Amherst Deed Data Shows Just Three Disclosed Prices in Five-Week Stretch

AMHERST -- Only three of 11 recorded deed entries in the late May through late June period carried disclosed sale prices, limiting the data available to assess market conditions, though one transaction topped $868,000.

• MARKET OVERVIEW
• Of the 11 deed entries recorded between May 28 and June 26, a significant share represent administrative filings, trust restructurings, estate proceedings, or lender-related conveyances rather than open-market transactions. Three entries carried disclosed consideration amounts: $868,000, $371,000, and $40,000, yielding a median of $371,000 among disclosed sales. The wide spread between the low and high figures reflects the mixed nature of the recorded instruments rather than a reliable picture of prevailing market prices. The low volume of price-disclosed transfers makes it difficult to characterize overall market conditions for the period.
• TOP SALES
• The highest recorded consideration in the period was $868,000, paid by Longview Capital LLC to sellers Gordon Fowler and Beverly Fowler. No street address was included in the deed record for that transaction. At 571 Main St., a transfer recorded May 29 carried a consideration of $371,000; the seller was Main H LLC and the buyer of record is Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. (MERS), which typically appears in deed records as the nominee for a mortgage lender rather than as an end purchaser. At 214 Glendale Rd., a deed recorded May 28 shows a $40,000 consideration with Greenfield Savings Bank as the grantee and Savann Sieng as the grantor; that structure is consistent with a lender-related conveyance.
• NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN
• Two recorded entries involved properties on Glendale Road — 214 Glendale Rd. and 185 Glendale Rd. — making it the only street with multiple deed activity in the period. The 185 Glendale Rd. entry lists the buyer as "Affidavit Regarding Estate Tax," indicating an estate administration filing rather than a sale. One condominium unit recorded activity: 500 West St., Courtyard Unit 3, where Nancy J. Cote conveyed to Jana Young and Mark Tromblay at price not disclosed. One other unit, 170 East Hadley Rd., Brook at Amherst Green Unit 12, was associated with a filing whose buyer of record is listed as "Complaint," suggesting litigation involvement. All remaining entries were single addresses on distinct streets.
• MARKET NOTES
• Several deed entries in this dataset are administrative or legal instruments recorded alongside property records rather than evidence of market sales: declarations of homestead (46 Deepwoods Dr., 20 Gray St.), a homeowners association certificate (16 Hawthorn Rd.), an estate tax affidavit (185 Glendale Rd.), and a litigation-related filing (170 East Hadley Rd.). At 36 Woodlot Rd., trustees Philip J. Doherty and April M. Doherty conveyed the property to themselves as individuals, a pattern associated with trust dissolution or restructuring. At 9 Newell Court, the seller of record is Greenfield Cooperative Bank, consistent with a post-foreclosure conveyance to buyers Noah B. Kuhn and Kate M. Kuhn; price was not disclosed. Readers and researchers should treat this period's deed data with caution: the three disclosed prices span an unusually wide range and reflect fundamentally different types of transactions.