Washington Sale Prices Range From $40,000 To $261,000 In Sparse July Data

WASHINGTON -- Nine property transfers were recorded in Washington during the period, but only two disclosed a sale price, and both involved financial institutions rather than a conventional sale between unrelated buyers and sellers.

MARKET OVERVIEW Nine deeds were recorded in Washington between June 26 and July 25. Only two of those nine disclosed a sale price: $40,000 and $261,000, producing a range of $40,000 to $261,000 and a median of $150,500 based on those two figures. With seven of nine transfers carrying no disclosed price, the raw count of nine recordings is difficult to characterize as active or quiet in market terms — the volume is notable for a small town, but the mix includes mortgage paperwork, a trust transfer, and a transfer from the town's conservation commission alongside more typical deed transfers, rather than nine straightforward arm's-length home sales.

TOP SALES 365 S Washington State Rd sold for $261,000, recorded July 14. The seller was David M. Monterosso; the buyers were Guaranteed Rate Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. — both mortgage-industry entities, indicating this recording reflects a mortgage transaction rather than a sale to a new homeowner.

474 Plunkett Reservoir Rd sold for $40,000, recorded July 20. The sellers were Michael D. Goonan Jr. and Sarah Goonan; the buyer was Eastrise Federal Credit Union, a lending institution rather than an individual homeowner.

The remaining seven transfers recorded during the period — at 365 S Washington State Rd (two additional filings), 71 North Washington State Rd, 138 Upper Valley Rd (two filings), 20 Watson Rd, and one entry with no address listed — did not disclose a sale price.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN 365 S Washington State Rd, also recorded once as "365 SOUTH WASHINGTON STATE RD," appears three times in the period: a transfer between David M. Monterosso and Holly J. Moran to Monterosso alone on July 8; the $261,000 mortgage-related filing naming Monterosso as seller and Guaranteed Rate Inc./Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as buyer on July 14; and a discharge-type filing on July 24 returning the property from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc./Guaranteed Rate Inc. to Monterosso and Moran. Taken together, the three filings at this address span a mortgage recording and a subsequent discharge rather than three separate sales.

138 Upper Valley Rd also appears twice, both recorded July 17 without a disclosed price: one filing lists sellers Harry C. Moore Jr. and Harry C. Moore III with no buyer listed, and the other lists seller Holly Jean Moran with no buyer listed.

The remaining addresses — 71 North Washington State Rd, 474 Plunkett Reservoir Rd, 20 Watson Rd, and one transfer with no listed address — each appear once. Because only two of nine transfers disclosed a price, a price-tier breakdown of the full dataset is not meaningful beyond noting the two disclosed figures span $40,000 to $261,000.

MARKET NOTES Bedroom, bathroom and square-footage data are not available from deed records, so no price-per-square-foot comparisons can be made. Property type (single-family, condominium or multi-family) is also not specified in the data.

Several of the nine filings do not represent conventional home sales between unrelated buyers and sellers. One transfer, with no address listed, moved property from Betsy Fryberger and Betsy G. Fryberger to Mark Fryberger and Amanda G. Fryberger as trustees — a within-family trust transfer, recorded July 17. Another, at 20 Watson Rd, moved property from Washington Town Conservation to Jacqueline E. Betit, recorded July 10. Three of the nine filings — the two 365 S Washington State Rd mortgage-related entries and the 474 Plunkett Reservoir Rd transfer to Eastrise Federal Credit Union — name a bank, credit union or mortgage-registration entity as a party. Three filings (at 71 North Washington State Rd and both 138 Upper Valley Rd entries) list a seller but no buyer in the available data.

Given that only two of nine filings disclosed a price and several represent mortgage, trust or institutional transfers rather than open-market sales, this period's data offers limited basis for broader conclusions about home values in Washington.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jul 6 - Jul 12

Jul 13 - Jul 19

Jul 20 - Jul 26

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