 10; price not disclosed. Lee Bank was the seller; Wayne Schoonmaker was the buyer.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Green River Valley Road saw two transfers in the period, at 150 Green River Valley Rd. and 19 Green River Valley Rd., neither with a disclosed price. The remaining four sales were spread across four separate streets: Green River Road, East Road, Riverside Farm Road and Westwood Drive, each recording one transaction. With only one of six sales carrying a disclosed price, a price-tier breakdown is not meaningful beyond noting that the sole disclosed sale, at $145,000, would fall under the $500,000 mark.

MARKET NOTES Four of the six recorded transactions involved a bank or lending institution as either the seller or the buyer: Berkshire Bank, Metro Credit Union, Lee Bank and Merrill Lynch Credit Corp./MERS each appear as sellers, while Adams Community Bank appears as a buyer. This pattern is consistent with foreclosure-related or lender-involved deed activity, which registries commonly record without a stated sale price; it does not by itself indicate the condition or market value of the properties involved. Bed, bath and square-footage figures are not available from deed records for any of the six sales, and no property-type breakdown (single-family, condominium or multi-family) is provided in the 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.