Belchertown's Four Disclosed Sales Range From $49,000 to $336,000 in June-July Period

BELCHERTOWN -- The Hampshire County Registry of Deeds recorded 14 property transfers in Belchertown between June 12 and July 11, 2026, but only four carried disclosed sale prices, and the majority of transactions involved institutional parties — credit unions, banks, mortgage companies, and the municipality — rather than conventional buyer-to-seller home sales.

MARKET OVERVIEW Of 14 recorded deeds, four disclosed a consideration amount, producing a price range of $49,000 to $336,000 and a median sale price of $137,500. The remaining 10 transfers carry no disclosed price, which is typical in deed records that include mortgage assignments, municipal takings, homestead filings, and foreclosure-related recordings. With only four priced transactions in the dataset, the median and price range reflect a narrow and institutionally weighted slice of activity and should not be read as a comprehensive measure of Belchertown's residential market for this period. The raw count of 14 recorded deeds suggests an active filing period, but the volume of non-arm's-length transfers limits the conclusions that can be drawn from the data.

TOP SALES The highest disclosed price in the period was $336,000, paid by Joseph Marc Desrosiers for the property at 16 Juckett Hill Road; the seller was listed as Bank of New York Mellon TR and Bank of New York TR, acting in a trustee capacity. The transaction is notable as the only disclosed-price sale in which an individual appears as buyer.

The second-highest disclosed price was $200,000 at 15 N Liberty Street, where All One Credit Union acquired the property from James P. Kearney and Debra L. Kelsey.

Country Bank for Savings paid $75,000 for 45 Old Bay Road, with Scott E. Piwcio listed as seller. UMassFive College Federal Credit Union recorded a $49,000 deed at 23 Brenda Lane, purchasing from Oumy Cisse and Ibrahima Deme.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Old Bay Road accounted for two transactions in the period. The deed at 45 Old Bay Road recorded at $75,000 with Country Bank for Savings as buyer. Separately, 20 Old Bay Road transferred from Florence Bank to Susan M. Darlington and Jeffrey G. Hagen at a price not disclosed.

The Juckett Hill area saw related activity across two addresses. The $336,000 sale occurred at 16 Juckett Hill Road. A separate deed filed at 16 Juckett Hill Drive named Joseph Marc Desrosiers as grantor and listed "Declaration of Homestead" as grantee — a homestead protection filing under Massachusetts law, not a property sale.

Municipal acquisitions were distributed across three streets. The Town of Belchertown was listed as buyer in deeds for 7 Terry Lane (seller: Gina DAmato), 16 Jucket Road (sellers: Jeffrey Wilde Bonzek and Andreya Wilde Bonzek), and 111 Daniel Shays Highway (sellers: George F. Faulkner and Linda A. Faulkner). None of the three carried a disclosed price.

MARKET NOTES Several patterns in this period's deed activity are worth noting. Three of the four disclosed-price transactions named a financial institution — rather than an individual — as buyer, including two credit unions and one savings bank. Two additional deeds at 125 Barton Avenue and 60 Edelcy Drive listed Wells Fargo Bank NA as co-grantor alongside the property's individual owners, with Freedom Mortgage Corp named as buyer; this recording pattern is consistent with mortgage assignment documents rather than conventional property sales. At 224 Michael Sears Road, Fifth Third Bank NA and Dividend Solar Finance LLC were listed as co-grantors, with Eric M. Waugh as buyer at an undisclosed price. The deed at 19 Chauncey Walker Street — where Martha A. Scott and Aura Mortgage Advisors LLC appear as sellers and "Order of Notice" is listed as grantee — reflects a filing type associated with foreclosure proceedings in Massachusetts, not a market-rate transaction. Taken together, fewer than half of the 14 recorded deeds appear to represent conventional residential property transfers, and the data does not support broad conclusions about Belchertown housing market conditions for this period.

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

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