Sterling deed data shows single disclosed sale price of $745,000 in June

STERLING -- Nine property transfers were recorded at the Worcester County Registry of Deeds for Sterling between June 26 and July 25, but only one deed disclosed a sale price, limiting what conclusions can be drawn about the town's housing market this period.

MARKET OVERVIEW Nine sales were recorded during the period. Of those, one disclosed a consideration amount: $745,000. With price data unavailable for eight of nine transfers, the price range and median are both set by that single figure, $745,000. The raw sales count of nine is not unusual on its own, but the near-total absence of disclosed prices means the period's price trend cannot be assessed from this data. Notably, all nine deeds carry the same recorded date, June 26.

TOP SALES The only transaction with a disclosed price was a $745,000 sale recorded June 26, with Osvaldo Diaz as seller and Seth Gilchrest and Olivia Snow as buyers; no street address was provided in the deed record. The remaining eight transfers -- at 10 Fitch Farm Road, 165 Redemption Rock Trail, 43 Trinity Avenue, 38 Laurelwood Road, 7 Blueberry Lane, 115 Redemption Rock Trail, 35 North Row Road and 36 North Row Road -- were recorded without a consideration amount and cannot be ranked by price.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Two streets had more than one recorded transfer. North Row Road had two: 35 North Row Road, sold by Peter N. Cranson and Annalisa B. Cranson, and 36 North Row Road, also sold by Peter N. Cranson and Annalisa B. Cranson, with A G Dream Flip LLC as buyer. Redemption Rock Trail/Trail had two as well: 165 Redemption Rock Trail, sold by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. and Nationstar Mortgage LLC, and 115 Redemption Rock Trail, sold by Alan Castillo. The remaining properties -- 10 Fitch Farm Road, 43 Trinity Avenue, 38 Laurelwood Road and 7 Blueberry Lane -- each had a single recorded transfer with no shared street pattern. Because price data is disclosed for only one sale, a price-tier breakdown is not possible; that sale, at $745,000, falls above the $500,000 mark.

MARKET NOTES Eight of the nine deeds recorded during this period did not include a consideration amount, which is common in deed data but leaves most of the period's activity without a price signal. Two sellers on this list were financial institutions rather than individuals: Clinton Savings Bank (10 Fitch Farm Road) and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc./Nationstar Mortgage LLC (165 Redemption Rock Trail). On North Row Road, Peter N. and Annalisa B. Cranson appear as sellers on both recorded transfers, with one buyer identified as a limited liability company, A G Dream Flip LLC; the deed data does not indicate why the two properties transferred together or separately. No bed, bath, square-footage or property-type data was available in the deed records for any of the nine transfers, so no further comparisons can be made. All nine deeds share a single recording date of June 26, a pattern in the registry data itself rather than necessarily in when the underlying sales occurred.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jun 22 - Jun 28

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