Richmond June Deed Filings Yield Only One Clear Arm's-Length Home Sale

RICHMOND -- The June recording period produced 16 deed and instrument filings at the Middle Berkshire Registry of Deeds, but only three carried disclosed sale prices, and the dataset is dominated by mortgage recordings, trust transfers, municipal conveyances, and lender-involved transactions rather than conventional residential sales.

• MARKET OVERVIEW
• Of the 16 recorded instruments, three listed consideration amounts: $355,000, $250,000, and $100,000. The median of those three disclosed figures is $250,000. However, two of the three price-disclosed transactions involved Greylock Federal Credit Union as a direct party — one as buyer, one as seller — suggesting mortgage-related conveyances rather than open-market sales. Only one transaction, the $355,000 transfer at 2801 State Rd., has the clear characteristics of an arm's-length residential sale. The remaining 13 instruments include mortgage recordings, a trust transfer, a municipal acquisition, a land-lease option agreement, a zoning variance filing, and several deeds with no buyer name recorded. The period does not provide sufficient data for a reliable characterization of Richmond's residential sales market.
• TOP SALES
• The highest disclosed price was $355,000 for 2801 State Rd., recorded June 29. Seller Morgan Quigley conveyed the property to buyers Alfredo De La Cruz and Aura Noemi Lopez Jimenez. The deed data notes a related instrument in which Tesla Inc. previously conveyed the same address to Quigley Morgan, consistent with a solar or EV equipment lien discharge prior to the sale; price was not disclosed on that instrument. At 326 Yokun Rd., a $250,000 transfer was recorded June 12, from Fayette Ann Reynolds to Greylock Federal Credit Union; a subsequent instrument dated June 25 at the same address shows the credit union conveying back to Reynolds, with price not disclosed, suggesting a mortgage restructuring or collateral reconveyance rather than a market transaction. At 2851 State Rd., a $100,000 transfer recorded June 15 shows seller Sheila Sullivan conveying to Greylock Federal Credit Union; the below-market price and lender buyer are consistent with a foreclosure-related transfer, not an open-market sale.
• NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN
• State Road accounts for the most activity by street name, with instruments recorded at 2801, 2851, 399, and 1751 State Rd. during the period. Dublin Road appears twice, at 17 and 195 Dublin Rd. Yokun Road also generated two instruments, both tied to the same address at 326 Yokun Rd. Chestnut Road and Chestnut Street each had one entry, with similar addresses (32 Chestnut Rd. and 32 Chestnut St.) recorded the same day — buyers and sellers differ, and the street-name discrepancy may reflect a data-entry variation or two distinct parcels. Baker Street Extension, Birch Lane, Lake Road, and Summit Road each had one instrument recorded.
• MARKET NOTES
• The dataset's composition limits meaningful market analysis. Thirteen of 16 instruments either carried no disclosed price or involved non-arm's-length parties such as a credit union, a municipal government, or a family trust. The transfer at 32 Chestnut Rd. shows the Town of Richmond as buyer from Diana Lynne Glass, with price not disclosed, indicating a municipal acquisition. The transfer at 78 Birch Ln. from Peter H. Gunn to the Gunn Joint Revocable Trust is an intra-family estate-planning conveyance. Entry No. 11 lists no street address, only a Richmond town designation, and carries buyer names that overlap with the seller, consistent with an estate or name-correction instrument. Reporters and researchers tracking Richmond's residential market should treat this period's figures with caution given the limited arm's-length sales data.

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

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