West Stockbridge Deed Prices Range From $34,699 To $175,000 In July

WEST STOCKBRIDGE -- Twelve property deeds were recorded in West Stockbridge between July 3 and Aug. 1, but only three listed a sale price, ranging from $34,699 to $175,000. Bank and mortgage-industry entities appeared as either the seller or buyer in more than half of the recorded transfers.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Twelve deeds were recorded during the four-week period. Of those, three included a disclosed consideration amount: $34,699, $100,000 and $175,000, for a median of $100,000. The remaining nine transfers list no sale price, which is common in deed records for bank-to-individual conveyances, mortgage-related assignments, and family or trust transfers. Because only a quarter of recorded transactions carry a disclosed price, the range and median reflect a small slice of the period's overall activity and should not be read as representative of all 12 transfers. The dataset does not include prior-month figures, so whether 12 recorded deeds represents a busy or quiet stretch for the town cannot be determined from this record alone.

TOP SALES

6 Washington Square sold for $175,000, recorded July 9. The seller was Carrie Negrini; the buyer was Lee Bank.

4 State Line Road sold for $100,000, recorded July 24. The sellers were James F. Vosburgh and Jenine Filipelli; the buyers were Mutual of Omaha Mortgage Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc.

A parcel listed only as "West Stockbridge, MA," with no street address in the deed record, sold for $34,699, recorded July 16. The sellers were Mitchell Greenwald and Mitchell I. Greenwald; the buyers were Massachusetts Electric Co. and National Grid. The absence of a street address and the utility-company buyer indicate this transaction differs from the residential sales elsewhere in the dataset, likely an easement or right-of-way conveyance rather than a home sale.

No bedroom, bathroom or square-footage data is available for any of the three disclosed sales.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

Washington Square: Two transfers were recorded July 9, both originating from seller Carrie Negrini, 6 Washington Square, which sold for $175,000 to Lee Bank, and 6 Washington Square Lot 5, for which no price or buyer is listed in the record.

Stockbridge Road: Two deeds reference addresses on Stockbridge Road (recorded as "21 Stockbridge Rd" and "21 Stockbridgd Rd" in the underlying data). One, recorded July 27, transfers the property from Wells Fargo Bank NA to Andrew and Allison Kuslansky. The other, recorded July 10, transfers from Allison and Andrew Kuslansky to Craig A. Gordnier. No price is disclosed for either.

Remaining transfers: Single, unclustered transfers were recorded on Main Street, Van Shaack Road, Miller Lane, Great Barrington Road, Silver Mine Lane and Samantha Lane, none with a disclosed price.

By price tier among the three disclosed sales: one under $100,000 ($34,699, the utility-related transfer), one at $100,000, and one above $150,000 ($175,000, Washington Square). The remaining nine of 12 recorded transfers carry no price data.

MARKET NOTES

Bank or mortgage-industry entities, including Wells Fargo Bank NA, Greylock Federal Credit Union, Citizens Bank NA, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., Mutual of Omaha Mortgage Inc. and Lee Bank, appear as either grantor or grantee in seven of the 12 recorded deeds.

Two deeds show a transfer into a trust held by the same individual: 9 Silver Mine Lane, transferred by Jerri H. Buehler individually and as trustee, and 5 Samantha Lane, transferred by Sharon M. Picard to a revocable trust naming herself as trustee. These reflect trust or estate transfers within the same family; the underlying reason for each transfer is not stated in the deed record.

One deed, for 1 Miller Lane, lists the seller as an estate (Campbell Evan W, Estate, and Gina M. Campbell) with no buyer named in the record.

No bed, bath or square-footage figures are available in deed records for any of the 12 transfers, so no price-per-square-foot comparison is possible for this period.

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

Jul 27 - Aug 2

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