Two Disclosed Prices Bookend a Wide Range in West Boylston Sales

WEST BOYLSTON -- Seven property transfers were recorded in West Boylston over the four-week period ending July 25, but only two of them disclosed a sale price, leaving most of the month's housing activity undocumented in dollar terms.

MARKET OVERVIEW Seven deeds were recorded in the period. Of those, two carried a disclosed consideration amount, ranging from $45,000 to $590,000, with a median of $317,500. Based on raw count alone, seven recorded sales is a modest volume for a single month in a town of West Boylston's size. Because five of the seven transactions did not disclose a price, the range and median above describe only the two disclosed sales, not the full month's market.

TOP SALES 118 Worcester St. sold for $590,000 on June 26. Kevin and Sarah McRell were the sellers; the buyer was Country Bank For Savings. 182 Pierce St. sold for $45,000 on June 29. Edward J. and Jennifer L. Flanagan were the sellers; the buyer was Leominster Employees Federal Credit Union. The remaining five transactions -- at an unspecified West Boylston address, 102 Woodland St., 285 Laurel St., 264 Lancaster St. and 217 Malden St. -- did not disclose a sale price in deed records.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN No two sales this period shared a street name, so no street-level clustering appears in the data. By price tier among the disclosed sales: one transaction fell under $500,000 (182 Pierce St., $45,000) and one fell in the $500,000-to-$1 million range (118 Worcester St., $590,000). The five sales without disclosed prices -- on Woodland, Laurel, Lancaster and Malden streets, plus one unspecified address -- cannot be sorted into a price tier.

MARKET NOTES Five of the seven transactions in this period, or about 71%, did not disclose a sale price -- a share high enough to limit any broader read on the month's price trends. Two of the seven transactions listed a bank or credit union as the buyer: Country Bank For Savings on the 118 Worcester St. sale and Leominster Employees Federal Credit Union on the 182 Pierce St. sale. Two other transactions involved family trusts as sellers -- the Ellen Morse Family Trust at 102 Woodland St. and Tanya A. and Ariana H. Philbin, as trustees, at 264 Lancaster St. Deed records do not include bed, bath or square-footage figures, so no price-per-square-foot comparison is possible this period.

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

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