Princeton Sale Prices Range From $75,000 To $518,000 In July Deeds

PRINCETON -- Worcester County Registry of Deeds records show 15 property transfers recorded in Princeton between June 26 and July 25, but only two included a disclosed sale price, ranging from $75,000 to $518,000.

MARKET OVERVIEW The registry recorded 15 property transfers in Princeton during the period. Of those, 13 listed no consideration amount, which is standard for many deed types, including family transfers, trust conveyances and certain mortgage-related filings. The two disclosed sale prices were $75,000 and $518,000; averaged, those two figures produce a midpoint of $296,500. Because only two of 15 transfers carried a disclosed price, that figure reflects those two transactions and not a true median across the full set of recorded activity. The raw count of 15 transfers is a notable volume for a single town over a one-month span, though with disclosed pricing on just two filings, the data does not support a broader read on whether the period was active or quiet in dollar terms.

TOP SALES 37 Goodnow Rd sold for $518,000, recorded July 10. The sellers were listed as Claire Marie Wolf, as trustee, and Bevan Stuart Weissman, as trustee; the buyers were listed as Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc.

318 Mirick Rd sold for $75,000, recorded July 8. The seller was listed as Wendy J. Powell; the buyer was listed as Clinton Savings Bank.

The remaining 13 recorded transfers in the period did not include a disclosed sale price and cannot be ranked by value.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Four streets each had two recorded transfers during the period: Main Street (39 Main St and 90 Main St), Hubbardston Road (19 Hubbardston Rd and 277 Hubbardston Rd), Ball Hill Road (82 Ball Hill Rd and 319 Ball Hill Rd), and Worcester Road (224 Worcester Rd and 252 Worcester Rd). The remaining seven transfers were recorded on separate streets: Goodnow Road, Rhodes Road, Boylston Avenue, Dowds Lane and Wheeler Road each had one recorded transfer. By price tier, one recorded sale fell under $500,000 ($75,000, 318 Mirick Rd), one fell above $500,000 ($518,000, 37 Goodnow Rd), and the remaining 13 transfers had no disclosed price to sort by tier.

MARKET NOTES Four of the 15 recorded transfers involved Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as either grantor or grantee, at 37 Goodnow Rd, 82 Ball Hill Rd, 319 Ball Hill Rd and 118 Wheeler Rd, indicating mortgage-related recordings rather than conventional owner-to-buyer sales. At least six transfers appear to involve family members sharing a surname or a transfer into a family trust: 39 Main St (Camire to Camire), 224 Worcester Rd (Fudeman to Fudeman), 19 Hubbardston Rd (Small to Small), 90 Main St (Kraemer to Kraemer), and two filings involving Nancy Ann Lier and the Nancy Lier Family Trust, at an unaddressed parcel and at 252 Worcester Rd. The 318 Mirick Rd transfer, at $75,000 with Clinton Savings Bank as buyer, is consistent with a bank taking title to a property. One filing, at 18 Boylston Ave, listed Princeton Town Planning as seller and Berkshire Design Group as buyer, distinct from the residential transfers that made up most of the period's activity. Beds, baths and square footage are not available from deed records and are omitted.

Recorded Deeds

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

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.