Monterey Deed Prices Disclosed on Just 3 of 14 Transfers in June-July Period

MONTEREY -- Fourteen property transfers recorded at the Southern Berkshire Registry of Deeds between June 12 and July 11 included a $1,820,000 conveyance at 25 Point Rd. and three conservation-related transactions, though sale prices were disclosed on only three of the 14 deeds.

MARKET OVERVIEW The registry recorded 14 transfers in Monterey during the 30-day period, a count that reflects a mix of arm's-length sales, institutional conveyances, conservation acquisitions, and apparent title-restructuring transfers. Of those 14 deeds, three carried disclosed consideration amounts: $1,820,000, $18,500, and $4,000. With such a narrow disclosed-price sample, the resulting median of $18,500 carries limited statistical weight -- it is the middle value between a $4,000 parcel transfer and a transaction 455 times larger. The absence of pricing on 11 of 14 deeds, combined with the varied nature of the conveyances, makes this period's data a poor basis for drawing conclusions about prevailing market values.

TOP SALES The highest recorded consideration in the period was $1,820,000, at 25 Point Rd., conveyed July 6 by Donald L. Hutcher and Roberta A. Hutcher, identified in the deed as trustees, to U.S. Bank N.A. An unaddressed Monterey parcel -- recorded without a street address -- sold June 30 for $18,500, with Charlene Pouliot and Dennis Nubile as sellers and Spenser Gralla as buyer. A parcel at 0 Fox Hill Rd. conveyed July 6 for $4,000, recorded from Sierra LLC to Matthew Amstead; the "0" address designation typically indicates an unimproved or separately assessed lot.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Fox Hill Road saw two recorded transfers on the same date, July 6: the $4,000 conveyance at 0 Fox Hill Rd. and an undisclosed-price transfer at 19 Fox Hill Rd. from Timothy S. Carson and Myrna L. Carson, with no buyer name recorded in the available data. Blue Hill Road also had two same-date transfers, both on June 22: at 33 Blue Hill Rd., NBT Bank N.A. and SBT Mortgage Service Corp. conveyed the property to Christopher F. Blair and Karen Blair; and at 136 Blue Hill Rd., Mark Cohen and Barbara Cohen transferred the property to themselves as trustees, a pattern consistent with a personal title-to-trust conveyance. The remaining 10 transfers were distributed across Beartown Mountain Road, Heron Pond Park Road, Hupi Road at Lake Garfield, Mount Hunger Road, Pixley Road, River Road, Sandisfield Road, and Tyringham Road -- one transfer each.

MARKET NOTES Conservation and governmental bodies figured in three transfers. Monterey Town Conservation acquired 223 Mount Hunger Rd. from Dennis and Cheryl Noskin, trustees, at an undisclosed price. The Massachusetts Commission of Environmental Protection acquired 153 Hupi Rd. at Lake Garfield from Ira Brind and a co-grantor at an undisclosed price. In the reverse direction, Monterey Town Conservation appeared as seller at 68 Tyringham Rd., conveying the property to Meredith Friedman at an undisclosed price. Banks or credit unions acted as a named party in four additional transfers: U.S. Bank N.A. as buyer at 25 Point Rd.; NBT Bank N.A. and SBT Mortgage Service Corp. as sellers at 33 Blue Hill Rd.; Lee Bank as seller at 105 River Rd., with John W. Field as buyer; and Greylock Federal Credit Union as seller at 121 Pixley Rd., with Jorge Luis Cedeno Roman and Nataly Estefania Marquez as buyers. Deed data alone does not establish the circumstances behind institutional transfers. At 9 Heron Pond Park Rd., Daniel A. Leyden and Dina M. Leyden appear as both grantor and grantee, consistent with a title-restructuring transfer. The deed at 230 Beartown Mountain Rd. lists an estate -- Andrews Christopher T. Est. -- and Jennifer L. Andrews as sellers; no buyer name was captured in the available data. Beds, baths, and square footage are not available from deed records; price-per-square-foot analysis is not possible for this period.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jun 8 - Jun 14

Jun 15 - Jun 21

Jun 22 - Jun 28

Jun 29 - Jul 5

Jul 6 - Jul 12

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