Two Disclosed Prices Show Wide Gap in East Brookfield Home Sales

EAST BROOKFIELD -- Eleven property transfers were recorded in East Brookfield over the past month, but only two of those deeds disclosed a sale price, leaving most of the period's dollar activity outside the public record.

MARKET OVERVIEW The Worcester County Registry of Deeds recorded 11 property transactions in East Brookfield between June 19 and July 18. Only two of those transactions listed a sale price: $305,000 for a property on South Street and $953,928 for a property recorded without a specific street address. Combined, the two disclosed prices span $305,000 to $953,928, with a midpoint of $629,464. The remaining nine transactions -- about 82% of the period's recorded deeds -- list no consideration amount, which is common for trust, estate and municipal-related transfers. Because price data covers only two of the 11 sales, these figures describe those two transactions rather than the broader market, and no comparison to prior periods is possible from this data alone.

TOP SALES The two transactions with disclosed prices are the only ones that can be ranked by price. The higher-priced sale closed at $953,928 and was recorded June 30. Darrin Brooks is listed as buyer; Logan Brooks and Emily Rio are listed as sellers. The deed does not list a specific street address beyond East Brookfield. The second was 107 South St., which sold for $305,000 on July 3. The sellers were listed as Katherine L. Richard and the estate of Doris K. Johnson; the buyer was Olga Yeliseyeva. The other nine recorded transfers in this period did not disclose a sale price.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Allen Road saw two separate transfers recorded the same day, June 30 -- 104 Allen Rd. and 0 Allen Rd. -- both listing Jean A. Wojcik as seller. No other street had more than one recorded transaction in this period. Beyond Allen Road, single deeds were recorded on South Street, Park Street, Podunk Road, Red Gable Road, Lane 4, Flagg Road, East Main Street and Depot Square, spreading activity across the town rather than concentrating it in one area. Of the two sales with disclosed prices, one fell below $500,000 (South Street, $305,000) and one fell above $500,000 (the June 30 sale at $953,928). Price tier for the remaining nine transactions cannot be determined from the available data.

MARKET NOTES Several of the period's transfers involved trusts, an estate or town entities rather than conventional buyer-to-buyer sales. The South Street sale listed the estate of Doris K. Johnson as a co-seller. The 111 Lane 4 transfer listed Mark and Rebecca Wahlberg as sellers in their capacity as trustees. The 0 Podunk Rd. transaction listed the East Brookfield Town Treasurer alongside Lynn E. Victor, trustee, as sellers, and both 180 Red Gable Rd. and 308 East Main St. listed East Brookfield conservation-related entities among the sellers. The 187 Flagg Rd. deed listed Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. and Mortgage Research Center LLC as sellers and NewRez LLC as buyer, consistent with a lender-to-lender transfer rather than a sale to an individual owner. The 101 Depot Sq. deed listed San Holding LLC and San Holdings LLC as sellers and San International LLC as buyer, a transfer among similarly named entities. No bedroom, bathroom or square-footage figures were available in the deed records for this period, and property type (single-family, condominium or multi-family) could not be determined from the data provided.

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.